Fabian Holt

Research

Hello stranger, I'm Fabian, nice to meet you,

I have expertise in political organization and communication in the climate crisis. I recently completed a book on political struggles for climate mitigation (Organize or Burn, New York University Press 2025). Evolving from this theme of democratic pathways to climate survival, I am now working on the role of public relations in the political process.

Keywords:

- Political struggles over climate mitigation / the democratic road to climate survival

- The politicization of the climate crisis, including the climate movement

- Public relations and climate change

- Social movements and political  parties

In 2019, I transitioned from the sociology of music to political sociology  and communication out of concern with the climate crisis. I did my PhD (2001) in a music department and worked on the sociology of music festivals throughout the 2010s. This research culminated in a Habilitation in 2019, which has been reviewed in five international journals across disciplines such as anthropology, business, and music studies. The reviews describe the dissertation as a seminal work. Anthony Seeger, professor at UCLA and son of Pete Seeger, wrote: “Unique in its approach, groundbreaking in its objectives, Everyone Loves Live Music is a milestone and a point of reference for future studies.” I am also the founding editor of the 33 1/3 Europe book series published by Bloomsbury, comprising 15 titles thus far.

I have published five books and worked internationally at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Humboldt University of Berlin, and New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge.

I teach in the following areas of media and communication studies:

* Media theory

* Qualitative methods in media and communication studies

* Political communication

* Climate communication

Select publications:

"The Geo-Ecological Turn in Sociology and its Implications for the Sociology of the Arts" (Cultural Sociology 2022)

Everyone Loves Live Music: A Theory of Performance Institutions (Chicago 2020)

Genre in Popular Music (Chicago 2007)

The book series 33 1/3 Europe, published by Bloomsbury

Memberships:

* European Communication Research and Education Association

* International Association for the Study of Popular Music

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