Bruno Takahashi Ph.D.
Bio
Bruno Takahashi is the Brandt Endowed Professor of Environmental Communication at Michigan State University. He holds a joint appointment in the School of Journalism and AgBioResearch and serves as the Research Director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from Universidad de Lima, Peru, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Science from SUNY ESF, USA. His current research focuses on news coverage of environmental issues, environmental journalism practices in Latin America and U.S. Latino media, and identity in science communication. He is also affiliated with the Health and Risk Communication Center, the Environmental Science and Policy Program, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at MSU.
For more information on Dr. Takahashi's work, visit his personal page.
Current research projects:
- "Intercultural Science Communication Research and Training to Broaden Participation Among Historically Minoritized Science Practitioners." Project funded by the National Science Foundation (2021-2025) and the MSU Jenison Fund (2026-2027).
- A case study of communication practices about PIACI in Peru Funded by the Climate and Land Use Alliance (2026-2027).
Environmental communication and disinformation in Peru. Funded by the Climate and Land Use Alliance (2025-2026).
- See a clip from CLACS describing this work.
Past projects:
- "Infrastructure collapse and its effects on news practices during Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico." Project funded by the National Science Foundation (2018-2022).
- See the documentary by Prof. Bob Gould here: Hurricane Maria: “Documenting the Destruction.”
- Environmental risk perceptions among recent Latin American and Caribbean immigrants: The role of information sources and acculturation processes. Project funded by the Diversity Research Network, Launch Awards Program, MSU (2020-2021).
Recent publications:
- Angulo-Giraldo, M., Amiden dos Santos, & Takahashi, B. (2026) Tejiendo una comunicación desde la Amazonía peruana: Perspectivas decoloniales sobre el periodismo indígena del pueblo kukama. Desde el Sur.
- Takahashi, B., Amiden dos Santos, I., Aparicio, R., Espinoza, M. I., Gavirati, P., Gómez, V., Herrera-Huérfano, E., Loose, E. B., Nepote, A. C., Palma, K., & Santi, V. J. (2026). Environmental communication from Latin America: Collective reflections through the systematization of experiences in the academic field. Environmental Communication.
- Dubey, S., Takahashi, B., Smit, E., Smit, E., Thaker, J., & Meijers, M. (2026). Creating for a cause? Values and perceived effectiveness of social media among environmental content creators in India. Global Perspectives in Communication.
- Chavez, M., Takahashi, B., Graciano Velazquez, L., & Benitez, A. (2026). Desastres y usos comunitarios de medios de comunicación: Cómo el Huracán María impactó a puertorriqueños vulnerables. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
- Amiden dos Santos, I., & Takahashi, B. (2025). Desinformación y hegemonía discursiva en Perú: Un análisis crítico de los casos PIACI y las ONG ambientales. Desde el Sur, 17(4), e0086.
- Hartinger, S….Takahashi, B.,… et al. (2025). The 2025 Lancet Countdown Latin America report: Moving from promises to equitable climate actions for a prosperous future. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.
- Bhatti, S., Ramasubramanian, S., Parker, A., Takahashi, B. & Kristiansen, S. (2025) Critical Environmental Communication Framework. The Review of Communication.
- Amiden dos Santos, I. & Takahashi, B. (2025). Decolonial agents in la coyuntura: Narrated roles of independent media journalists in Bolivia and Peru, Journalism Studies, 26(14), 1663–1682.
- Takahashi, B., Amiden dos Santos, I., & Salas, M. F. (2025). Building bridges: A narrative literature review of Spanish and Portuguese language climate change communication scholarship from Latin America. Environmental Communication, 19(5), 1016–1030.
- Takahashi, B. & Salas, M. F. (2025). Localizing (or not) climate change in Spanish-language newspapers in the United States. Environmental Communication, 19(3), 500–515.
Teaching
- JRN 804 Journalism Studies (Fall)
- JRN 365 International News and Governments (Spring)
- JRN 372 Environment, Health, and Science Jrn Seminar (Spring)
- JRN 873 Environment, Health, and Science Jrn Seminar (Fall)
- Education Abroad (Summer 2024): Environmental and Science Communication in Peru. Summer 2024 blog
- Education Abroad (Summer 2018): Environmental Communication and International News in Peru. Summer 2018 program blog
- Education Abroad (Summer 2022): Environmental and Science Communication in the Netherlands and Belgium. Summer 2022 blog
Roles
Research Director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Past Chair, Environmental Communication Division, International Communication Association
Research and Teaching
Environmental journalism
Environmental Communication
Environmental behaviors
Latin America
Research Centers and Labs
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Health and Risk Communication Center
