New methods blog on CDA & STM by Hendrik Theine & Carlotta Verità: www.discourseacademy.org/post/scaling... Very interesting - what do you think?

Call for panels and papers: **deadline tomorrow 3rd April** Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference, Sheffield, UK June 16-18 www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere...

For academics who are interested in doing CDA, but who are not discourse analysts: online introductory course! Introduction to analysing texts in CDA - Start analysing texts in critical discourse analysis in this 4-hour introductory training workshop. www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

One of our hosts, @veronikakoller.bsky.social, switched sides and was interviewed on all things #metaphor for the @discourseacademy.org podcast "Doing Critical Discourse Analysis". Listen and find out more about the Discourse Academy here: www.discourseacademy.org

New episode of Doing CDA with @veronikakoller.bsky.social on metaphor! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

CPDA conference 2026 - call for panels and papers - deadline this Friday, 3rd April. lnkd.in/e8cWrkYQ

Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference - panel and paper proposal deadline 3rd April!!! www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere...

" Humans are social beings, so language is social. Humans are ecological beings. Their language is also ecological" Arran Stibbe on the latest Doing CDA podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

New Doing CDA podcast: Ecolinguistics with Arran Stibbe podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

New blog post on CDA in times of war: www.discourseacademy.org/post/critica...

Wonderful discussion on your work with metaphor and superb advice on metaphor analysis in CDA research projects - episode will be out early April!

Registration for the PhD pre-conference at the first Critical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference, Sheffield, is open. For PhD students who prefer to present work to a smaller audience of PhD peers, and to have dedicated feedback on their work. www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere...

"I think that we need critical research now more than ever, especially when we see what's happening in the US to universities and elsewhere..." Professor Ruth Wodak on the Doing CDA podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

New blog post from @sgambell.bsky.social on the move from data collection to analysis in the GALLANT @communigallant.bsky.social project! www.discourseacademy.org/post/communi...

Interview with Professor Ruth Wodak on critical discourse studies - new podcast Doing CDA. Give is a list on the discourse academy home page: www.discourseacademy.org

New podcast: Doing Critical Discourse Analysis podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

We've already received our first abstracts! - very interesting ones. Follow the link to find our call for panels and papers. Submission deadline: 3rd April, 2026

First Critical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference June 2026, Sheffield UK. Call for panels and papers! www.discourseacademy.org/so/27PmjkwYQ...

Although there are still a few weeks until the booking deadline, places are being taken up quickly for 'How to use critical discourse analysis in your research' - only 7 left!!! www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

Relational dynamics in terrorist incitement - Language in the negotiation of bonds and obligations. Read my article in The Conversation Australia + NZ: doi.org/10.64628/AA....

Day 2 - Positive discourse analysis - Genre & social practices - [Optional] Project presentations & feedback #qualitativeresearch #discourse #CDA www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

Day 1 - Understanding your research project - Corpus analysis for CDA - Discourse & context - integrating CDA theories of discourse with your work - Analysing text & discourse: social actors, intertextuality, meaning relations, metaphor #discourse #CDA www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

2-day CDA workshop Our aim is for you to make tangible steps in how to use CDA in your research project. Our emphasis in each session will be on working through how the ideas we present can be integrated into your work #qualitativeresearch #discourse #CDA www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

Two-day workshop on CDA - join us in Sheffield! www.discourseacademy.org/post/how-to-...

How to use critical discourse analysis in your research: 2-day, in-person workshop for PhD students & early career researchers. 15 & 16 January 2026 Sheffield, UK Details: www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

The November episode of the Language Power Podcast: Our discussion draws on Critical and Positive Discourse Analysis to examine how language operates as both a tool of discursive resistance to disinformation. 🎧 Listen here: languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog... #DiscourseAnalysis #CDA #PDA

How to use critical discourse analysis in your research - an in-person, 2-day workshop for PhD and early-career researchers in Sheffield. 15 & 16th January 2026. With: Tom Bartlett, Michael Farrelly, @kranertmichael.bsky.social, Jane Mulderrig. Booking open! www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

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'...as a critical discourse analyst, I’m concerned with who has the power to use their will and who does not; and I’m concerned with the extent to which texts and discourse are a factor in facilitating or curtailing this power...' www.discourseacademy.org/post/what-is...

New post - What is a social actor? www.discourseacademy.org/post/what-is...

No time to read my new article, but still curious about climate change policy making in local government? Have a listen to this podcast, where I talk about it with Tom Bartlett and @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social. Many more great insights into language and power in their podcast!

We had a great time talking about the article! Well worth a read and a listen to the podcast!

New episode of the podcast out now - with @kranertmichael.bsky.social on his work published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social ! languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

What is The Discourse Academy? The ambition is that we build a forum for developing, discussing, teaching, and learning methods of critical discourse analysis. Why should there be a need for such a forum?