📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'The politics of abstentionism: Comparing Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionism to the Basque Nationalist Left’s engagement with the Spanish Parliament, 1979–2025' by Thomas Leahy & @ikererdocia.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/wt4v0gk @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Just published! A new open access article with my great colleague Thomas Leahy, taking a fresh detour from my usual research areas. Collaborating across fields is always fun, especially this time. With thanks to our generous funders @ria.ie & @britishacademy.bsky.social. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late... Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here: www.change.org/p/save-moder... www.change.org/p/stop-the-r... #languages #mfl

Hadn't seen this "Cartography of Generative AI" before. From Estampa, a collective of programmers, filmmakers and researchers working in the fields of audiovisual media and digital environments: cartography-of-generative-ai.net

Excited for the @fosterlang.bsky.social Inauguration Event in Poland this September! 🎉 Our @dublincityuni.bsky.social & @adaptcentre.bsky.social team leads WP5 on counteracting digital exclusion. #FOSTERLANG is an EU Horizon project boosting Europe’s minoritised languages. @dcuresearch.bsky.social

📢 Do you use AI tools in research + academia? Survey for scholars working on language in society - please also consider participating if you do NOT use AI technologies. Complete (15 min) & share by Sept 14 🙏https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/FW27T97 Iker Erdocia, Britta Schneider & Bettina Migge

Great looking conference 👇

Not surprising in itself. What’s surprising is how much the academic infrastructure relies on platform capitalism

My latest article is out! I explore how language, vulnerability, and resilience intersect. This is another output from my project on language and participation, generously funded by @researchireland.ie and FHSS @dublincityuni.bsky.social #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW #OA ON FIRSTVIEW "Language in the age of AI technology: From human to non-human authenticity, from public governance to privatised assemblages" by @ikererdocia.bsky.social, Britta Schneider, Bettina Migge doi.org/10.1017/S004... #StandardLg #AI #Authority #BigTech #RealAcademiaEspañola

I'm thrilled that the result of our research collaboration on language and AI, with Britta Schneider and Bettina Migge, has been published in Language in Society 🤩 It's now open access! doi.org/10.1017/S004... @dcuresearch.bsky.social

I'm delighted to be involved in this exciting and very needed Horizon Europe project on fostering linguistic capital in Europe. Our @dublincityuni.bsky.social & @adaptcentre.bsky.social team will work on WP5: Counteracting digital exclusion: IT tools & resources for lesser-used languages.

🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta

Meet the presenters of our next Networking Event on What AI Can and Cannot Do for Minoritised Languages, taking place on 22.05. from 14:00-17:00 CET! You can find more information on their presentations here: www.riseupproject.eu/events/panel... Register now!

#Analysis: We're still not used to diversity in Ireland's electoral system. DCU's Dr @ikererdocia.bsky.social says attitudes towards migrant political candidates are improving, but change to Ireland’s voting system comes slowly. Read more in @thejournal.ie: launch.dcu.ie/3YFrK1f

Today I write in the newspaper www.thejournal.ie/readme/immig... @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers! The 2nd FuJo PhD Conference on Media, Democracy & Society is happening 5 Sept 2025 at @dublincityuni.bsky.social . 📝 Abstracts due: 9th June, 2025 🎯 PhD researchers across Ireland—submit now! 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔 🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟 Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future 📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social 📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025: forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR... Queries: [email protected]

Finally it’s here. Our book is titled ‘Language Politics in Tunisia: A Study of Language Ideological Debates’, and my co-author is Dr Fethi Helal. Till the end of February you can get a 60% discount with the code LPT60 on the MM website: bit.ly/4aT6ycU lnkd.in/gsNr8zJG

My latest article is out: 'Language and trust: Struggles for recognition of migrant people in the political realm' @fujomedia.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social Open Access & supported by @researchireland.bsky.social and @dublincityuni.bsky.social FHSS. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Our call for papers now on LinguistList! 👇

Meanwhile in Ireland: "It is critically important that Irish children have the opportunity to learn foreign languages from an early age" 👌👏 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

📢Call for Papers: 'Disruption or Continuity? Machine Learning Technology (AI) in Linguistics Research' - Workshop in @dublincityuni.bsky.social on 9-10 June - Special Issue in Linguistics Vanguard journal Submission deadline: 28 Feb drive.google.com/file/d/11VqT... Generously funded by DCU FHSS

Thrilled to share my new @researchireland.bsky.social project! It will bring together researchers (sociolinguists, minority language scholars, computational linguists) to tackle dis/misinformation through a multilingual lens @fujomedia.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social

I've just submitted my proposal to this great looking conference in Bristol. The deadline is in two days!

New publication out in JSLX: Language isn't just a data set. We explore why and suggest new directions for sociolinguistic research in the AI era #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Check out the full issue.

📢Language policy alert📢 Language Policy in Africa is a new journal, devoted to the idea that African languages are key to Africa's development. LPIA seeks articles to help shape practical, efficient, rational, and inclusive African-based LPP bop.unibe.ch/index.php/LP...

I've written this piece discussing the role of accents and language in the symbolic domain of politics and political participation in Ireland and beyond www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... It could be of interest to @robdrummond.bsky.social

New publication in Language, Culture and Society with @jsolerc.bsky.social and Kristof Savski! Hope this thought-provoking paper will ignite meaningful debates in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and beyond www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... It's Open Access.

Not sure about the actual meaning of the 'what really matters in academia' bit, but definitely worth a read. 'AI might also be used to enjoin a reappraisal of what really matters in academia beyond a false economy of productive efficiency' blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Exciting news! My report exploring how linguistic & cultural differences impact the political engagement of migrant communities is out. The launch will follow. Grateful for the support from Irish Research Council & collaboration with New Communities Partnership www.newcommunities.ie/assets/files...

Hi everyone! Just landed for new conversations and adventures. Let's see how it goes. With thanks to @andreaciribuco.bsky.social for the invite.