A key question for me coming out of the discussion: how does the implementation side of the COP become the focus of media attention? Which news values can be triggered to bring greater media attention to that side of the COP and how? languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

Expert insights on how COPs work in terms of function - negotiation v implementation; categories of participant - government parties, overflow and observers; and the setting of expectations. languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

Tom Bartlett and I had a fantastic discussion with Hayley Walker in the latest episode of the Language and Power Podcast: 'COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation'. languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

New episode out now! COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

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...

Something to look forward to in January... #cda #PhD #discourse

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

Looking forward to this workshop! Join me, @kranertmichael.bsky.social , Tom Bartlett and Jane Mulderrig to work on using CDA in your research!

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

New episode! Jewish co-resistance to colonial disinformation with @awni-etaywe24.bsky.social languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain. Nobody with any sense or decency should be there. No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there. Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.

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For our October episode, ‘Changing climate, changing discourse’, we had the pleasure of recording face-to-face at the International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress held in Glasgow. languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/october...

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

Next one on my series of short posts on social actors in CDA - what is a social actor and why should we care as critical discourse analysis's?

Just digging out this blog I wrote for ECRE 6 years ago about the myth of the economic pull factor for asylum seekers -the myth that very much never dies! ecre.org/op-ed-pull-f...

One of the many good things about this conversation was that there were so many complementary ideas being discussed across different topics and approaches. Thanks for contributing!

We like ‘legendary’!!! ⚡️😆⚡️

Wonderful to speak with @matteofuoli.bsky.social on the latest episode: Changing Climate; Changing Discourse languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr

We have a fantastic discussion with @katherineeruss1.bsky.social on climate change discourse - latest episode: languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr

Fantastic to discuss ongoing research on climate discourse with @cibev.bsky.social on the Language and Power podcast languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr

New episode out now - fantastic panel discussion: Changing climate; Changing discourse languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh-rppkr

We missed this article over the summer. Important background to UNEP negotiations on plastic and the influence of lobbyists... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great thread!

Good summary of what awaits Britain under Reform.

📢 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

September episode out now! languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog-post-title-one-jawmt-pcckw-eh84g-ne93z-7efd9-4m5xl-wh4nd-s38gs-cpc35-z3r6k-b2kfk-pjj6a-d2pzy-ksrpb-zhd5b-p4ww7-enf62-9yw6l-6k8sx-nmpwh

New episode out now! languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

Language and Power Podcast recorded a new episode: with participants in an academic colloquium at ISFC50 in Glasgow this week: Changing Climate, Changing Discourse with @katherineeruss1.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social John Currie, Cinzia Bevitori, Gerard O'Grady, Daniel Fryer, Paul White

Discourse analysts- on which platforms do you listen to podcasts? I’ve just added Language & Power to ‘podbean’. Are there other platforms that you use but can’t yet get Language & Power???

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

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!

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

Just recorded a fantastic episode with Teresa Fidélis on discourse of River Basin Plans - out in September languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/recordi...

languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/analysi... Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episode

We touch on the 'front and back stage' aspects of COP, and their interrelation, in our latest podcast episode languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...

Who gets involved in COP meetings, and does the format and surrounding media storm push some expertise away?

This thoughtful reflection on the COP 29 conference last year in Baku is well worth a look for those thinking about the credibility of the conference: www.policytranslation.eu/why-i-am-rel...

This thoughtful reflection on the COP 29 conference last year in Baku is well worth a look for those thinking about the credibility of the conference: www.policytranslation.eu/why-i-am-rel...

New article out now! We propose a framework for studying how changes in political leadership affect the language of government communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In September, I will once more visit beautiful Braga (Portugal), to teach a course on discourse and cognition at this summer school: ffcs.braga.ucp.pt/en/braga-sum... 2-5 September, open to postgrad students and post-docs, 150 euros, apply by 27 August

Hello all! Details about registration for this year’s BAAL conference are now available on our website and we’re pleased to confirm that registration is now open. We look forward to welcoming you in September. baal2025.wordpress.com

Saying immigration is “the basis of our broken political economy” demonstrates a terrifying lack of economic literacy from people with proximity to power and representing a party called “Labour” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...