Critical Discourse Studies with Professor Ruth Wodak

I recently listened to the new Doing Critical Discourse Analysis podcast by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social, a new podcast series featuring interviews with leading scholars on the theories and methods of CDA. In the first episode, Michael talks to Ruth Wodak.

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Critical Discourse Studies with Professor Ruth Wodak Podcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 29/01/2026 · 1h 4m

"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.

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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

This is a fantastic chapter on discourse, power and governance. Fully recommend to anyone working in this area.

Critical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference - Call for Panels and Papers I’m pleased to share a call for panels and papers for the first Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference - to be held in Sheffield, UK, in June 16th-18th. There is also a PhD pre-conference on 15...

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

More details on registration and keynotes to follow.

The first international conference on Critical Policy Discourse Analysis will be held in Sheffield, UK, June 16th-18th (plus a PhD pre-conference on the 15th). Call for papers is open!
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Contributors include @paulchilton.bsky.social @veronikakoller.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @discodiscourse.bsky.social @dgalasinski.bsky.social @markmcglashan.com @johnnyunger.bsky.social @ronidanz.bsky.social @gavinbrookes.bsky.social @samtbennett.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social

No lockout for University of Sheffield staff UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics

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The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

Interesting analysis:
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S5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power Podcast In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Haley Walker from the Department of International Negotiation and Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management (Lille). We discuss the outcomes of COP30, hel...

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?

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S5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power Podcast In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Haley Walker from the Department of International Negotiation and Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management (Lille). We discuss the outcomes of COP30, hel...

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.

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S5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power Podcast In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Haley Walker from the Department of International Negotiation and Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management (Lille). We discuss the outcomes of COP30, hel...

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'.

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S5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power Podcast In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Haley Walker from the Department of International Negotiation and Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management (Lille). We discuss the outcomes of COP30, hel...

New episode out now! COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker

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How to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse Academy Learn how to apply key CDA theories, concepts and methods to your research project. Sessions on key ideas in CDA and how to apply them to your work. Group discussion and advice tailored to your resear...

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!!!

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Violent extremists wield words as weapons. New study reveals 6 tactics they use The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.

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

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How to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse Academy Learn how to apply key CDA theories, concepts and methods to your research project. Sessions on key ideas in CDA and how to apply them to your work. Group discussion and advice tailored to your resear...

Day 2
- Positive discourse analysis
- Genre & social practices
- [Optional] Project presentations & feedback
#qualitativeresearch #discourse #CDA
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How to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse Academy Learn how to apply key CDA theories, concepts and methods to your research project. Sessions on key ideas in CDA and how to apply them to your work. Group discussion and advice tailored to your resear...

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
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Something to look forward to in January...
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How to use critical discourse analysis in your research Booking now open!We are running an in-person workshop for PhD students and early career researchers working in any discipline and who are using CDA. Sheffield, UK 15th & 16th January 2026. • Professor...

Two-day workshop on CDA - join us in Sheffield!
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Unless the new data analysis challenges existing theories?

(PDF) Researching national identity and migration discourses in times of polycrisis PDF | On Nov 13, 2025, Tamsin Parnell published Researching national identity and migration discourses in times of polycrisis | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Last year I was supposed to give a presentation titled 'Researching national identity and migration discourses in times of polycrisis'. Unfortunately it didn't go ahead due to illness. I've made the presentation available on Researchgate for anyone interested.

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Today is the last day to safely vote in the FE ballot! If it’s in your bag, your desk, under the bed, fish it out and run to that post box!!! VOTE YES!

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

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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:
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Do you know any PhD/early career researchers who would benefit from a 2-day, in-person workshop on how to apply CDA in their research project? I'm really looking forward to this..!

Billions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK Parliament Flawed contract design and incompetent delivery left the Home Office unable to cope with the surge in demand for asylum accommodation, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has found.

Most of the time we ask the wrong questions in relation to asylum policy. What this new report on asylum accommodation shows, for me, is that we need to be asking all the time "who materially benefits from the current policy approach?"

We have just rejected our first submission where the use of Gen-AI to rewrite the article was acknowledged.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.

Conflict, Discourse and Cognition A comprehensive approach to the study of discourse and conflict, this book explores how opposing communities construe discourse worlds which appear to reflect t…

Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social !
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
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