Marc Alexander
@marcalexander.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Heriot-Watt University, researching interaction, long-suffering NCFC fan, and Oxford comma late-adopter #DiscursivePsychology #EMCA
https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/marc-alexander
https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/marc-alexander
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
Excellent DP/CA Heriot-Watt representation at the BPS Social Psychology Section Conference this year! #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
June 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Excellent DP/CA Heriot-Watt representation at the BPS Social Psychology Section Conference this year! #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
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🗨️Forensic Conversations 17th of September, Lboro/Online
📆Abstracts due 15th of June
⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract
Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect!
📋Registration is also OPEN.
Details below👇
📆Abstracts due 15th of June
⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract
Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect!
📋Registration is also OPEN.
Details below👇
June 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🗨️Forensic Conversations 17th of September, Lboro/Online
📆Abstracts due 15th of June
⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract
Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect!
📋Registration is also OPEN.
Details below👇
📆Abstracts due 15th of June
⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract
Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect!
📋Registration is also OPEN.
Details below👇
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Fellow discursive psychologist, Sadvansha Munshi, is organising an Open Science event concerning experimental research with human participants!
Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus).
Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus).
Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Fellow discursive psychologist, Sadvansha Munshi, is organising an Open Science event concerning experimental research with human participants!
Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus).
Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus).
Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
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Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods
Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University
www.hw.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
There are still places available for this event. Scan the QR code or follow this link to register forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
June 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There are still places available for this event. Scan the QR code or follow this link to register forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw
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#AcademicSky Regular reminder to check your Google Scholar page for incorrect entries in your publications list. GS algorithms often add papers to your list that you didn't write, they belong to someone with the same initials+surname as you. Select the checkbox next to it and click Delete to remove
May 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#AcademicSky Regular reminder to check your Google Scholar page for incorrect entries in your publications list. GS algorithms often add papers to your list that you didn't write, they belong to someone with the same initials+surname as you. Select the checkbox next to it and click Delete to remove
We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research
Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.
Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods
Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University
www.hw.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology
www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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(via John Heritage) For those of you who cannot attend this event, a livestream will begin May 18th at 2:15 Pacific on:
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
(via John Heritage) For those of you who cannot attend this event, a livestream will begin May 18th at 2:15 Pacific on:
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca
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#discourse and #tiktok people. Can anyone point me to publications offering methodologies for doing (critical) discourse analysis of TikTok posts and comments - ideas for scraping, quant/qual analysis, problems faced, etc. Asking for 4 very motivated undergrads.
April 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#discourse and #tiktok people. Can anyone point me to publications offering methodologies for doing (critical) discourse analysis of TikTok posts and comments - ideas for scraping, quant/qual analysis, problems faced, etc. Asking for 4 very motivated undergrads.
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The UK government is proposing to finally finish off its universities by further tightening the terms of the graduate visa route. The stupid fools. Playing with dangers they don't even understand. www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
[FREE TO READ] Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The UK government is proposing to finally finish off its universities by further tightening the terms of the graduate visa route. The stupid fools. Playing with dangers they don't even understand. www.ft.com/content/f441...
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Hard to read this by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and not wonder whether Labour has, in fact, lost the next general election less than a year out from winning the last one. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/labo...
Labour’s strategic error on tax
Two things have become clear to many people since Labour came to government. The first is that the party had done less preparation work fo...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Hard to read this by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and not wonder whether Labour has, in fact, lost the next general election less than a year out from winning the last one. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/labo...
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One week left to submit an abstract for this Palgrave edited collection of DP research in educational settings. Contact Katarina Eriksson Barajas (see details in link) or via me if you're interested.
liu.se/en/article/d...
liu.se/en/article/d...
Discursive Psychology and Education
We are pleased to invite researchers to submit chapters for an edit volume on Discursive Psychology and Education, which will be submitted to the Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology.
liu.se
January 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One week left to submit an abstract for this Palgrave edited collection of DP research in educational settings. Contact Katarina Eriksson Barajas (see details in link) or via me if you're interested.
liu.se/en/article/d...
liu.se/en/article/d...
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**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack**
We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.
If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.
If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
December 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM
**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack**
We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.
If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.
If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
Thank you to everyone who attended @darg-sessions.bsky.social today for your insightful comments on my mental health helpline data.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended @darg-sessions.bsky.social today for your insightful comments on my mental health helpline data.
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
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Interested in conversation analysis but don't know where to start? The next "CA for beginners" online one day workshop may be for you.
Thursday 16th January 2025
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
Registration £40 at:
store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...
Thursday 16th January 2025
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
Registration £40 at:
store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...
CA for Beginners January 2025 - emcawiki
emcawiki.net
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Interested in conversation analysis but don't know where to start? The next "CA for beginners" online one day workshop may be for you.
Thursday 16th January 2025
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
Registration £40 at:
store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...
Thursday 16th January 2025
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
Registration £40 at:
store.lboro.ac.uk/product-cata...
1/ As I seem to have a few more followers (thanks!), I thought I'd highlight my research interests...
*I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls)
*I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology
*My current focus is on mental health talk
*Check out our latest article 👇
*I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls)
*I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology
*My current focus is on mental health talk
*Check out our latest article 👇
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
1/ As I seem to have a few more followers (thanks!), I thought I'd highlight my research interests...
*I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls)
*I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology
*My current focus is on mental health talk
*Check out our latest article 👇
*I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls)
*I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology
*My current focus is on mental health talk
*Check out our latest article 👇
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How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 15, 2024 at 8:50 AM
How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 15, 2024 at 8:50 AM
How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
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Would love to gather here with people working in this area to keep up on events, publications etc. If this is for you 👇
go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M
go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M
November 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Would love to gather here with people working in this area to keep up on events, publications etc. If this is for you 👇
go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M
go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M
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Just did an update for new #EMCA folks to the list - let me know if you'd like me to add you and I'll do another round as people join - and please RT the list!
Here's an #EMCA #conversation analysis and #ethnomethodology #StarterPack #AcademicSky
Please RT and QT and add more to grow our community on here! 🦋
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
Please RT and QT and add more to grow our community on here! 🦋
go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
November 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Just did an update for new #EMCA folks to the list - let me know if you'd like me to add you and I'll do another round as people join - and please RT the list!
Reposted by Marc Alexander
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
November 7, 2024 at 9:05 AM
1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology
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ROLSI Vol 57 (4) is now out early online.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
November 9, 2024 at 3:47 PM
ROLSI Vol 57 (4) is now out early online.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...