@michaelfarrelly.bsky.social
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..!
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...
www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...
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...
www.discourseacademy.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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..!
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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?"
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.
committees.parliament.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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?"
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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.
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.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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.
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.
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Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social !
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
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…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social !
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
Conflict, Discourse and Cognition:
Political Discourse in Northern Ireland
Out soon!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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France’s Sorbonne University about to leave Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings: "These rankings are...black boxes that operate in a closed system” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers...
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
France’s Sorbonne University about to leave Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings: "These rankings are...black boxes that operate in a closed system” sciencebusiness.net/news/univers...
My short blog post on social actors in CDA...
'...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...
www.discourseacademy.org/post/what-is...
What is a social actor?
This question—what is a social actor—is an important one that we, as people doing text and discourse analysis, should take seriously. It is a question that we should address before getting into the de...
www.discourseacademy.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
My short blog post on social actors in CDA...
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?
New post - What is a social actor?
www.discourseacademy.org/post/what-is...
www.discourseacademy.org/post/what-is...
What is a social actor?
This question—what is a social actor—is an important one that we, as people doing text and discourse analysis, should take seriously. It is a question that we should address before getting into the de...
www.discourseacademy.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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?
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It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
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
S5 Episode 5: Changing climate, changing discourse- panel discussion — Language/Power Podcast
In this special episode, recorded at the International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress held in Glasgow this summer, we have an expert panel discussion on 'Changing Climate, Changing Discourse...
languagepowerpodcast.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It was such a pleasure to take part in the legendary Language and Power podcast!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
We had a very interesting chat about climate change discourses on the back of a lively panel at the last SFL Congress in Glasgow.
Thanks @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social and Tom Bartlett for hosting us!
Had a fantastic first webinar in my free series 'The representation of social actors in text and discourse' last Friday - thanks to all who attended!
Sign up on the website: lnkd.in/eaaYkvny
Sign up on the website: lnkd.in/eaaYkvny
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September 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Had a fantastic first webinar in my free series 'The representation of social actors in text and discourse' last Friday - thanks to all who attended!
Sign up on the website: lnkd.in/eaaYkvny
Sign up on the website: lnkd.in/eaaYkvny
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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
with @katherineeruss1.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social John Currie, Cinzia Bevitori, Gerard O'Grady, Daniel Fryer, Paul White
July 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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
with @katherineeruss1.bsky.social @matteofuoli.bsky.social John Currie, Cinzia Bevitori, Gerard O'Grady, Daniel Fryer, Paul White
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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...
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
July 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We had a great time talking about the article! Well worth a read and a listen to the podcast!
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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...
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
S5 Episode 2: The wickedness of net-zero policy - Michael Kranert — Language/Power Podcast
We chat with Dr Michael Kranert about his new research article ‘The wickedness of net-zero policy: scales in policy discourse’. In the article, he examines how international climate change policies ...
languagepowerpodcast.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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!
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New episode of the podcast out now - with @kranertmichael.bsky.social on his work published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social !
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
S5 Episode 2: The wickedness of net-zero policy - Michael Kranert — Language/Power Podcast
We chat with Dr Michael Kranert about his new research article ‘The wickedness of net-zero policy: scales in policy discourse’. In the article, he examines how international climate change policies ...
languagepowerpodcast.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New episode of the podcast out now - with @kranertmichael.bsky.social on his work published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social !
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...
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Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episode
Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episode
Analysis of the representation of social actors in 3 media texts on COP 29 — Language/Power Podcast
In our last podcast episode, I spoke about an a nalysis of the representation of social actors that I had done of the 3 media texts we focused on in that episode. In this post, I share the results ta...
languagepowerpodcast.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/analysi...
Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episode
Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episode
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It's great to get back into recording some podcasts for the new series.
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-nckk7
New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...
New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...
S5 Episode 1: COP 29, Credibility, & the Press — Language/Power Podcast
In this episode of the Language and Power Podcast, we discuss COP29 held in Azerbaijan in 2024. We analyse media coverage from CNN, BBC, and the New York Times, focusing on the portrayal of Azer...
languagepowerpodcast.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It's great to get back into recording some podcasts for the new series.
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New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...
New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...
S5 Episode 1: COP 29, Credibility, & the Press — Language/Power Podcast
In this episode of the Language and Power Podcast, we discuss COP29 held in Azerbaijan in 2024. We analyse media coverage from CNN, BBC, and the New York Times, focusing on the portrayal of Azer...
languagepowerpodcast.org
June 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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-nckk7
New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...
New episode! COP 29, press coverage, and the intersection of geopolitics and climate action through analysis of social actors...