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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
AIFL Thursday Seminars are Back! Join us fortnightly 4-5pm for our new seminar series! TOMMOROW! Constructing Idiolect: Using Construction Grammar for cross-genre authorship Speakers: Dr. Lucia Busso & Dr. Daniela Schneevogt More info below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructi...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
JOIN US on November 7th for the latest in our 'Forensic Linguistics AND...' symposium series. Next up is FL AND...History. Sign up for online or in person here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-l...
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Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium
The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics invites you all to our interdisciplinary symposium on Forensic Linguistics and History
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Your favourite forensic linguistics podcast is recording LIVE on 22nd October at the Steel House Lane Lock-up in Birmingham! Tickets are free here: tinyurl.com/58pfcjdz Listen to the trailer here: www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Derek Bentley Case 👇 In a gripping two-part series, the Writing Wrongs podcast investigates one of the UK’s most infamous miscarriages of justice: the tragic story of Derek Bentley, who was sentenced to death in 1953.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📢 Season 2 of Writing Wrongs kicks off tomorrow! 📢 The first episode is a two-parter exploring the classic case of #DerekBentley. We're joined by Prof. Malcolm Coulthard whose analysis contributed to Derek's posthumous acquittal. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Nothing like starting the week with a mention in a Forbes article about romance fraud 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
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Transnational Romance Fraud: West Africa–U.S. Links
With widespread unemployment and financial precarity, cyberfraud can seem like an appealing way—sometimes the only way—to earn a living.
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Season 2 of Writing Wrongs starts next Friday with a double-bill 🤫🤐 But I can tell you that Episode 4 is going to involve a live recording as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - and that you can come along! #podcast #truecrime #lingsky #langsky #academicsky #forensiclinguistics
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
It has been so much fun contributing to this podcast Can't wait for the release of Season 2 to start ... first Friday of each month ... so that's September 5th for Season 2! #truecrime #podcast #forensiclinguistics #appliedlinguistics #linguistics #academicsky #langsky #lingsky #TeamAston
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🌟 Writing Wrongs Live! 🌟 We warmly invite you to our Writing Wrongs live event on the 22nd of October, 4-6pm at the Steelhouse Lane Lock-Up in Birmingham, UK! You can now register following the link below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wr...
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Writing Wrongs - LIVE!
Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. Join Tim and Nicci for a special recording in front of a live audience.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
That was season 1 of the Writing Wrongs podcast! Dr Nicci MacLeod and Tim Grant have taken a case-by-case look at the field of forensic linguistics in action throughout 8 episodes 👇
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🔎 Decoding slang meaning and forensic linguistics 🔎 @timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss how important slang is in forensic linguistics casework in the Season One Series finale of Writing Wrongs. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
‼️ Out now ‼️ 🎙️ Writing Wrongs 🎙️ our Season One Series finale: ⁉️ The Questions and Answers Episode ⁉️ You can listen on Spotify 👉 t.co/fES8uEi14m Apple Podcasts or any podcast platform or direct from our webpages by going to 👉https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Really excited by this episode - we got to sift through our listeners’ questions and answer as many as we could. It’s out on Friday - and if you want to catch up between now and then, there are seven case file episodes you can listen to right now! 👉 🎙️ www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🚨 What's on your dream MacLeod's Murder Tour? 🚨 @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social answer your questions on the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs. Listen TOMORROW on your usual podcast platform or tinyurl.com/4b2m36ny. @astonpress.bsky.social 👇👇👇
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🔊 Dropping this Friday, the Series 1 finale of Writing Wrongs, the AIFL podcast! 🔊 @timgrant123.bsky.social and @drniccimacleod.bsky.social will be answering some of the questions that have come in from listeners over the course of the past 7 episodes 👇👇👇
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
We are now on Instagram! Follow us for updates on forensic linguistics research, events, podcasts, and more 👇
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
MAFL alumna Sophie Hörl, with support from our own @drniccimacleod.bsky.social, had a paper based on her Dissertation published in Discourse and Society this week! Read 'A linguistic taxonomy for rape euphemisms in courtroom discourse' - link below 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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David Griffin @linguistlawyer.com · 11/07/2025
I had a blast talking to Robbie for this! Check it out to learn about my research interests and my forensic linguistics origin story. And thanks again to @aifl.bsky.social for having me!
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🚨NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🚨 🎙️Writing Wrongs podcast🎙️ A true crime forensic linguistics podcast from @aifl.bsky.social - Every word leaves a trace Season1️⃣ Episode7️⃣: "They Said, She Said: The Ayia Napa Rape Case" 👉 Listen 🎧 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs 🎧 #truecrime #podcast #academicsky #linguistics
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🎙️ Who wrote the retraction, the Greek police or the British teenager? - Episode 7 of the Writing Wrongs podcast out tomorrow 🎙️ In this episode, our hosts @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social discuss the Ayia Napa rape allegation case with @andreanini.com 👇
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Former AIFL director Professor @timgrant123.bsky.social won @astonuniversity.bsky.social's prestigious Chancellor's Medal this year, presented at the Charter Dinner last week. AIFL Deputy Director @drniccimacleod.bsky.social collected from Aston's Chancellor, Dr Jason Wouhra OBE, on Tim's behalf.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
You can now check our latest blog post, an interview with Jim Fitzgerald, former FBI criminal profiler and the first forensic linguist to have been employed by the FBI 👇 aifl-blog.com/aifl-intervi...
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AIFL Interview Series: James R. Fitzgerald
By Julija Danu
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🤩 Join AIFL through Aston University Vice-Chancellor's Fellowships 🤩 We offer tenure-track positions to develop your research profile, establish your academic independence and contribute to an internationally recognised research team 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/vic...
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Vice-Chancellor’s Prize Fellowships
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
✴️ Episode 6 of 🎧 Writing Wrongs 🎧 podcast out now! ✴️ 👉🎙️The Disputed Confessions of Darnell Rusan🎙️👈 A man confesses to murder - eleven times. But was it his story or the detective’s? @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social chat with Dr Marlon Hurt aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
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Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Check out the work happening at @aifl.bsky.social looking at escalation online.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Have a read at our new blog post on applying for a PhD program in forensic linguistics, by our Doctoral Researcher Noorin Iqbal 👇 aifl-blog.com/phd-applicat...
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PhD applications, but make it forensic linguistics
By Noorin Iqbal
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
There are still some places left to register for our Summer School in Forensic Linguistics, taking place Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5pm | 24th-27th June, 2025. You can find more information below 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
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ISSFLA 2025
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
📢 Come work with us 📢 We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇 jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at Aston University: Research Assistant
The Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics is the leading hub for forensic linguistics worldwide. Set up as the Centre for Forensic Linguistics in 2008 by Malcolm Coulthard, it was expanded into a r...
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This was such a fascinating talk, exploring how humour can be used as a way of recruiting those seeking to find an in-group and a community. #langsky #forensiclinguistics
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Aston, led by us and in consortium with Universities of Leicester and Birmingham has been recognised as a Police Academic Centre of Excellence for our policing research 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/...
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Aston University enters partnership to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence
The Centre will focus on practical ways to support policing in areas like building public trust, preventing crime
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Neus Alberich @neusalberich.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I guess it's better late than never! Here's a short post about the #manosphere and the Netflix's mini series 'Adolescence' I wrote a few weeks ago for the @aifl.bsky.social blog 👉 medium.com/aston-instit... #academicsky #masculinities #linguistics
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Inside the Manosphere: What Netflix’s Adolescence Reveals About Online Male Identity
By Neus Alberich
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Join us for a free research seminar on Thursday, May 8th, 4-5pm. Marie Bojsen-Møller (University of Copenhagen) will show how the humor-hate nexus is present in far-right extremists’ communications Register here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-humor...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The latest episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs' is out today. @drniccimacleod.bsky.social explores her analysis on a covert recording between a group of men in the back of a police van. They have been accused of murder, but what they say isn’t all that clear 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Episode 5 of 'Writing Wrongs' will drop this Friday! In this episode, @timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss a murder case where Nicci was called upon to decode an obscure language game... Follow/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🎙 How are statements taken in police interviews? @timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss this in the first episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs'. 📱 Listen now on all major platforms 👉 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs Do let us know what you think 👉 writingwrongs@aston.ac.uk
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Join us for a free research seminar on Thursday, May 15th, 4-5pm. Manuel Alcántara-Plá (Autonomous University of Madrid) will delve into how emotions work in communication and into the special characteristics of hate speech. #academicsky #hatespeech #forensiclinguistics #linguistics
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Join us online on Thursday, May 8 (4 - 5pm GMT+1) for the research seminar 'Not just fun and games: dark humour in far-right communications and targeted violence manifestos', delivered by Marie Bojsen-Møller (University of Copenhagen). Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-humor...
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Dark humor in far-right communications and targeted violence manifestos
Please note, this is an online event taking place on Teams.
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Out today! The latest episode of Writing Wrongs our forensic linguistics true crime podcast. Today’s episode is with Dr Elisabeth Carter and is a romance fraud case. Listen or subscribe form here 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs And let us know what you think.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚨 Coming this Friday on the 'Writing Wrongs' podcast 🚨 Series 1 - Episode 4 - Romance Fraud: The Linguistic Crime Scene with @drliscarter.bsky.social (available on all platforms)
Picture of Dr Lis Carter, Dr Nicci MacLeod and Prof Tim Grant recording the episode of the podcast
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A forensic meteorologist?! ⛅ @issyclarke.bsky.social shares what they do in our podcast 'Writing Wrongs' (www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...), featuring @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social. You can't miss it!
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What's sociolinguistic profiling? @timgrant123.bsky.social has got the answer in our podcast 'Writing Wrongs', available on all platforms 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for... #academicsky #linguistics #sociolinguistics #forensiclinguistics
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And another media appearance for us 😀 Our 'Writing Wrongs' podcast here 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
It was a brilliant talk, David! Thank you for joining us yesterday
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In this episode of the Writing Wrongs #podcast from @aifl.bsky.social, @timgrant123.bsky.social & @issyclarke.bsky.social discuss their experience of doing an authorship analysis to help the police identify the builder of a crude bomb. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6nay...
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Imposters Tending To The Wild with Dr Isobelle Clarke
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We're recruiting! New fully funded PhD studentship in Forensic Linguistics, starting October 2025: 'Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence'. Would you like to work on a research project with @felicitydeamer.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social? Apply now 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This episode is such a fascinating exploration into the role of #forensiclinguistics in examining legal cases and tackling miscarriages of justice. #langsky #linguistics
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Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Scottish Express picks up our new 🎙️ Writing Wrongs 🎙️podcast episode To listen or subscribe 👉www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs #truecrime #forensiclinguistics #linguistics #academicsky www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Police Scotland used linguistic specialist to track down Edinburgh nail bomber
Greek eco-terrorist Nikolaos Karvounakis packed 58 nails into his primitive explosive device, which was left in a shelter in Princes Street Gardens in 2018
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We even made it to the Scottish Daily Express! 👇 www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Police Scotland used linguistic specialist to track down Edinburgh nail bomber
Greek eco-terrorist Nikolaos Karvounakis packed 58 nails into his primitive explosive device, which was left in a shelter in Princes Street Gardens in 2018
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The serial killer downstairs and the birth of forensic linguistics. You can now listen to this and much more in our new 'Writing Wrongs' podcast 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs Featuring @drniccimacleod.bsky.social & @timgrant123.bsky.social #truecrime #forensiclinguistics #academicsky
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
OUT NOW! You can now listen to the first three episodes of our new brand podcast Writing Wrongs. A new episode will be released the first Friday of each month, starting in April. Here's a little sneak peak! youtube.com/shorts/Z2CFX... #truecrime #linguistics #forensiclinguisitcs #academicsky
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The serial killer downstairs and birth of forensic linguistics! #linguistics #katesummerscale
YouTube video by Aston Originals
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