For us, the answer isn't to abandon our critical roots for computational, big data approaches. Our combination brings in the best of both worlds: it allows us to identify broad discursive patterns acr...

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Podcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 1 April · 40min

Podcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 5 March · 58m

Podcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 5 March · 58m

When conflict unfolds in real time, language does not merely describe events; it actively participates in shaping their meaning. Headlines circulate before facts settle. Casualty figures are framed be...

Podcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 29/01/2026 · 1h 4m

After three years of working alongside community groups as part of the GALLANT (Glasgow As A Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation) project based at the University of Glasgow, our team has reac...

The Discourse Academy is a resource for developing, discussing, teaching, and learning methods of critical discourse analysis

How To Podcast · Updated Monthly · Interviews and discussion with leading scholars on theories and methods of critical discourse analysis.

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...

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...

The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.

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...

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...

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...

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...

In this episode, we speak with Awni Etaywe from Charles Darwin University in Australia about his upcoming publication, 'A CDA/PDA of Jewish Co-Resistance to Colonial Disinformation'. We discuss how ...

Tom and Michael (with Michael Kranert and Jane Mulderrig) are running an in-person workshop for PhD students and early career researchers on CDA. Sheffield, UK 15th & 16th January 2026. Booking...

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...

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...

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...

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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 ...