Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 02/04/2026Call for panels and papers: **deadline tomorrow 3rd April** Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference, Sheffield, UK June 16-18 www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere... 002
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 27/03/2026Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference - panel and paper proposal deadline 3rd April!!! www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere...discourseacademy.orgCPDA Conference 2026 | Discourse Academy 011
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Nice that full access to our book chapter "Introducing critical policy discourse analysis" is now available on the publisher website: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/e...elgaronline.com 010
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I 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. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yzhz4c47 🧵👇 #langskyopen.spotify.comCritical Discourse Studies with Professor Ruth Wodak 111
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 17/02/2026"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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...podcasts.apple.comCritical Discourse Studies with Professor Ruth WodakPodcast Episode · Doing Critical Discourse Analysis · 29/01/2026 · 1h 4m 001
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Interview with Professor Ruth Wodak on critical discourse studies - new podcast Doing CDA. Give is a list on the discourse academy home page: www.discourseacademy.orgdiscourseacademy.orgThe discourse academy | CDA MethodsThe Discourse Academy is a resource for developing, discussing, teaching, and learning methods of critical discourse analysis 022
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This is a fantastic chapter on discourse, power and governance. Fully recommend to anyone working in this area. 011
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 06/02/2026First Critical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference June 2026, Sheffield UK. Call for panels and papers! www.discourseacademy.org/so/27PmjkwYQ...discourseacademy.orgCritical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference - Call for Panels and PapersI’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... 012
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 06/02/2026More details on registration and keynotes to follow. 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The 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! www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-confere...discourseacademy.orgCPDA Conference 2026 | Discourse Academy 121
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialSten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Contributors 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 072
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 18/12/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...megaphone.org.ukNo lockout for University of Sheffield staffUCU 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... 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 12/12/2025www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comUS engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warnHouse of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Interesting analysis: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comThe Logic of DestructionAnd how to resist it 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 10/12/2025A 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? languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 011
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Expert 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. languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 111
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Tom 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'. languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 111
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 08/12/2025New episode out now! COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 7: COP 30, mega-cops, and meaningful participation with Hayley Walker — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 021
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 01/12/2025Although 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!!! www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...discourseacademy.orgHow to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse AcademyLearn 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... 011
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDr Awni Etaywe @awni-etaywe24.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Relational dynamics in terrorist incitement - Language in the negotiation of bonds and obligations. Read my article in The Conversation Australia + NZ: doi.org/10.64628/AA....doi.orgViolent extremists wield words as weapons. New study reveals 6 tactics they useThe language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation. 042
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 18/11/2025Day 2 - Positive discourse analysis - Genre & social practices - [Optional] Project presentations & feedback #qualitativeresearch #discourse #CDA www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...discourseacademy.orgHow to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse AcademyLearn 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... 001
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 18/11/2025Day 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 www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...discourseacademy.orgHow to use critical discourse analysis in your research | Discourse AcademyLearn 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... 001
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Something to look forward to in January... #cda #PhD #discourse 001
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 14/11/2025Two-day workshop on CDA - join us in Sheffield! www.discourseacademy.org/post/how-to-...discourseacademy.orgHow to use critical discourse analysis in your researchBooking 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... 012
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Unless the new data analysis challenges existing theories? 100
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialTamsin Parnell @tamsinparnell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Last 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. www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Researching national identity and migration discourses in times of polycrisisPDF | 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 032
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 13/11/2025Today 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! 011
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Looking forward to this workshop! Join me, @kranertmichael.bsky.social , Tom Bartlett and Jane Mulderrig to work on using CDA in your research! 025
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 13/11/2025How 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: www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail... 066
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Do 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..! 000
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialDr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Most 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?"committees.parliament.ukBillions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK ParliamentFlawed 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. 022
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialCritical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We 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. 0117
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialJohn E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Happy pre-order book day to @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social ! Conflict, Discourse and Cognition: Political Discourse in Northern Ireland Out soon! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conflict-...bloomsbury.comConflict, Discourse and CognitionA comprehensive approach to the study of discourse and conflict, this book explores how opposing communities construe discourse worlds which appear to reflect t… 055
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 23/10/2025Sign-up for the Language & Power newsletter on our website for an email notification of new episodes. languagepowerpodcast.org 002
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialJaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 21/10/2025France’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...sciencebusiness.netWhy Sorbonne pulled out of university rankingFrance’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... 14511
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 22/10/2025My short blog post on social actors in CDA... 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Next 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? 001
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialMatteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social · 01/10/2025It 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! 0124
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Running every Friday in September, this week recap on last week and look at Identifying and categorising representations of social actors. www.discourseacademy.org/seminar-seri...discourseacademy.orgSeminar series page | Discourse Academy 000
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The series is for PhDs or researchers who want a deeper understanding of how to analyse the representation of social actors. www.discourseacademy.org/seminar-seri...discourseacademy.orgSeminar series page | Discourse Academy 100
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Had 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/eaaYkvnylnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 110
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 23/07/2025languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/webinar-series-the-representation-of-social-actors-in-text-and-discourselanguagepowerpodcast.orgWebinar Series: The representation of social actors in text and discourse — Language/Power PodcastSign up for the September webinar series on the representation of social actors by Dr Michael Farrelly 046
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 11/07/2025Language 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 162
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 01/07/2025We had a great time talking about the article! Well worth a read and a listen to the podcast! 042
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialMichael Kranert @kranertmichael.bsky.social · 01/07/2025No 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! 095
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 01/07/2025New episode of the podcast out now - with @kranertmichael.bsky.social on his work published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social ! languagepowerpodcast.org/series1/blog...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 2: The wickedness of net-zero policy - Michael Kranert — Language/Power PodcastWe 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 ... 054
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 09/06/2025languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/analysi... Some further discussion and results of the social actor analysis we spoke about in our last episodelanguagepowerpodcast.orgAnalysis of the representation of social actors in 3 media texts on COP 29 — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 031
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 06/05/2025languagepowerpodcast.org/blog/which-global-media-outlets-to-look-atlanguagepowerpodcast.orgWhich global media outlets to look at? — Language/Power PodcastWe’re working on a new episode which will look at how COP 29 in Azerbaijan was represented in the media - we’re particularly interested in the representation of COP being held in ‘petro-states’. I wan... 011
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025It's great to get back into recording some podcasts for the new series. 030
Reposted by @michaelfarrelly.bsky.socialLanguage & Power Podcast @languagepowerpodcast.org · 03/06/2025languagepowerpodcast.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...languagepowerpodcast.orgS5 Episode 1: COP 29, Credibility, & the Press — Language/Power PodcastIn 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... 031
