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Saul Albert

@saulalbert.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Social Science/Social Psychology at the Dept. of Communication and Media @lborouniversity: aesthetics, phil sci, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, art, technology. Also on: mastodon.social/@saulalbert

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Wil Housley @wilhousley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social Rein Ove Sikveland ☀️☀️☀️☀️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The conversational action test: Detecting the artificial sociality of artificial intelligence - Saul Albert, William Housley, Rein Ove Sikveland, Elizabeth Stokoe, 2025
Drawing on the “Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test”—a science fiction version of Turing’s famous thought experiment—we propose the Conversational Action Test (CAT): a ne...
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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
📣 Our #19 newsletter is out: this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our community it is the beginning of a new academic year in the Northern Hemisphere or the start of a new term in the South, this season marks a fresh chapter for many in our #ILEMCA community.✨ 🧵1/7
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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
📆CA Day is approaching, Monday 15th of December! We have two fantatsic invited speakers: Chase Wesley Raymond, University of Colorado Boulder Deborah Chinn, King’s College London 🚨Deadline to submit an abstract is Friday 3rd of October! darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/ca-day...
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CA Day 2025, Monday 15th December (hybrid) – DARG
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Laura Jenkins @laalaajenkins.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
📢 Lboro CA Day 2025 A fantastic day of #EMCA presentations & networking. 📍 Lboro/hybrid 📅 15 Dec Register now! Call for abstracts open! darg.lboro.ac.uk/event/ca-day... @darg-sessions.bsky.social @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social @lborocrcc.bsky.social
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CA Day 2025, Monday 15th December (hybrid) – DARG
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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I'll always remember the way he'd respond to someone claiming 'I think in my head'. Jeff would retort: "I think in the bath, in my car & sometimes in my office at BU, but I've never thought in my head".
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Phil Hutchinson @philhutchinson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Very sad to hear Jeff Coulter died in hospital in Boston 29-04-25 after a short illness. Jeff leaves a body of work that people will continue to read for years to come, combining insights from ordinary language philosophy and Wittgenstein with EMCA.
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Marco Pino @marcopino.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social funded collaborative PhD studentship to work with me and @lizpeel.bsky.social on "Identity work in palliative care" - a postgraduate research project using conversation analysis. Full details on how to apply here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Fully funded PhD studentship (UK Home students) based at Manchester Metropolitan University 2025
Fully funded PhD studentship on touch in dementia care (for UK Home students) based at Manchester Metropolitan University Supervisors: Professor Alison Pilnick (MMU), Dr Rebecca O’Brien (Notts Healthcare Trust), Dr Sarah Campbell (MMU), start October…
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ISCA @iscaupdates.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
📣 We're thrilled to present #17 ed. of our newsletter, brimming with the latest updates from #ILEMCA world. In this number, we offer a glimpse into research showcasing the diverse applications of CA across fields like healthcare, technology, & second language acquisition. 1/6
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Saul Albert @saulalbert.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Designed ambiguity. Flirtation, dog whistles, and many social actions are intended to be defeasible, deniable, transformable. In this case, and in all such cases, it's what happens next that is the tell. "My heart goes out to you" offers an interpretative framing that renders the gesture deniable.
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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Not long now until we are eating #CAkes together at #CADay24! Looking forward to seeing you there! Online entries also welcomed for our hybrid attendees.
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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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...
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CA for Beginners January 2025 - emcawiki
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
***Updated!*** I'll do updates once a week. Reply or DM to be added and keep sharing to grow our community on here! Here's an #EMCA #conversation analysis #ethnomethodology #MembershipCategorizationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #StarterPack #AcademicSky go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
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
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
‘Spin a web with conversation analysis at the centre…’ I report from the 12th 'Conversation Analysis Day' at Loughborough University. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... @saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social #LboroCADay23
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‘Spin a web with conversation analysis at the centre’ | BPS
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Saul Albert @saulalbert.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
Have physicists been studying the most unstoppable force in the universe? We need to understand more about the Democratic Party's campaign and fundraising emails.
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Saul Albert @saulalbert.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Another somehow disturbing but highly informative ethnomethodological reflection on automation from Jonas Ivarsson www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGuD2cIij1g
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Unveiling Ambiguity: Dilemmas of Automation in Medical Imaging
Real-world data in medical science is naturally filled with ambiguity and uncertainty—factors intrinsic to all medical practice. This lecture delves into the...
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Saul Albert @saulalbert.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
If you want to know what is happening at the cutting edge of Conversation Analysis (my field), you can read some lovely live blogs we published from our field's main conference (that happens only once every 4 years) here: www.conversationanalysis.org/catego…
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Saul Albert @saulalbert.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Hello. I'm an academic at Loughborough University working on human/agent social interaction and conversation analysis (CA) in general. Thanks to my colleague and CA superstar @lizstokoe.bsky.social for the invite - always happy to meet new people and platforms :)
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