After two years of hard work, the book that returns to my 'old love' (gosh have I been in academia for that long), news production, is out! Together with @discoursology, @GeertJacobs123 and Astrid Vandendaele as editors, and a bunch of great contributing authors!
Me and @GeertJacobs123 did some academic bucket-list stuff: a father-son collaboration! We co-authored a chapter together! You can read our discursive analysis of how economic experts reacted to the politicization of TTIP here (with @johnbenjamins):
https://t.co/Vw4sqARzJz
Omdat we het belangrijk vinden onze studenten de nodige vrijheid te bieden. Om vertrouwde paden te verlaten, eens iets anders te doen, door en over muurtjes heen te kijken. Het aanbieden van universiteitsbrede keuzevakken: een bewuste keuze van de #UGent.
https://t.co/cXVdTLQrOZ
Last plenary at #AELFE Conference @ICS_unav@unav: Geert Jacobs on linguistic ethnography in professional Economics settings, showing that free traders are aware of the role of language! Yay! @GeertJacobs123
#ipra2019 today! Our international research network News Talk & Text kicks off the first full conference day with our panel on postfoundationalism and/in the news. First slot of three, feel free to join!
Link for full access to my recent article 'Poststructuralist discourse theory as an independent paradigm for studying institutions: Towards a new definition of ‘discursive construction’ in institutional analysis':
https://t.co/DR8E2Mv3oO
"Ghent University is deliberately choosing to step out of the rat race between individuals, departments and universities. We no longer wish to participate in the ranking of people" @rvdwalle and @ugent featured in @ft https://t.co/0wMADZQQFC
Jen Cope turning to blame and responsibility in news on the refugee crisis. Get ready for the weirdest arguments. Remember Mawda. #ntt2018@ResearchUGent