Discourse Analysis Group_ED

Discourse Analysis Group based in @uoesocialpolicy at School of Social and Political Science @EdinburghUni Open to all students & staff @novus89 @PolicyRelevant

[Discourse Analysis Group_ED @Discourse_ED]

Next @Discourse_ED event:

27 April | 1 - 2pm
Meeting room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building

Dr Sudeepa Abeysinghe and Dr Sarah Hill will talk about the construction and representation of stigmatising discourses in public health research.

Open to all students & staff.

[Citizen Participation - [email protected] @OliverEscobar]

😃Treasure trove alert! 📚 'DOING POLITICS' by Prof. Richard Freeman is out & free to access. A unique book, in form and substance, and a real treat/resource for anyone seeking to think differently: politics as grounded in human action and interaction 1/2 https://t.co/DJoXB6yRND

[Discover Society @DiscoverSoc]

‘Nudging’ relies on a dangerous mix of autonomy & ignorance: it assumes that people act autonomously but that they are best left in darkness about the political context that structures their action #Covid19 @jana_bacevic https://t.co/XGX7W3LcKv

[UoE Social Policy @uoesocialpolicy]

Our final Seminar Series talk this Friday (22 March, 3pm): Ruth Wodak on "Politics of Exclusion – Analysing Far-right populist discourse". Everyone welcome! @uoessps @EdinburghPIR @SocPolSoc_UoE @GHPUEdinburgh @UoE_STIS @skape_ed @CRFRtweets @Discourse_ED https://t.co/jOdmFTJRzc

[Rob Ralston @PolicyRelevant]

New project by @uoesocialpolicy colleagues on the politics and knowledge practices of quantification, which has a lovely website you can check out

[UoE Social Policy @uoesocialpolicy]

Job opportunity: We are hiring an editorial assistant to work with Ingela Naumann, @JayWiggan and @eichhorn_jan on the @JSP_Journal (Journal of Social Policy). We offer 2 x 9- or 1 x 18-hours per week options. Deadline: 4 Feb. APPLY HERE: https://t.co/z4MeDr2EKR

[cIDA @cIDA_essex]

The Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis is now accepting applications for 2019.

If you are interested in Discourse Theory and Essex School approaches on politics, ideology and populism, don't miss this 2 weeks course with Jason... https://t.co/5QO1aN0Am7

[Lancaster Uni Events @lancs_events]

Dr Veronika Koller @VeronikaKoller talking about how politicians use language around Brexit. #Lancaster #LancasterUni #linguistics #rhetoric #metaphor #publiclecture

[Philip Cook @Philip_A_Cook]

Abolish Childhood: votes for all children! Calls for votes at 16 need to get more radical to treat children as equals. Hear more at my @edfringe show 'Abolish Childhood': https://t.co/3XFrggfpOs @YOYP2018 @votesat16 @scotgovCYPIC @Creative_Voices @OfficialSYP @CYPCS @CRFRtweets

[Majid KhosraviNik @MKhosraviNik]

CfP: Special Issue on SM-CDS for @CritDiscStuds RT much appreciated @SocialMedia_Soc @LIP_RG @MediaLSE @sacsncl @linguistlist @poli_com @poldiscourse17 @CdaMethod @MeCCSA2019 @CadaadJournal @LinguaSocMedia @KelsraviNik @DigiCultureKCL @DiscourseNet @Routledge_MandC

[Alan Finlayson @ProfAFinlayson]

From the Public Accounts Committee: "Government can provide no evidence that competition between institutions will drive up the quality of education they provide". I'm *shocked*. https://t.co/0i5cggglDT

[Rob Ralston @PolicyRelevant]

Two postdoc fellowships in @uoesocialpolicy working with @SotiriaGrek on ERC METRO project [focusing on construction of childhood poverty & sustainable development indicators]

Great opportunity for those working in #STIS or #publicpolicy

https://t.co/bP9V2JHZ8V

[School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh @uoessps]

EQUALITY COLLECTIVE: You can now be part of a new network of staff and students focusing on research and teaching on equality, and which aims to promote equality in collective endeavours within the School and beyond.

More info: [email protected]

[Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop @Lighthousebks]

SAVE THE DATE: Sat 21st April @MkBlyth is visiting!

Will discuss populism & offer global context to Trump-Stay tuned for details
#Edinburgh

[School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh @uoessps]

You can still register for Global Justice Academy's Spring School on Language & Inequality. This series of events will explore how to use language to resist oppression and as a tool for social transformation.

Find out more and register > https://t.co/HZ6RjuWTp8

@GlobalJusticeEd

[Alan Finlayson @ProfAFinlayson]

Full text of a pretty extraordinary letter from the VC of Cambridge, published in The Times; he accepts that turning students into customers has harmed their education, Universities and the country. https://t.co/iICnQqFUqT

[Dr Rebecca Hewer @BecksHewer]

My article - critically engaging with uses of 'vulnerability' in UK prostitution policy, & by associated policy actors - is now available online. Huge thanks to @KatSmithInEd & @sharoncowan22 for their supervisory support!

https://t.co/ZOoKjaJgv2 …

[Dr Rebecca Hewer @BecksHewer]

Currently prepping my presentation for the @Discourse_ED event. I'll be talking about sociological frame theory, critical discourse analysis and the elusive subject of discourse. I am keen to attract the uncertain discourse analyst! I am one! Come along https://t.co/2CDm3Ie0yn