European identity and the representation of Islam in the mainstream press: Argumentation and media discourse -- Salomi Boukala's new book palgrave.com/us/book/978331… #argumentation #identity #mediastudies

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*. parliament.uk/business/commi…

CfP: Special Issue on SM-CDS for CDS RT much appreciated Social Media+Society LIP Research Group LSE Media & Communications SACS Newcastle Uni LINGUIST List APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @poldiscourse17 CDA Method @MeCCSA2019 CADAAD Journal SocialMedia Language Newcastle Critical Discourse Group @DigiCultureKCL DiscourseNet Media, Cultural and Communication Studies

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 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show 'Abolish Childhood': bit.ly/2JrdD6d Year of Young People 2018 Votes at 16 Campaign scotgovCYPIC Children's Parliament Scottish Youth Parliament Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland CRFR

Dr Veronika Koller Veronika Koller (account not active) talking about how politicians use language around Brexit. #Lancaster #LancasterUni #linguistics #rhetoric #metaphor #publiclecture

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... essexsummerschool.com/summer-school-…

Job opportunity: We are hiring an editorial assistant to work with Ingela Naumann, Jay Wiggan and Jan Eichhorn on the Journal of Social Policy (Journal of Social Policy). We offer 2 x 9- or 1 x 18-hours per week options. Deadline: 4 Feb. APPLY HERE: vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecr…

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

Our final Seminar Series talk this Friday (22 March, 3pm): Ruth Wodak on "Politics of Exclusion – Analysing Far-right populist discourse". Everyone welcome! School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh P&IR Edinburgh Social Policy Soc @GHPUEdinburgh STIS Edinburgh SKAPE CRFR Discourse Analysis Group_ED socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/events/seminar…

‘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 ([email protected]) discoversociety.org/2020/03/20/no-…

😃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 doingpolitics.space

Currently prepping my presentation for the Discourse Analysis Group_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 x.com/Discourse_ED/s…

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! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… …

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. cam.ac.uk/news/the-futur…

Great article about Student Solidarity Edinburgh’s occupation, where students are living out an alternative vision of the university as a community, rather than a managerialist quasi-corporation. studentnewspaper.org/we-are-the-uni…

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 > edin.ac/2HKHZjA GlobalJusticeAcademy

SAVE THE DATE: Sat 21st April Mark Blyth is visiting! Will discuss populism & offer global context to Trump-Stay tuned for details #Edinburgh

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]

Two postdoc fellowships in UoE Social Policy 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 jobs.ac.uk/job/BJV537/pos…