Adam Brandt
@adambrandt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK). Uses #EMCA to research social interaction, and particularly how people communicate with (and through) technologies, such as #conversationalAI.
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Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA
📢 Call for Papers
@suewiddicombe.bsky.social and I are inviting papers on how third parties - e.g., social media users, news reporters, spokespersons - dispute, judge, or excuse others’ misconduct.
🗓️ Submit by 23 Jan 2026
🔗 More info onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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@suewiddicombe.bsky.social and I are inviting papers on how third parties - e.g., social media users, news reporters, spokespersons - dispute, judge, or excuse others’ misconduct.
🗓️ Submit by 23 Jan 2026
🔗 More info onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
The Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology publishes papers that cover the full spectrum of community and social psychology.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Call for papers very relevant to #EMCA
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Next Thursday, we will meet at this lovely room in One 🍓 Lane to explore together how our responses could help build a safe space for stories of racism.
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
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#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
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October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Next Thursday, we will meet at this lovely room in One 🍓 Lane to explore together how our responses could help build a safe space for stories of racism.
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-turn-...
#ESRCFestival
@newcastleuni.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
Book your free ticket on Eventbrite 👇
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Interdisciplinary symposium on human-AI interaction taking place at University of Warwick next month:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
This will be relevant for the #EMCA and #conversationalAI communities. Attendance is online or in person. And free!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
This will be relevant for the #EMCA and #conversationalAI communities. Attendance is online or in person. And free!
Building Bridges
Building Bridges: A Symposium on Human-AI Interaction
warwick.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Interdisciplinary symposium on human-AI interaction taking place at University of Warwick next month:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
This will be relevant for the #EMCA and #conversationalAI communities. Attendance is online or in person. And free!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
This will be relevant for the #EMCA and #conversationalAI communities. Attendance is online or in person. And free!
Anyone in the north-east area early next month may be interested in this workshop. Using #EMCA methods to explore with the public how to create safe spaces for stories of racist experiences to be hear.
Explore the power of conversations in creating a safe space for stories of racism to be told and heard.
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
Thursday 6 November 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle
@xyarong.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Anyone in the north-east area early next month may be interested in this workshop. Using #EMCA methods to explore with the public how to create safe spaces for stories of racist experiences to be hear.
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This month we spoke to Professor Steven Bloch, expert in speech & language therapy and conversation analysis at @uclpals.bsky.social. We find out more about how he got into this fascinating field of research.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This month we spoke to Professor Steven Bloch, expert in speech & language therapy and conversation analysis at @uclpals.bsky.social. We find out more about how he got into this fascinating field of research.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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A (now-defunct) AI bot makes calls to restaurants etc.
It was apparently pretty successful at call openings, second summonses, uh(m)s that precede a reason for the call, and other-initiated self-repair.
Authors: test actions, not intelligence. #EMCA
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It was apparently pretty successful at call openings, second summonses, uh(m)s that precede a reason for the call, and other-initiated self-repair.
Authors: test actions, not intelligence. #EMCA
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October 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A (now-defunct) AI bot makes calls to restaurants etc.
It was apparently pretty successful at call openings, second summonses, uh(m)s that precede a reason for the call, and other-initiated self-repair.
Authors: test actions, not intelligence. #EMCA
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It was apparently pretty successful at call openings, second summonses, uh(m)s that precede a reason for the call, and other-initiated self-repair.
Authors: test actions, not intelligence. #EMCA
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#EMCA alert!
The 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis is taking place 25-27 March 2026 in Mannheim, Germany.
The theme is Technology Use and Social Interaction, and it has a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers and workshop leads!
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
The 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis is taking place 25-27 March 2026 in Mannheim, Germany.
The theme is Technology Use and Social Interaction, and it has a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers and workshop leads!
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
AGF 2026 | IDS
www.ids-mannheim.de
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#EMCA alert!
The 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis is taking place 25-27 March 2026 in Mannheim, Germany.
The theme is Technology Use and Social Interaction, and it has a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers and workshop leads!
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
The 25th Conference on Discourse and Conversation Analysis is taking place 25-27 March 2026 in Mannheim, Germany.
The theme is Technology Use and Social Interaction, and it has a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers and workshop leads!
www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/vera...
The Journal of Interaction Research in Communication Disorders is now Qualitative Research in Communication Differences and Disorders!
A great home for #EMCA research on what is often termed 'atypical interaction'.
Find out more in this editorial:
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
A great home for #EMCA research on what is often termed 'atypical interaction'.
Find out more in this editorial:
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
Enduring Connections and New Directions: Qualitative Research in Communication Differences and Disorders | Qualitative Research in Communication Differences and Disorders
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October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Journal of Interaction Research in Communication Disorders is now Qualitative Research in Communication Differences and Disorders!
A great home for #EMCA research on what is often termed 'atypical interaction'.
Find out more in this editorial:
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
A great home for #EMCA research on what is often termed 'atypical interaction'.
Find out more in this editorial:
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
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@saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
Rein Ove Sikveland
☀️☀️☀️☀️
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Rein Ove Sikveland
☀️☀️☀️☀️
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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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October 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@saulalbert.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social
Rein Ove Sikveland
☀️☀️☀️☀️
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Rein Ove Sikveland
☀️☀️☀️☀️
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A meme for the modern university...
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A meme for the modern university...
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#EMCA folks - if you're working on #chatbots or other conversational technologies and are in London on 16th July, this event looks fantastic!
#Conversational #AI Meetup London, Weds 16th July, 18.00.
Including a talk on LLM-Based conversational agents in hospital robots
🔗 lu.ma/5zzqtt33
#Conversational #AI Meetup London, Weds 16th July, 18.00.
Including a talk on LLM-Based conversational agents in hospital robots
🔗 lu.ma/5zzqtt33
June 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#EMCA folks - if you're working on #chatbots or other conversational technologies and are in London on 16th July, this event looks fantastic!
#Conversational #AI Meetup London, Weds 16th July, 18.00.
Including a talk on LLM-Based conversational agents in hospital robots
🔗 lu.ma/5zzqtt33
#Conversational #AI Meetup London, Weds 16th July, 18.00.
Including a talk on LLM-Based conversational agents in hospital robots
🔗 lu.ma/5zzqtt33
🚨Save the date!🚨
🗣️Spread the word! 🗣️
The next ICOP-L2 conference will be held at Newcastle University on 🗓️24-26 August 2026🗓️
icopl2.org
More details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for abstracts, and more, coming soon!
#EMCA #L2interaction
🗣️Spread the word! 🗣️
The next ICOP-L2 conference will be held at Newcastle University on 🗓️24-26 August 2026🗓️
icopl2.org
More details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for abstracts, and more, coming soon!
#EMCA #L2interaction
June 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🚨Save the date!🚨
🗣️Spread the word! 🗣️
The next ICOP-L2 conference will be held at Newcastle University on 🗓️24-26 August 2026🗓️
icopl2.org
More details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for abstracts, and more, coming soon!
#EMCA #L2interaction
🗣️Spread the word! 🗣️
The next ICOP-L2 conference will be held at Newcastle University on 🗓️24-26 August 2026🗓️
icopl2.org
More details on plenary speakers, workshops, the call for abstracts, and more, coming soon!
#EMCA #L2interaction
Super interesting (and useful) Special Section of ROLSI on all things ethics and data collection for #EMCA research.
Well done (and thank you!) to all involved in putting this together.
Well done (and thank you!) to all involved in putting this together.
A run through of the articles in the Special Section on "The Ethics of Collecting, Curating and Sharing Data in Conversation Analysis", now online (1st of 6 posts)
#EMCA
1. Joyce et al
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#EMCA
1. Joyce et al
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Super interesting (and useful) Special Section of ROLSI on all things ethics and data collection for #EMCA research.
Well done (and thank you!) to all involved in putting this together.
Well done (and thank you!) to all involved in putting this together.
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Please read and kindly consider signing in support of academics at Newcastle University (including from our team in Applied Linguistics & Communication) who are facing the threat of redundancy this summer:
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Please read and kindly consider signing in support of academics at Newcastle University (including from our team in Applied Linguistics & Communication) who are facing the threat of redundancy this summer:
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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We are looking for CLAN and ELAN users interested in converting 1 or 2 transcripts to the DOTE format. We have tested a Python script the last couple of days - and it would be interesting to try with some "real" data. Please get in touch. #DOTE #ELAN #CLAN #transcription #EMCA #VIDEO
May 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Please read and kindly consider signing in support of academics at Newcastle University (including from our team in Applied Linguistics & Communication) who are facing the threat of redundancy this summer:
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
www.change.org
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Please read and kindly consider signing in support of academics at Newcastle University (including from our team in Applied Linguistics & Communication) who are facing the threat of redundancy this summer:
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
This sounds fantastic!
Wondered about (or goggled at) how politicians use statistics?
Michael Billig and Cristina Marinho have a new book out on just that subject, and it's a cracker.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
Michael Billig and Cristina Marinho have a new book out on just that subject, and it's a cracker.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
Politicians Manipulating Statistics
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Politicians Manipulating Statistics
www.cambridge.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This sounds fantastic!
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A year ago our faculty commissioned & adopted guidance on GenAI and research integrity. Preamble below, pdf at osf.io/preprints/os..., text also at ideophone.org/generative-a...
Key to these guidelines is a values-first rather than a technology-first approach, based on NL code of research conduct
Key to these guidelines is a values-first rather than a technology-first approach, based on NL code of research conduct
![Preamble
All research at our institution, from ideation and execution to analysis and reporting, is bound by the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. This code specifies five core values that organise and inform research conduct: Honesty, Scrupulousness, Transparency, Independence and Responsibility.
One way to summarise the guidelines in this document is to say they are about taking these core values seriously. When it comes to using Generative AI in or for research, the question is if and how this can be done honestly, scrupulously, transparently, independently, and responsibly.
A key ethical challenge is that most current Generative AI undermines these values by design [3–5; details below]. Input data is legally questionable; output reproduces biases and erases authorship; fine-tuning involves exploitation; access is gated; versioning is opaque; and use taxes the environment.
While most of these issues apply across societal spheres, there is something especially pernicious about text generators in academia, where writing is not merely an output format but a means of thinking, crediting, arguing, and structuring thoughts. Hollowing out these skills carries foundational risks.
A common argument for Generative AI is a promise of higher productivity [5]. Yet productivity does not equal insight, and when kept unchecked it may hinder innovation and creativity [6, 7]. We do not need more papers, faster; we rather need more thoughtful, deep work, also known as slow science [8–10].
For these reasons, the first principle when it comes to Generative AI is to not use it unless you can do so honestly, scrupulously, transparently, independently and responsibly. The ubiquity of tools like ChatGPT is no reason to skimp on standards of research integrity; if anything, it requires more vigilance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfyqeo3tprov5lejatxoi6lb/bafkreidtloh77ocmijnfeddey4fmme43s2mhahdpmr7otrrmvpzjca5kn4@jpeg)
April 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A year ago our faculty commissioned & adopted guidance on GenAI and research integrity. Preamble below, pdf at osf.io/preprints/os..., text also at ideophone.org/generative-a...
Key to these guidelines is a values-first rather than a technology-first approach, based on NL code of research conduct
Key to these guidelines is a values-first rather than a technology-first approach, based on NL code of research conduct
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It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Better than nothing, hopefully a start:
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
Education Committee announces session on higher education funding - Committees - UK Parliament
Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector.
committees.parliament.uk
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Better than nothing, hopefully a start:
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
February 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
Our ‘Late Breaking Work’ submission for CHI2025 in Yokohama has sadly been rejected. Some positive comments from reviewers, but rejected on the grounds of not enough statistical data, lack of details about ethical approval, and lack of detail about #EMCA analytic process (is it thematic analysis?) 🤦🏻♂️
February 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our ‘Late Breaking Work’ submission for CHI2025 in Yokohama has sadly been rejected. Some positive comments from reviewers, but rejected on the grounds of not enough statistical data, lack of details about ethical approval, and lack of detail about #EMCA analytic process (is it thematic analysis?) 🤦🏻♂️
Aside from the obvious quality of observation and argument, I’m always impressed by the work of #LSE (and Liz!) in how they present their ideas in an engaging and interesting way, for all audiences. If only other institutions aspired to such standards of academic engagement.
Can #AI understand 'human distress'? And where might a conversation analytic answer to this question start?
#LSE is publishing a new series of video shorts on the impact of AI technology and it's great to have #EMCA in it!
youtu.be/rwBgZxmeCDM?...
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@lsepbs.bsky.social
#LSE is publishing a new series of video shorts on the impact of AI technology and it's great to have #EMCA in it!
youtu.be/rwBgZxmeCDM?...
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@lsepbs.bsky.social
Can AI understand distress? The hidden signals in emergency calls I LSE Research
YouTube video by LSE
youtu.be
February 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Aside from the obvious quality of observation and argument, I’m always impressed by the work of #LSE (and Liz!) in how they present their ideas in an engaging and interesting way, for all audiences. If only other institutions aspired to such standards of academic engagement.
What a brilliant new edition of the ISCA newsletter - a nice reminder that there are so many fantastic conferences and seminars covering many areas of #EMCA / #ILEMCA. Looking forward to seeing what 2025 brings our way!
Direct link to the newsletter:
www.conversationanalysis.org/members-foru...
Direct link to the newsletter:
www.conversationanalysis.org/members-foru...
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What a brilliant new edition of the ISCA newsletter - a nice reminder that there are so many fantastic conferences and seminars covering many areas of #EMCA / #ILEMCA. Looking forward to seeing what 2025 brings our way!
Direct link to the newsletter:
www.conversationanalysis.org/members-foru...
Direct link to the newsletter:
www.conversationanalysis.org/members-foru...