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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Jun 11

..Sadvansha applying DP in experimental settings

Radically Open Science: Shaping discursive accounts of cognition in
experimental debrief (Sadvansha Munshi)

Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Jun 11

Excellent DP/CA Heriot-Watt representation at the BPS Social Psychology Section Conference this year! #EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

BPS Social Psychology Conference 2025 Discursive Psychology Panel
1. Authority Without the Lab Coat: A Discursive Analysis of the ‘Common Man Authority’ Condition in
Milgram’s Obedience Studies (Rich Collins)
2. Using discursive social psychology to study postgraduate research student assessment: Navigating
the opening of a viva voce examination (Stephen Gibson)
3. “Sounds like a really scary time for you”: Using discursive social psychology to investigate
interactional transitions in helpline calls about suicide (Marc Alexander)
4. System Justification in Action: Discursive & Rhetorical Constructions of the Status Quo in
Parliamentary Debates Concerning Brexit (Alex Hunt)

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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · Jun 5

🗨️Forensic Conversations 17th of September, Lboro/Online
📆Abstracts due 15th of June

⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract

Coming in person and want to host a data session on the 18th? Perfect!

📋Registration is also OPEN.

Details below👇

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Dr. Alex Hunt @alex-hunt-psych.bsky.social · Jun 4

Fellow discursive psychologist, Sadvansha Munshi, is organising an Open Science event concerning experimental research with human participants!

Join the event on Friday 20th June, 9:30–12:30 at the PG Centre (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus).

Registration link: forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · May 19

Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!

Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology

www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...

MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods

Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University

www.hw.ac.uk

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Jun 3

There are still places available for this event. Scan the QR code or follow this link to register forms.office.com/e/PHU4YqegAw

Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · May 27

We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!

Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research

Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.

Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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Dr Manu Saunders @manusaunders.bsky.social · May 27

#AcademicSky Regular reminder to check your Google Scholar page for incorrect entries in your publications list. GS algorithms often add papers to your list that you didn't write, they belong to someone with the same initials+surname as you. Select the checkbox next to it and click Delete to remove

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · May 27

We are excited to announce an interaction-based open science sandpit event!

Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research

Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.

Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · May 19

Come and learn about conversation analysis and discursive psychology in my Discourse Analysis course at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh!

Part of a Masters programme that develops advanced qualitative and quantitative research skills.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology

www.hw.ac.uk/study/postgr...

MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods

Study MSc Social and Behavioural Research Methods at Heriot-Watt University

www.hw.ac.uk

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Galina Bolden @galinabolden.bsky.social · May 14

(via John Heritage) For those of you who cannot attend this event, a livestream will begin May 18th at 2:15 Pacific on:
youtube.com/live/ldel0Ea...
Please pass this on! @iscaupdates.bsky.social #emca

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Samuel Bennett @samtbennett.bsky.social · Apr 29

#discourse and #tiktok people. Can anyone point me to publications offering methodologies for doing (critical) discourse analysis of TikTok posts and comments - ideas for scraping, quant/qual analysis, problems faced, etc. Asking for 4 very motivated undergrads.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Apr 8

The UK government is proposing to finally finish off its universities by further tightening the terms of the graduate visa route. The stupid fools. Playing with dangers they don't even understand. www.ft.com/content/f441...

UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition

[FREE TO READ] Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain

www.ft.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Mar 26

Hard to read this by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and not wonder whether Labour has, in fact, lost the next general election less than a year out from winning the last one. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/labo...

Labour’s strategic error on tax

Two things have become clear to many people since Labour came to government. The first is that the party had done less preparation work fo...

mainlymacro.blogspot.com

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Sally Wiggins Young @profsalwiggins.bsky.social · Jan 8

One week left to submit an abstract for this Palgrave edited collection of DP research in educational settings. Contact Katarina Eriksson Barajas (see details in link) or via me if you're interested.

liu.se/en/article/d...

Discursive Psychology and Education

We are pleased to invite researchers to submit chapters for an edit volume on Discursive Psychology and Education, which will be submitted to the Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology.

liu.se

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Dec 18

**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack**

We're almost at the 150 max and therefore onto a second! Please repost to keep building our 🦋 community.

If you're a #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology researcher and want to be added (or removed!), reply below.

go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Dec 17

Okay I'll bite😊 Was Chewie chewy?

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thank you to everyone who attended @darg-sessions.bsky.social today for your insightful comments on my mental health helpline data.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 26

Thoroughly well deserved too Dr Hunt! 🎉

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Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Nov 25

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...

CA for Beginners January 2025 - emcawiki

emcawiki.net

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 23

2/ See our latest article in @rolsi-journal.bsky.social

*How do callers describe their mental health concerns?
*How do call-takers establish caller 'vulnerability'?

@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology #MentalHealth

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How Mental Health Establishes ‘Vulnerability’ as the Basis for Support from a Housing Helpline: Self-Descriptions and Diagnostic Categories

In the UK, there is a greater prospect of receiving housing support if one is considered ‘vulnerable’—that is, at unusual risk. However, there can be a disparity between applicant and provider in t...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 23

1/ As I seem to have a few more followers (thanks!), I thought I'd highlight my research interests...

*I analyse human interaction (helplines, emergency calls)
*I use conversation analysis and discursive psychology
*My current focus is on mental health talk
*Check out our latest article 👇

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 15

How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 7

1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 15

How are mental health problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts) articulated in calls to a housing helpline? And how does mental health talk feature in establishing the 'vulnerability' of callers? Check out our new open access article👇 @derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

Marc Alexander @marcalexander.bsky.social · Nov 7

1/ Our new ROLSI article examines how mental health talk features in establishing the basis for 'vulnerability' in calls to a housing helpline. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@derekedwards.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social · Nov 13

Would love to gather here with people working in this area to keep up on events, publications etc. If this is for you 👇

go.bsky.app/7uv6H2M

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