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| Lecturer in Work Interaction and Technology, King's College London, 2020 + | King's Business School is the ninth and newest faculty at King's College London, emerging out of the renowned School of Management & Business. We are looking to recruit an outstanding candidate, with an interest in Interaction, Work & Technology to join the Public Services Management & Organisation Group. There are presently 140 academic staff and a full range of undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes. As such we are going through an exciting development phase and are looking for high quality people to join our growing team. The School places a premium on international levels of scholarship and research excellence, and you will be expected to play a role in the standing and development of the Group in this regard. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to high quality research and will be able to contribute excellent teaching to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. You should hold a PhD in a relevant field, have a high-quality track record of publications in leading refereed journals and in securing research income. King's Business School is committed to ensuring an inclusive interview process and will reimburse up to £250 towards any additional care costs (for a dependent child or adult) incurred as a result of attending an interview for this position. This post will be offered on an indefinite contract. This is a full-time post. The selection process will include a panel interview, a presentation. For an informal discussion or to find out more about the role please contact: Professor Ewan Ferlie on 020 7848 4466 or email ewan.ferlie@kcl.ac.uk. To apply, please register with the King's College London application portal and complete your application online. + |
| Lecturer/Reader in Communication & Media at Loughborough + | * Lecturer in Communication and Media (REQ230401) * Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media (REQ23402) * Reader (Associate Professor) in Communication and Media Studies (REQ23409) School of Social Sciences and Humanities Opportunities overview We are looking to appoint two positions either as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader (equivalent to Associate Professor) in Communication and Media Studies who will contribute to our excellent research culture and make a committed, innovative and collegial contribution to teaching on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. We approach media and communication as a broad field and encourage applications from any relevant specialism. Focus / discipline areas Media and Communication at Loughborough University is a top media and communication programme, ranked in the top 4 in the UK (Complete University Guide, The Times Good University Guide, and the Guardian University Guide in 2023) and in the top 100 internationally (QSS 2023). Ninety two percent of our research was ranked as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. Our research impact and Research Environment were awarded the highest possible grading in the same assessment (i.e., 100% 4 star). We are a broad-based subject area with particular research and teaching strengths in media, memory and history, political communication, language and social interaction, and cultural analysis. Contact details For informal enquiries, please contact Professor David Deacon, Head of Division for Communication and Media: d.n.deacon@lboro.ac.uk About the School / Additional information The School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough is a world leading cluster of Social Scientists and Humanities scholars. The School is ranked 1st in the UK for Criminology and 3rd for Communications and Media; in the top 10 for English, Geography and Environmental Sciences, Sociology, and Social Policy; and in the top 20 for History and Politics; according to the Guardian, Times and Complete University Guide 2023 national subject rankings. The School is organised into five Divisions: Communication and Media; Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy; English; Geography and Environment; and, International Relations, Politics and History. In our teaching and research, we work within and across subject and disciplinary groupings addressing questions at the interface of society, culture and environment from local to global scales. From strong disciplinary foundations, we seek to develop inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives, so as to shape questions and solutions which are relevant to communities, stakeholders, policymakers and academics alike. Our leading position is built and developed around a vibrant and collegial international community that provides an excellent environment for progressing an academic career. We recognise that a diverse workplace is a better, more successful workplace for all, and therefore we especially welcome applications from colleagues who identify as Black or from an Minoritised Ethnicity. Please feel free to contact DARG members if you want to talk through the process/role: https://darg.lboro.ac.uk/members/ Application closing date 15 May 2023. + |
| Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Communication at King's College London + | Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Communication Job ID: 061808 Salary: Grade 7, £48,737 to £57,353 (Lecturer) or Grade 8, £58,949 to £67,673 (Senior Lecturer) per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Posted: 25-Jan-2023 Closing date: 22-Feb-2023 Business unit: Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care Department: Methodologies Contact details: Professor Glenn Robert, glenn.robert@kcl.ac.uk Academic and teaching This role This is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research and education, in relation to health communication. Health communication adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective to understand mechanisms and processes through which effective and person-centred communication with patients contributes to positive health outcomes. It is one of several new posts within the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care. We particularly seek applicants with experience and expertise of one or more of the following: the development of evidence-based communication training interventions that have demonstrated potential to improve healthcare; research to better understand the adaptations in health communication nurses and other health care practitioners need to make for underserved groups; and one or more of health literacy, public health messaging, practitioner-patient communication and the circulation of information within and between teams and systems. + |
| Lectures en ethnométhodologie + | '''Lectures en ethnométhodologie''' '''Organisateurs''' : Michel Barthélémy, Baudouin Dupret, Yaël Kreplak et Julia Velkovska '''Contacts''' : barth @ ehess. fr, baudouin.dupret @ ehess .fr, julia. velkovska @ orange.com, yael .kreplak @ gmail. com À l’occasion du cinquantenaire de la parution de l’ouvrage fondateur de l’ethnométhodologie – Studies in Ethnomethodology – et des dix ans de sa traduction en français, le séminaire de cette année s’intéressera aux développements de ce programme à travers l’examen de travaux postérieurs à ceux de Garfinkel. Les séances consisteront en la lecture d’une série de textes issus de cette tradition dans la perspective d’un projet de traduction et de publication collective. Chaque séance sera consacrée à la présentation, la discussion et la mise en perspective d’un article classique ou d’un chapitre d’ouvrage qui attestent de la vitalité et diversité de l’ethnométhodologie. Le séminaire est ouvert à toute personne qui souhaite s’initier à cette approche ou approfondir ses connaissances dans ce domaine. Tous les textes qui seront présentés, et leurs traductions, sont disponibles en amont des séances, sur demande aux organisateurs. Le séminaire aura lieu le deuxième vendredi du mois de 14h à 17h, au 54 boulevard Raspail, en salle A06_51. Dates : 10 novembre 2017, 8 décembre 2017, 12 janvier 2018, 9 février 2018, 9 mars 2018, 13 avril 2018, 18 mai 2018 et 8 juin 2018 '''PROGRAMME PRÉVISIONNEL''' Vendredi 10 novembre Introduction générale, par Baudouin Dupret & Yaël Kreplak Références à consulter : Turner Roy éd., 1974, Ethnomethodology: Selected Readings, Harmondsworth, Penguin. Texte introductif : « Introduction », par R. Turner. Lynch Michael et Sharrock Wes éd., 2011, Ethnomethodology, Londres, Sage, 4 volumes. Texte introductif : « Editors’ introduction. Methods in ethnomethodology », par M. Lynch et W. Sharrock. Vendredi 8 décembre Présentation de texte, par Michel Barthélémy Jeff Stetson, 1999, « Victim, offender and witness in the emplotment of news stories », in Paul Jalbert (ed.), Media Studies: an Ethnomethodological Approach, Lanham & Oxford, University Press of America, p. 77-110. Vendredi 12 janvier Présentation de texte, par Yaël Kreplak Eric Livingston, 1995, An Anthropology of Reading, Bloomington, Indiana University Press [chapitre à déterminer] Vendredi 9 février Présentation de texte, par Michel Barthélémy Beng-Hua Chua, 1979, « Democracy as textual accomplishment », The Sociological Quarterly, n° 20, p. 541-549. Vendredi 9 mars Présentation de texte, par Baudouin Dupret David Sudnow, 1965, « Normal crimes. Sociological features of the penal code in a public defender office », Social Problems, vol. 12, n° 3, p. 255-276. Vendredi 13 avril Présentation de texte, par Yaël Kreplak [texte à déterminer] Vendredi 18 mai Présentation de texte, par Julia Velkovska [texte à déterminer] Vendredi 8 juin Présentation de texte, par Julia Velkovska [texte à déterminer] OU Présentation de texte, par Baudouin Dupret David Bogen & Michael Lynch, 1989, « Taking account of the hostile native: plausible deniability and the production of conventional history in the Iran-contra hearings », Social Problems, vol. 36, n° 3, p. 197-224. + |
| Lectureship position at Victoria University Of Wellington New Zealand 2020 + | Lecturer in Social Psychology * Location: Kelburn * Type: Permanent * Post Date: Mon Jan 13 22:53:45 2020 * Ref: 1000739 The School of Psychology is seeking to make a permanent, full-time appointment at the Lecturer level (equivalent to North American Assistant Professor). The area of content specialisation for this position is Social Psychology and we welcome applications from individuals who have specialist research knowledge in this broad area. The School has established expertise in the areas of interpersonal and intergroup processes, feminist and discursive psychology, social cognition and decision making, and political psychology, utilising the full breadth of methodological and analytic approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, experimental, etc). We invite candidates whose expertise/research complements and/or adds to these. A strong commitment to open science practices is essential for the position, as is a demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusivity, and diversity. Candidates from Māori/Pasifika backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply. This is an exciting opportunity to join an energetic social psychology group with international research and teaching expertise within a world-leading university. The purpose of this position is to contribute to the School’s research, service, and teaching, in the area of social psychology. The staff member will be expected to teach and supervise social psychology at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, add to the School’s existing strengths in teaching and supervision, and ideally complement existing research concentrations in the School. The preferred applicant will have a PhD in psychology, a strong research and publication record, and experience in social psychology teaching and supervision. The University has an excellent research culture and the School of Psychology is recognised as being within the top echelon of psychology departments in New Zealand. The School hosts research laboratories in many of psychology’s specialty areas: cognition, learning, social, cross-cultural, developmental, behavioural pharmacology, neuropsychology, clinical, and forensic psychology. It is also home to the Victoria Psychology Clinic and the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, and it has connections to the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families. Importantly, the School of Psychology has a strong commitment to equity and diversity, and specifically to bicultural practice in research and teaching consistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. As the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington is home to parliament, key government agencies and judicial courts, providing excellent opportunities for developing research and professional partnerships with Government and NGOs. In particular, the Social Psychology group has relationships with various external organisations in the Wellington area. It is a vibrant, scenic and creative city making it a wonderful place to live and work. For further information please contact Professor Marc Wilson, School of Psychology, at: marc.wilson@vuw.ac.nz. Applications close 31 March 2020. Role Description Important - Application Steps. Click Apply Button at base of Advert, follow the process to enter your contact details and add your CV and cover letter in the online form. Download and complete the University Application Form Email completed application form to erecruit@vuw.ac.nz along with any further supporting documents stating the reference number and position title from the advert in the subject line. + |
| Leibniz Institute for The German Language (IDS) (Mannheim, Germany) – Looking for Research Assistant (post-doc) 2021 + | Job Vacancy The Leibniz-Institute for the German Language (IDS) in Mannheim (Germany) is offering a researcher position, starting 1st February 2022, in a new project investigating ‘Social interaction with Virtual Assistants’: Research Associate (post-doc) position for up to five years (100%, fixed-term) (job reference number 14/2021) The position is located in the Pragmatics Department of the IDS. The appointment is for up to five years, with a salary according to the German public service scale grade TV-L 13 (Tarifvertrag für den Öffentlichen Dienst der Länder ). Job description The incumbent of the position will become a member of a research team examining social interaction with virtual assistants such as Amazon Echo (Alexa), Google Home, or Siri. The project aims at identifying emerging verbal and communicative routines in interaction with Virtual Assistants, especially in homes and in cars, in German language. The project team uses methods of multimodal Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics, complemented by quantitative approaches. The project offers the opportunity to work in an exciting emerging field of research in the context of an internationally renowned research institute. Your tasks include * designing and conducting a study in the field of Social Interaction with Virtual Assistants, using methods of Multimodal Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics * presentation of results at international conferences (independently and together with the project team) * (co-authored) publications on results of the project in English and German * recruitment of subjects in the field * planning, organisation and conduct of field recordings (audio and video recordings) * contribution to the administration and coordination of the project * participation in the organization of workshops, panels and conferences * support concerning administrative and organizational tasks in the context of the department. Requirements We invite applications from scholars interested in technology use in interaction. A strong motivation to pursue a scientific career is mandatory. The successful applicant will: * hold (or very soon expect to obtain) a PhD in linguistics or a related social science relevant to the field of research; * have expertise in Conversation Analysis and/or Interactional Linguistics; * have very good proficiency (at least C1-level according to CEFR) in German; * have a good command of (academic) English; * enjoy working as part of a team; * have experience in or interest in recruiting subjects, and preparing and conducting field- work and data collection; * have experience with and interest in using Virtual Assistants; have experience in team and project work. Employer The Leibniz-Institute for the German Language (IDS) is an extramural institution dedicated to research on German language. It belongs to the Leibniz Association, one of the four major extramural research associations in Germany. The IDS provides a stimulating research environment, with excellent facilities and expertise supporting linguistic research based on corpora, and close links to the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg. In addition to training and development opportunities, the IDS offers an attractive occupational pension plan, financial subsidy for childcare, and salary in accordance with the German public service scale grade. The IDS aims to further increase the number of female researchers among the scientific staff. Applications from qualified female scientists are therefore particularly welcomed. The IDS is a family-friendly employer. In cases of equal merit, preference will be given to applicants with a disability. Your application contains * a cover letter stating your interest in the position * a CV * a scan of your latest academic certificates (PhD, M.A., B.A.) * a sample piece of academic writing (a published article, or (parts of) your PhD or M.A. thesis). Please send your application, citing the job reference number 14/2021, in a single pdf file by e-mail to: * Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) * Sekretariat Verwaltung * E-Mail: hohlfeld@ids-mannheim.de The deadline for applications is November 15, 2021. We are expecting to conduct job interviews in the second half of November. Due to the ongoing pandemic, they may take place virtually via Zoom. For enquiries concerning the position, please contact Henrike Helmer (helmer@ids-mannheim.de). + |
| LeidenPhDs2025 + | 3 PhD candidates Interpersonal Conflicts and Violence (48 months, 1 fte) Why and how do interpersonal conflicts turn physically violent? What are the turning points towards the beginning and ending of violence in encounters between civilians and between police and civilians? If you want to work on these questions, have a master’s degree in communication science, social science, or psychology, and would like to conduct qualitative video analysis, this may be the job for you. <b>What you will do</b> The main aim of this ERC TURNING VIOLENT research is to identify turning points towards one-sided violence in interpersonal conflicts. Projects will focus on conflicts between civilians or between police and civilians in Berlin, Paris, or London. We will be using publicly available video data, complemented with video elicitation interviews. Please go to this page to read the full research proposal. We are seeking candidates who are interested in learning or who are already experienced in video based ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis and who are comfortable working with qualitative research methods and video annotation tools (e.g. ELAN, NVivo, or similar). <b>As a PhD candidate, you will:</b><br> * Systematically retrieve publicly available video data and additional sources to compile a high-quality dataset; * Perform ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis of these video data; * Conduct video-elicitations interviews with police trainers and/or other violence experts; * Conduct in-person interviews in Berlin, Paris or London * Present results at academic conferences and workshops; * Publish in academic journals; * Participate in and co-organize data sessions, joint research projects, workshops as well as communication and dissemination activities of the team; * Take relevant courses and training and participate in team workshops; * Actively contribute to the Violence & Violence Prevention Group and participate in the intellectual life of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. <b>What you bring</b><br> Every job is different, so in the beginning we will devote attention to your onboarding. If some of the work activities are new to you, we will consider together what your needs are, and draw up a development plan. This position is a good fit for you if you recognise yourself in having the following: * (Research) Master’s degree in Criminology, Sociology, Communication Studies/Science, Psychology, Crisis and Security Management or a related social science field; * Good study results and academic skills, demonstrated in the Bachelor’s and Master’s course transcripts; * Solid knowledge of and experience with using qualitative research methods; experience with ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis of video material is a plus; * Substantive interest in and knowledge of violence and policing research, especially interactionist studies of violence and policing; * Willingness and ability to contribute to teaching in the Minor Violence Studies and in other courses in Bachelor Security Studies and in the Master Crisis & Security Management; * Ability to work independently, and to contribute to the Violence & Violence Prevention Group, demonstrated in prior research, work, or internship experience * Excellent command of English and, for the projects focusing on Berlin and Paris, excellent command of German or French. This is an essential criteria for being considered for the position. Proficiency in Dutch is considered an asset. If you immediately recognise yourself in this profile, or if do you not quite meet all the requirements but believe that this is the right job for you, we look forward to your application! <b>Your application should include: </b> * A CV; In your CV, please include your language skills in English, French and/or German * A motivation letter; Please indicate your preference and suitability to study either civilian-civilian or police-civilian conflicts and a motivation for this preference in your letter; Please also indicate your preference and suitability to focus on either Berlin, Paris or London in the letter and a motivation for this preference in your letter; * A writing sample, for instance a chapter of your MA thesis. + |
| LeidenPostdocs2025 + | <b>3 postdoctoral researchers Interpersonal Conflicts and Violence (35 months, 0,8 fte)</b> Why and how do interpersonal conflicts turn physically violent? What are the turning points towards the beginning and ending of violence in encounters between civilians and between police and civilians? If you want to work on these questions, are trained in communication science, social science, or psychology, and experienced in qualitative video analysis, this may be the job for you. <b>What you will do</b><br> The main aim of this ERC TURNING VIOLENT research is to identify turning points towards one-sided violence in interpersonal conflicts. Projects will focus on conflicts between civilians or between police and civilians in Berlin, Paris or London. We will be using publicly available video data, complemented with video elicitation interviews. Please go to this page to read the full research proposal. We are seeking candidates with experience in video based ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis and who are comfortable working with qualitative research methods and video annotation tools (e.g. ELAN, NVivo, or similar). <b>As a postdoctoral researcher, you will: </b> <br> * Systematically retrieve publicly available video data and additional sources to compile a high-quality dataset; * Perform ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis of these video data; * Conduct video-elicitations interviews with police trainers and/or other violence experts; * Present results at academic conferences and workshops; * Publish in academic journals; * Participate in and co-organize data sessions, joint research projects, workshops as well as communication and dissemination activities of the team; * Actively contribute to the Violence & Violence Prevention Group and participate in the intellectual life of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. <b>What you bring</b> <br> Every job is different, so in the beginning we will devote attention to your onboarding. If some of the work activities are new to you, we will consider together what your needs are, and draw up a development plan. This position is a good fit for you if you recognise yourself in the following: * Approved doctoral thesis in Communication Science, Crisis and Security Management, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology or related social science field; * Knowledge of and experience with using qualitative research methods, preferably ethnomethodological conversation analysis and multimodal analysis of video material; * Substantive interest in and knowledge of violence and policing research, especially interactionist studies of violence and policing; * Ability to work independently, and to contribute to the Violence & Violence Prevention Group, demonstrated in prior work or internship experience; * Excellent command of English and, for the projects focusing on Berlin and Paris, excellent command of German or French. This is an essential criteria to be considered for the position. Proficiency in Dutch is considered an asset. If you immediately recognise yourself in this profile, or if do you not quite meet all the requirements, but you believe that this is the right job for you, we look forward to your application! <b>Your application should include: </b><br> * A CV; In your CV, please include your language skills in English, French and/or German; * A motivation letter; Please indicate your preference and suitability to study either civilian-civilian or police-civilian conflicts and a motivation for this preference in your letter; Please also indicate your preference and suitability to focus on either Berlin, Paris or London in the letter and a motivation for this preference in your letter; * A writing sample, for instance an article or chapter of your doctoral thesis. + |
| Lis Icar Lyon Online Data Session 5th May 2020 + | Next online #datasession #DataLis #EMCA in Lyon (French) Tue May 5 2pm @icar @LabexAslan : Marianne Zogmal (Genève) présente des données sur interactions parents enfants professionnels lors de l'arrivée en crèche; inscription par mp @LisIcarLyon @IcarLaboratoire + |
| Liverpool Summer School + | We are pleased to announce an Ethnomethodology Summer School taking place Monday 11th to Friday 15th August 2025 in and around the University of Liverpool campus. The Summer School is open to masters students, postgraduate researchers and others new to the field seeking to engage in a hands-on way with ethnomethodology as an approach to social research. It will be led by Prof. Michael Mair and Dr. Phillip Brooker (with collaboration from other ethnomethodology practitioners), and thematised on ethnomethodology’s capacity for ludic/playful exploratory ways into phenomena of interest. We have no resource to fund places (meaning participants would need to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements for the duration), but the Summer School for free to applicants currently undertaking masters or PhD studies in a social-sciences-relevant field (broadly conceived) who are looking to learn more about the foundations of ethnomethodology and how they are being applied in contemporary domains. While places are restricted to 8 attendees, we would be delighted to hear from prospective participants with a short (circa 200 words) account of their research interests and how the Summer School would benefit their studies and work – please send an email with these details to Phil Brooker (p.d.brooker@liverpool.ac.uk) and Michael Mair (mdmair@liverpool.ac.uk) if you wish to apply. Please also include any details of circumstances that we can help support successful applicants with upon their arrival to Liverpool (e.g. mobility and transport needs). The deadline for applications is Friday 1st August. + |
| Longitudinal CA Workshop 2023 + | Workshop in longitudinal conversation analysis 12.10.2023-13.10.2023 University of Oulu You are warmly welcome to the “Workshop in longitudinal conversation analysis” organized by the University of Oulu’s Human Sciences Doctoral Programme. The workshop is free-of-charge and will take place on October 12-13 in Oulu, at the University of Oulu campus. Please note that participants are responsible for covering their own expenses (travel, accommodation, etc.). Registration for the event is for those participating in person, however the keynote talks will be available for remote listeners. Building on recent work and discussion on longitudinal conversation analysis (CA), the workshop invites doctoral researchers, post-docs, and all scholars to explore the potential of longitudinal approaches. CA can be utilized in data collected across time and in longitudinal settings to observe changes and developments in participants’ practices. The workshop invites both scholars interested in data collected over weeks, months, and years to those working with data of interactions even closer in time. The aim of the workshop is to become acquainted with current research in this topic, to exchange ideas regarding future work in longitudinal CA, and to collaboratively reflect on challenges in the field. The workshop consists of small group exercises, opportunities for participants to introduce their research, open discussions and Q&A’s with three invited speakers. Professor Simona Pekarek Doehler (University of Neuchâtel) and Dr Spencer Hazel (Newcastle University) will be joining the workshop in person, and Professor John Hellermann (Portland State University) will give a talk remotely. Please register for the workshop by September 1st at the following link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/04E315DF2BCA82DD For more information, please contact: * Heidi Puputti, heidi.puputti@oulu.fi * Pentti Haddington, pentti.haddington@oulu.fi + |
| LongitudinalCA2026 + | Summer school 2026 "Longitudinal Conversation Analysis: Empirical insights and methodological challenges" The 2026 Summer School not to be missed, on Lesbos in Greece, at the magnificent Metochi Monastery We humans are fundamentally social beings: We rely on mutually understandable ways of interacting with each other to establish intercomprehension and to coordinate our respective actions in diverse social settings, ranging from dinner-table conversations to workplace interactions. We do so based on socio-culturally elaborated and shared 'methods' (Garfinkel 1964) – that is: systematic procedures for accomplishing social actions and coordinating these with others: methods for opening or closing conversations, for taking turns-at-talk, for displaying disagreement, etc. The sharedness of such methods among members of a given community is axiological to the building of mutual understanding and, ultimately, of social order. But how do members develop such methods and related resources and practices? How do they adapt them over time, over repeated social encounters and interactional experiences, or as part of socio-cultural change? This summer school addresses these questions from a micro-level perspective focused on the detailed analysis of people’s situated interactional conduct as observable in (video)-recorded longitudinal data and fine-grained transcripts of such data. While change in human conduct is at the core of many lines of research, ranging from psychological investigations of child development, through linguistic research on historical language change, to sociological studies on (macro)societal change, the micro-level details of change over time in people’s contextualized interactional practices have only recently started to be explored in systematic ways (for earlier exceptions see Wootton 1997 and Clayman & Heritage 2002). This line of research is currently attracting growing interest within an interdisciplinary field that has materialized under the label of longitudinal Conversation Analysis (short: longitudinal CA; see the papers in Pekarek Doehler, Wagner & González-Martínez 2018 and Pekarek Doehler & Deppermann 2021). Bringing together (early career) researchers and renowned international experts from diverse fields (linguistics, sociology, education, communication…), the summer school sets out to advance our understanding of a range of interrelated dimensions of change in people’s interactional practices and resources. These include how people change their interactional conduct as they learn a first or second language or navigate a new professional context, how people adapt their mutual conduct based on increased familiarity with each other and growing shared knowledge, and how whole communities of practice (e.g., members of a given institution) change their communicative patterns across decades. The summer school puts a special emphasis on the methodological challenges related to conducting longitudinal Conversation Analysis – from data collection, through the establishment of collections to data analysis and interpretation of results. The event comprises plenary lectures and hands-on training sessions led by our invited speakers, work-in-progress presentations by PhD students, post-docs, and other interested researchers, as well as time for group-work sessions and social gatherings. The workshop will accommodate 25 participants and 5 plenary speakers, giving priority to early career researchers from diverse countries and linguistic backgrounds. The program will run from Monday morning, 11 May 2026, to Friday afternoon, 15 May 2026, with one afternoon allocated to a joint excursion. Registration comprises lodging and food from Sunday 10 May (afternoon) to Sunday 17 May (morning). Application Application to the summer school is done via the following online form: https://forms.gle/EnB1ySRrAwCnXAMN7 In the application form, you will be asked to provide a brief description of yourself, what you are working with, why you want to participate in the summer school, etc. There are no particular prerequisites for participation, but it will be useful to have some background in CA, ethnomethodology, Interactional Linguistics, or related fields. In case there are more interested participants than available places, PhD students and other early career researchers will be given priority. Application deadline: 30 Sept. 2025 + |
| Looking for evidence + | It can be said that evidencing is a ubiquitous social practice. When assessing whether some statement is right or wrong, one generally asks one’s interlocutor to document it one way or another. Evidence is also frequently used to better ground a claim, its cogency and its truthfulness. Moreover, there are institutions whose functioning is largely dependent on the production of evidence. Such is the case of sciences, be it natural or human, and most obviously of the law. In this specific domain, evidence is used as the driver of the formal syllogism that leads to the application of a legal provision to a situation presented as factual. Every specific setting has criteria to establish whether something is sufficiently evidenced, which may vary from loose to tight according to the context’s specific purposes and constraints. Beyond the sharing of the same conceptual heading, what is it that makes e.g. mathematical and archaeological evidencing look like each other? What is the relationship that must be established between a fact and a theory (or a legal proposition) which allows the former to provide the latter with its evidence (and thus judicial implementation)? The law accepts a margin of flexibility, like the principle of “reasonable doubt”. There are domains where evidence is accepted under the “ceteris paribus” clause. In the field of sciences, the criteria are very different according to whether they are of a verificationist type or of a contingent, historical type. In any case, evidence must be treated as a conceptual issue, that is, as an issue which does not find its solution in more empirical findings, but in the logical bind woven between these findings and what they serve explaining. This one-day meeting on the practice of proving aims first at looking at the family resemblances between different types of evidence production, and second at exploring the specific case of the practice of evidence in judicial settings. It is organized around Prof. Michael Lynch, who is a major figure in the field of the social study of science. Michael Lynch is a Professor in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. He studies practical action, visual representation, and discursive interaction in research laboratories, clinical settings, and legal tribunals. He received the 1995 Robert K. Merton Professional award from the Science, Knowledge and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association for his book Scientific Practice and Ordinary Action. His most recent book, Truth Machine: The Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting (with Simon Cole, Ruth McNally & Kathleen Jordan) examines the interplay between law and science in criminal cases involving DNA evidence. The book received the 2011 Distinguished Publication Award from the Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis section of the American Sociological Association. He was Editor of Social Studies of Science from 2002 until 2012, and he was President of the Society for Social Studies of Science in 2007-2009. + |
| Loughborough Beginners CA Workshop Easter 2021 + | '''NB: This workshop is now fully booked - if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Charles Antaki: c.antaki@lboro.ac.uk''' Loughborough University holds a number of workshops on conversation analysis throughout the year. Our next one-day CA for Beginners workshop will be held remotely on Thursday, the 8th of April, 2021. It will be led by Charles Antaki, Marco Pino, Jessica Robles and Saul Albert. The workshop is meant for anyone who has a growing interest in CA – perhaps they have heard of it, come across it in their studies, or are working in a group which uses it as an approach for research, and would like to know more. It would also be useful for anyone starting out on research which may take them down the line of analysing talk in great detail. The kinds of questions we will cover include: * What is the relationship between CA and discourse analysis? * Why does CA insist on the close analysis of talk, with very detailed transcription? * What does CA us about what people are doing in every day in counters? * Can we use CA to understand institutional encounters, for example medical consultations or police interviews? * How can I use CA in my research? The day will cover these elements of working with recorded data: * How to transcribe, how to identify the components of turns * How do identify actions * How to build a collection * How to develop an argument in conversation analysis Registration costs £25, and will be open on Loughborough university Online Store to those who express an interest There may be discretion according to ability to pay – please contact us for further details. For more information, email Charles Antaki at this address c.antaki@lboro.ac.uk. + |
| Loughborough IAS on driving 2018 + | DESCRIPTION Loughborough University's Institute of Advanced Studies is delighted to host a morning seminar on Real Driving, Naturalistic Driving, Video, Design and Communication. * 09.30-10.00 Arrive, tea and coffee * 10.00-10.15 Welcome; introduction to the purpose of the seminar - Elizabeth Stokoe, Loughborough University * 10.15-10.30 Studying driver behaviour in naturalistic driving and field operational tests – why video data is so important - Andrew Morris, Loughborough University * 10.30-10.45 How horns are heard in Chennai - Eric Laurier, University of Edinburgh * 10.45-11.00 Applications of video data collection - results from the UDRIVE Naturalistic Driving project - Ruth Welsh, Loughborough University * 11.00-11.15 Learning to see what other cars think - Mathias Broth, Linköping University * 11.15-11.30 Speech interfaces in passenger cars - Gary Burnett, University of Nottingham * 11.30-11.45 Is there such a thing as skilled backseat driving? – The driver and passengers collaborating for driving - Pentti Haddington, University of Oulu * 11.45-12.00 Use of video data to predict driver intent based on facial expressions - Qinggang Meng, Loughborough University * 12.00-12.45 Discussion over lunch - Elizabeth Stokoe, Andrew Morris + |
| Loughborough Seminar on video, mobility and multimodal interaction 2018 + | DESCRIPTION On Tuesday 16th January 2018, there will be a one day seminar at Loughborough University on Video, Mobility, Technology and Multimodal Interaction – with sessions from: Prof Mathias Broth (Department of Culture and Communication, Linköping University) Prof Pentti Haddington (English Philology, University of Oulu) Prof Jon Hindmarsh (School of Management and Business, Kings College London) Dr Eric Laurier (School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh) Dr Stuart Reeves (School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham) Schedule: 10:00 - 10:15: Arrival and Tea/Coffee 10:15 - 10.:30: Prof Liz Stokoe, Loughborough University, 'Welcome and Introduction' 10:30 – 11:30: Jon Hindmarsh, 'The problem of relevance in video-based research' In this presentation I will explore one of the key issues for the analysis of video-based data of naturalistic interactions – the problem of ‘relevance,’ and, more particularly, questions concerning how we can determine the relevance of this or that aspect of bodily conduct for the ongoing interaction; this or that object or technology; or indeed this or that feature of the local environment more generally. I will use examples from video-based studies of healthcare settings to introduce and interrogate these kinds of concerns. One aim of the presentation is to provide a set of background considerations that can be used to reflect on the case studies discussed throughout the rest of the workshop. 11:30 – 12:30 Matthias Broth, 'How a TV-crew manages its invisibility during live broadcasting' My presentation will detail some of the practices through which different members of a TV-crew involved in live TV broadcasting achieve being unnoticed (supposedly) by the television audience. This ongoing achievement builds on an analysis, by camera operators and control room personnel, of the current situation in the studio interaction. Knowing who is talking, or will be talking next, and who is, or will be offering shots of these participants in the studio, members of the crew know when to reposition their cameras with little risk of broadcasting accidentally moving shots or shots in which camera operators are visible. 12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH 13:30 – 14:30: Stuart Reeves (with Christian Greiffenhagen, Chinese University of Hong Kong), 'Dealing with trouble in a performative control room' We look at how troubles are dealt with in a control room set up to manage a mixed reality game / performance designed and run by the artist group Blast Theory. Members of the control room team (including a stage manager / director) monitor three performers streaming live video from the streets nearby to a participating online audience. Critically, not all troubles are dealt with in the same way by the control room. We unpack how radio announcements made by the stage manager / director to runners on the street treat troubles differently, being variously formulated as requests, instructions, or directions. 14:30 – 15:30: Pentti Haddington, 'How do drivers and passengers coordinate two courses of action in leave-taking in cars' My talk will address the question of how participants do many things at the same and how such multiactivity becomes manifest in interactants’ joint action. After a general introduction to multiactivity and why it may interest researchers in EMCA, I will present examples from various multiactivity episodes: driving and workplaces and focus on how drivers and passengers close a conversation and end the journey as multactivity when the driver pulls over to drop off a passenger, how drivers answer a ringing mobile in cars (often in collaboration with the passenger) and how participants achieve the handing over of an object to a co-participant with respect to a non-related other activity. 15:30 – 16:00 BREAK 16:00 – 17:00: Eric Laurier, 'The Point of Payment' From ongoing research, with Tuncer, Kamunen & Haddington, on contactless payment I will describe the embodied actions surrounding and constituting paying the bill. The video material is from a corpus of dual perspective recordings at the counter. A routine concern for customers on settling the bill, at the end of their stay in a café, is the bill’s correctness (e.g. rather than fairness or value). It is however also an occasion in the overall visit when small talk, assessment of the experience of the café is potentially relevant and tipping can be done. It is within this region of relevance service encounter expectations of staff and customers, that the bill has to retrieved, presented, potentially examined and accepted. Paired with the bill is, of course, its payment and payment will then also require the retrieval, selection, presentation and transfer of the customer’s money either as notes or coins or through cards. These courses of action are artfully produced, typically under a strong concern for progressivity, as both sequential and synchronous. 17:00 – 17:30: Liz Stokoe,'Closing Remarks' + |
| Loughborough University Funded PhD 2022 + | Communicating about end of life and related matters in hospice consultations ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship Loughborough University and LOROS, Hospice Care for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland The Midlands Graduate School is an accredited Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). One of 14 partnerships in the UK, the Midlands Graduate School is a collaboration between the University of Warwick, Aston University, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham. Loughborough University, as part of Midlands Graduate School, is inviting applications for an ESRC Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner LOROS, Hospice Care for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, to commence in October 2022. The successful applicant will undertake a study using the methodology of conversation analysis – entailing detailed inductive analysis of recordings of real-life interactions. The student will examine how sensitive conversational activities, including discussing death and dying, are managed within interactions between patients, their companions, and healthcare practitioners who specialise in palliative and end-of-life care. The applicant will spend time with LOROS Hospice staff and service users, and visit other UK Hospices. Through field visits, discussions, relevant reading, and academic supervision, the applicant will be supported in developing their own distinctive research foci. After familiarising themselves with key concepts and empirical studies, the student will examine an existing dataset comprising 85 audio/visually-recorded hospice consultations involving 85 patients (and sometimes companions), 5 consultants in palliative medicine, 5 occupational therapists, and 3 physiotherapists. Permissions exist for secondary analyses of these data. Analysis will include watching recordings, identifying sequences of talk containing phenomena of interest, and generating detailed transcripts using notation capturing what people say and how they say it, including silences, intonation, and embodied conduct. The collaborating organisation (LOROS) hosts a large research and education centre. The education department delivers communication skills training annually to over 350 health and social care professionals from the East Midlands and beyond. The student will be based within the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough and benefit from input from academics who specialise in the study of communication on palliative and end-of-life care, including Marco Pino and Ruth Parry. The student will receive comprehensive training in the analysis of interpersonal communication. Familiarity with healthcare contexts and with conversation analysis would be advantageous but are not vital. The applicant should be fully prepared to work closely with data that can be emotionally and indeed existentially challenging; associated support mechanisms in place for all team members will also be available to the PhD student. Application Process To be considered for this PhD, please complete the Collaborative Studentship application form available online here. Shortlisted applicants will also be required to provide transcripts and two references. Application deadline: Monday 5th September 2022 Interviews will take place on Thursday 8th September 2022 Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Our ESRC studentships cover fees, a maintenance stipend, and extensive support for research training, as well as research activity support grants. Support is available to applicants with Home fee status only. For further details, visit: www.mgsdtp.ac.uk/studentships/eligibility/. Informal enquiries about the research or the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough prior to application can be directed to Dr Marco Pino: m.pino@lboro.ac.uk. + |
| Loughborough-PhD-Bereavement-Support-2025 + | Project Title: Building an inclusive bereavement support ecosystem through improved communication in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Deadline:11:59pm, 30th November 2025 Host University: Loughborough University School/department: Social Sciences and Humanities Start date: Wednesday 1st April 2026 Funding offer: Tuition fees covered in full (worth approx. £15-17k across full PhD programme). Monthly stipend based on £20,780 per annum, pro rata, tax free. Working hours: Full-time (minimum 37.5 hrs per week). Working style: Primarily in-person at host university. Flexible working supported. Working pattern to be agreed between successful candidate and lead supervisor. Project Supervisors Lead Academic Supervisor: Dr Marco Pino (Loughborough University) Academic Co-Supervisor: Dr Zoebia Islam (University of Leicester) Community Supervisor: Rebecca Sweetman (Rainbows Hospice) About The Project More than 10,000 people died in LLR in 2024 alone, leaving many bereaved. Erosion of bonds in contemporary society leaves many isolated and struggling to recover, especially after a catastrophic loss such as the death of a child. Effective and compassionate support is key to adaptation, helping families regain a sense of fulfilment and purpose in life. Attitudes towards death and bereavement vary across ethnic communities. Supportive conversations thus require cultural sensitivity to tailor communication to cultural and spiritual needs. This is especially the case in LLR, a highly diverse territory, with Leicester being home to the largest Indian population in England and Wales. The project will investigate communication challenges faced in delivering culturally sensitive bereavement support in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). It will also create a forum of local organisations to co-design and disseminate a reusable evidence-based resource for use in communication skills training of professionals and volunteers who support bereaved families across diverse ethnic backgrounds. Research in these areas is lacking, limiting professional development. By addressing this gap, our project centres the local priorities to sustain accessible and inclusive health, social, and support services for isolated individuals and communities; and the need for culturally specific support and resources. The project involves Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, which provides free-of-charge, specialised one-to-one and group support to bereaved families of children who have died or are dying. We will work with their Counselling, Bereavement Support, and Cultural Link services to investigate challenges faced and identify effective communication practices used to support bereaved families. Using mixed methods, we will: *interview families and staff about their experiences with receiving and giving support * video-record one-to-one and group support meetings to identify effective communication practices. Building on our rich network of links with local organisations providing bereavement support to different sectors of the community, we will create a forum to co-design our evidence-based training resource. We will maximise participation of representatives of diverse ethnic background and cultural and spiritual approaches to death and bereavement. This project has been co-created with and is supported by researchers from Loughborough University, University of Leicester and partners at Rainbows Hospice. The successful candidate for this project will be enrolled at Loughborough University. Project Aims The project is a case study of bereavement support in LLR, taking into consideration ethnic, cultural, and spiritual diversity in the region, and leveraging a network of local support organisations to co-generate and disseminate culturally sensitive training resources for use in communication skills training of professionals and volunteers who support bereaved individuals and families. Identify communication challenges that bereavement support staff face in one-to-one and group sessions for bereaved families Identify effective practices to manage these challenges and promote culturally sensitive therapeutic communication Establish a forum of local organisations, centring ethnic, cultural, and spiritual diversity in LLR, to co-create, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a reusable online training resource for use in communication skills training of professionals and volunteers who support bereaved families. NOTE: The successful candidate for this project will be required to undergo a formal Disclosure and Barring Services check. + |
| LoughboroughMathematicalSciences2022 + | There’s a 5 year post-doc position in Loughborough’s Centre for Early Mathematical Learning that DARGers might be interested in. The Centre team recently won a £10M ESRC grant and is seeking to appoint a number of Research Associates including one who will work on studies using conversation analysis and a range of other qualitative approaches to understanding of young children’s interactions both inside and outside the mathematics classroom. https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=878825MnYj&WVID=5913100PrZ&LANG=USA Closing date 10/03/2022, with opportunities to work with us in DARG too. + |
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| MCA workshop 2019 Loughborough University + | Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) workshop This is a two-day workshop which will introduce you to Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) as a method for analysing the way categorical topics (e.g., gender, identity, ethnicity, sexuality) can be analysed in everyday social life. It will describe the development of MCA in the context of other methods, particularly conversation analysis and discursive psychology. We will use examples from spoken and written interaction to develop a toolkit for analysis, as well as materials to practice analysis. We will also see how MCA research can have applications in the world beyond academia. The MCA workshop is held 11-12th March 2019, at Burleigh Court, Loughborough University, UK. NB: The MCA workshop is followed by the CARM training workshop, held 13th-14th March, for people who want to attend both. This workshop is part of an ongoing annual series of CA workshops offered at Loughborough University's Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. + |
| MCA: Culture-in-action 2020 + | '''MCA: Culture-in-action by William Housley and Robin Smith''' In this one-day symposium, hosted at the Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences, we invite speakers and attendants to consider current and future directions in Membership Categorisation Analysis. In particular, the event will return to conceptualisation of Membership Categorization Analysis as an everyday and routine array of practical methods for doing ‘culture-in-action'. In doing so we will take time to consider the continued influence of Harvey Sacks on our understanding of members categorisation practices in talk and interaction. In addition to this we will also reconnect and reconsider the significant contributions of key analysts who have developed matters of membership categorisation in a variety of directions. The symposium also provides an opportunity to move beyond the ‘narcissism of small differences’ in order to trace continuities, connections and future trajectories in MCA. List of speakers include: William Housley, Robin Smith, Richard Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Stokoe, Jessica Robles, Carly Butler, Kevin Whitehead, Geoffrey Raymond Date And Time * Thu, June 25, 2020 * 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM BST Location * School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building * King Edward VII Avenue * Cardiff * CF10 3NN + |
| MIND Data Session Spring 2023 session 1 + | Join the MIND research group for a data session on the 16th February 2023 with David Ryška (Hradec Králové University) on the topic of English as a Foreign Language oral proficiency exams in Czechia, U3-083 Västerås, Mälardalen University, 13:15-14:45 + |
| MIND Data Session Spring 2023 session 2 + | Join the MIND research group for a data session on the 9th March 2023 with Maria Larsson & Annaliina Gynne (Mälardalen Uni) Video-based reflections on understanding-checks in mathematics and language classrooms, U3-104 Västerås, Mälardalen University 14:15-15:45 + |
| MIND Data Session Spring 2023 session 3 + | Join the MIND research group for a data session on the 30th March 2023 with Teppo Jakonen (University of Turku) on the topic of Telepresence robots in language classrooms, U3-104 Västerås, Mälardalen University 14:15-15:45 + |
| MIND Data Session Spring 2023 session 4 + | Join the MIND research group for a data session on the 30th March 2023 with Olcay Sert, Thorsten Schröter, Elisabeth Wulff-Sahlén (Mälardalen University) on the topic of Data-driven reflections in online professional development meetings, U3-104 Västerås, Mälardalen University 14:15-15:45 + |
