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| NewcastlePostdoc2024 + | NINEDTP Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025-26<br> 12 months, commencing September 2025<br> School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences, Newcastle University<br> Adam Brandt and Spencer Hazel (Newcastle University) are interested in supporting an eligible PhD student (or recent graduate) in applying for this Fellowship opportunity, which is funded by the ESRC Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership. The aim of the Fellowship is to 'consolidate recently completed doctoral research' (although 25% of the workplan can be allocated to new research). Applicants must have completed their PhD in a UK university by March 2025, and have no more than 12 months postdoctoral experience at that time. At the time the Fellowship starts, we will be continuing our research on using conversation analysis for the development of conversational AI for healthcare consultations. We will also separately be part of a European network exploring the potential of AI to reduce social isolation for people with acquired communication disorders. We are therefore particularly looking to support an applicant whose work overlaps with either/both of those lines of research. Deadline for applications is 10 March 2025, however we encourage potential applicants to contact one or both of us as soon as possible, to allow maximum time to co-develop a workplan, and plan a strong application:<br> adam.brandt[at]newcastle.ac.uk<br> spencer.hazel[at]Newcastle.ac.uk Details for the Fellowship, including eligibility criteria, are available here: https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/postdoctoral-fellowship-scheme/ + |
| NewcastleRA2024 + | Research Associate<br> 8 months at 0.6 FTE (three days per week, or equivalent)<br> School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences, Newcastle University<br> We are looking for a post-PhD researcher with expertise in conversation analysis, to work on our Innovate UK-funded research project on conversational AI for healthcare consultations. The project is a collaboration between our team at Newcastle University (Adam Brandt, Spencer Hazel), teams at two partner universities, and a digital health startup who have developed a conversational AI agent for healthcare consultations. More details about the project can be found here: https://interactionalai.com/encoding-empathy-in-ai And further details on the role, including a link to apply, can be found on Newcastle University Vacancies website here: https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-Associate-Applied-Linguistics/1135270501/ Please contact Dr Adam Brandt (adam.brandt[at]newcastle.ac.uk) with any questions about the role. To apply, please follow the ‘Apply Now’ link on the job ad webpage, and upload an up-to-date CV and letter of application, outlining specific examples of how you meet the requirements set out in the ‘The Person’ section of the ad. Please note that this position does not qualify for visa sponsorship from Newcastle University. + |
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| OUResearchAssistant2021 + | The School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University seeks a Research Assistant (consultancy terms) for 300 days of work spread across 3 years for projects on interactional (socio)pragmatics/linguistics. High proficiency in English and Spanish required. Details, job spec and description, and contact: http://www.open.ac.uk/about/employment/vacancies/research-assistant-school-languages-and-applied-linguistics-e1098 + |
| One day Workshop on CA for Beginners Loughborough Feb 2017 + | One-day Workshop on CA for Beginners Led by Charles Antaki and Marco Pino 10.00-17.00 on Wednesday 1st February 2017. Intrigued by Conversation Analysis (CA), but not sure how it can be used in research? Or perhaps you've heard about it but not actually tried it? We'll assume no previous familiarity with CA, and we'll go from the ground up, explaining how CA is different from other forms of discourse analysis, how it identifies action in talk, and how it might be useful in a range of basic and applied research projects. There'll be lots of hands-on work with audio and video, with exercises to complete in groups and individually, and a short self-test at the end. For more details Please contact Charles Antaki (c.antaki@Lboro.ac.uk) Registration Registration is open to all. It costs £50, which pays for refreshments, but not lunch. Please register via Loughborough University's online store HERE: http://store.lboro.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=275&catid=293&prodid=2031 + |
| Online Colloquium - Language learning in the social world: L2 interactional competence and socialization processes + | ''Details'' Friday 18 March 2022, 8am-12pm CET (Paris Time) ''Organized by S.Pekarek Doehler & K. Skogmyr Marian (University of Neuchâtel)'' ===8h00 – 8h30 ::== Søren Wind Eskildsen & Johannes Wagner (University of Southern Denmark Making friends – establishing social relations with business partners on the phone ===8h30-9h00=== Hanh Ti Nguyen (Hawaii Pacific University) & Taiane Malabarba (Potsdam University) The development of interactional competence as socialization with co-participants of the same category ===9h00-9h30=== Adam Jones (University of Neuchâtel) Managing resistance in laboratory work: Longitudinal changes in recipient-designed proposals ===9h30-10h coffee break & chat=== ===10h00-10h30=== Niina Lilja (Tampere University) & Arja Piirainen-Marsh (University of Jyv skyl ) Embodied second language learning in a social circus community of practice ===10h30-11h00=== Simona Pekarek Doehler & Klara Skogmyr Marian (University of Neuch tel) Preference organization in L2 interactions and how it evolves over time and iterative encounters ===11h-11h30: final discussion=== + |
| Online Course + | Australian-based company, Bedside Manners Pty Ltd, is running an online, asynchronous course for learning how to do conversation analysis. This 10-week course will take you from what is CA through aspects of planning, collecting and transcribing data, analysis, and writing up. It is available worldwide. Course inclusions The course includes access to a new topic each week to complete at any time during that week, with a recorded lecture, some reading, and a practical activity for help you develop your skills in doing CA. You will be able to directly ask questions and you'll receive feedback on work you complete, typically within a week. Time commitment The weekly time commitment is typically around three hours, however you may wish to take longer on completing tasks or pursuing further reading. The course is equivalent to a four-day full-time intensive, but with the flexibility for you to complete the work at any time and to explore some topics with more depth than others, as you may need. Cost The course costs $2100 for the 10-week course. The course is currently only available as a full course, though particular topics may become available as standalone modules in the future. We can offer discounts for those in lower-middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank). Please get in touch to discuss: sarahjwhite@bedsidemanners.com.au Technical requirements There are no specific software programs when it comes to conversation analysis, however having word processing, spreadsheet, and video editing software is essential. There are free, low cost, and higher cost software available and these will be referenced within the course. Enrolment The course start date is 13 October 2025. You can enrol and commence after this date, however feedback on activities may be provided after the usual one week turnaround, particularly during the holiday period. Enrolments will be closed on 1 November 2025 and will re-open in early 2026. Enrol here: https://bedsidemanners.thinkific.com/products/courses/conversation-analysis + |
| Online Short Course - Wittgenstein and Interactional Research for Social and Human Science Research - Delivered by: Dr Phil Hutchinson, Manchester Metropolitan University - 26th Jan & 2nd Feb 2022 + | Title: Situation Analysis: Wittgenstein and Interactional Research for Social and Human Scientists Details: Online short course, 26th Jan 2022/2nd Feb 2022 Delivered by: Dr Phil Hutchinson, Manchester Metropolitan University Ludwig Wittgenstein is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the 20th century, who in his later work produced a distinctive and radical approach to philosophical analysis, which had far-reaching ramifications for research in the social and human sciences. What does Wittgenstein and Witgensteinian philosophy have to say to Science and Technology Studies in the early 21st century? Wittgenstein’s impact on the social & human sciences can be divided into three, some of which (2 & 3) spawned distinctive research programmes: 1. Via reception of the work of the Wittgensteinian philosopher Peter Winch and his influential book The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy, published in the mid-20th Century. 2. The combining of Wittgensteinian insights with Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) beginning in the early 1970s, found in the writings of the ‘Manchester School’ of Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, which included authors such as Wes Sharrock, Rod Watson and Bob Anderson, in addition to associated figures such as Mike Lynch (Cornell) and Jeff Coulter (Boston). 3. The combining of Wittgensteinian insights with Michael Billig’s Rhetorical Analysis, Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis to form Discursive Psychology, initiated by Derek Edwards, Johnathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell in the 1980s at Loughborough University and being developed by others in the decades that have followed. Delivered by Dr Phil Hutchinson of MMU, this course, which will run on the consecutive Wednesday afternoons of the 26th Jan 2022 and 2nd Feb 2022, will revisit the philosophical sources that inform a Wittgensteinian approach to questions in the social and human sciences and explore these alongside the approach to interaction found in Ethnomethodology. Details on registration can be found here: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=11675. + |
| Online seminar invite: Fri 17 Feb, 16:00 EET, 'Intertextual Media References in Millennial Conversation', Sylvia Sierra (Syracuse University, USA) + | We are delighted to announce the next in the 2022-23 series of online guest seminars here in the English section at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland -- open to all! On Friday 17 February at 16:00-17:30 EET (East European Time), Sylvia Sierra (Syracuse University, USA) will give a talk titled 'Intertextual Media References in Millennial Conversation'. The abstract is on our seminar series website: https://bit.ly/3X4pkph. The event will be live-streamed online with interactive Q&A after the talk. All are welcome to attend. Register via the site and you'll be emailed the live stream info before the seminar. If you can't make it for the live stream, sign up anyway and I'll get back in touch afterwards with details of the video recording. Please share this message with anyone who may be interested, and please also retweet here: https://bit.ly/3RtCH0V All the best, Dave + |
| Online workshop in Advanced Conversation Analysis, Loughborough, September 2024 + | '''NB: The workshop is now full - as is the waitlist''' Due to high demand we will probably run this workshop again. Follow the DARG calendar and/or social media for news of all workshops: https://darg.lboro.ac.uk/ Online workshop in Advanced Conversation Analysis September 24 - September 26 £75 – £150 Online (UK timezone, Loughborough University), 24th-26th September 2024 This 3-day online workshop is for advanced postgraduate researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty who have a strong working knowledge of conversation analysis (CA) and wish to consolidate their analytic skills. What does this workshop promise? The workshop will provide an overview of advanced topics, problems and prospects in CA research. The workshop aims to enhance participants’ skills in CA methods of analysis and ability to produce original contributions to the field. How is the workshop structured? This workshop will be online on Microsoft Teams. All times are in BST (London time): * Tuesday 24th September from 10am to 4.30pm * Wednesday 25th September from 9am to 6pm * Thursday 26th September 9am to 3.30pm Presentations by the facilitators will cover advanced topics in CA and its applications to various areas of investigation. Most of the workshop will be dedicated to practical sessions and hands-on analytic work. The participants will work in small groups on video data and transcripts provided by the facilitators. They will identify an original phenomenon and will share their findings in a short, informal group presentation on the third day of the workshop. The analytic work will be supported by the facilitators. Facilitators: Marco Pino, Magnus Hamann, Saul Albert, Charles Antaki, Ruth Parry, Emma Richardson, Jessica Robles. Please note that this is a camera-on online event and that consistent attendance is expected during the three days. How much does it cost? For employed academics and PhD students with training budgets: £150 for the three-day workshop. For unwaged academics and PhD students without training budgets: £75 for the three-day workshop. We encourage potential attenders who are unwaged or otherwise less able to afford the registration to contact m.pino@lboro.ac.uk as fees are negotiable in some circumstances. Do I need to have prior knowledge of conversation analysis? Yes. This workshop is open to participants who have a strong working knowledge of CA. How do I apply? Please send an email to m.pino@lboro.ac.uk introducing yourself and telling us about your existing knowledge of CA and your plans for using CA in your own research. The number of participants will be restricted to 20 to maximise opportunities for interaction. + |
| Online workshop in conversation analysis and healthcare interactions + | NOTE: this event is fully booked and we are operating a waiting list Led by by Marco Pino and Ruth Parry and co-organised by Saul Albert, Charles Antaki, Magnus Hamann, and Jessica Robles Loughborough University Thursday 26th and Friday 27th January 2023 Conversation analysis (CA) is used increasingly in the scientific study of diverse health care and medical interactions, ranging from primary to secondary and tertiary care settings. CA has been used to examine numerous activities, from how patients introduce their problems to the ways in which medical decisions are negotiated and communicated. CA studies range from basic work on the fundamentals of human interaction, to applied research aimed at contributing to service improvement. What does this workshop cover? The workshop will provide an overview of the application of CA to healthcare interactions, including interactions between medical doctors, patients, and (on occasions) family members, and interactions with other healthcare professionals. The workshop will include in-depth information and practical work on CA’s methodology (including data analysis) and examination of some key findings of CA research in healthcare. The workshop aims to enable learning and enhancement of participants’ skills in CA’s methods of analysis. How is the workshop structured? This 2-day workshop will run from 10am to 3.30pm (GMT) on the first day and 9am-4pm (GMT) on the second day. It will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams. Short presentations by the facilitators will cover fundamental aspects of CA and its applications to the study of healthcare interactions. However, workshop time will largely be dedicated to practical sessions and small-group assignments focusing on original data (provided by the facilitators) in a range of healthcare settings. There will be a strong emphasis on hands-on experience of working with data alongside feedback from and discussion with facilitators. We will ask participants to complete a short activity in their own time after the end of the first workshop day. Who is the workshop for? The workshop is open to postgraduates, post-docs, researchers, practitioners, and faculty who have some familiarity with CA as a research methodology (including CA transcription conventions). Note: if are not already familiar with CA and want to attend this workshop, we recommend that you first attend our workshop ‘CA for beginners’, scheduled for the 19th of January 2023 (you will need to apply for this separately by contacting c.antaki@lboro.ac.uk). The number of participants will be restricted to 20 in order to maximise opportunities for participation in the online environment. Registration fee: For employed academics, practitioners, and PhD students with training budgets: £100 For unwaged academics, practitioners, and PhD students without training budgets: £25 Commercial applicants: please get in touch with us to discuss your participation We encourage potential attenders who are unwaged or otherwise less able to afford the registration to contact the organisers as fees are negotiable in some circumstances. TO APPLY: Please send an email to m.pino@lboro.ac.uk introducing yourself and telling us about your existing knowledge of CA and your plans for using CA in your own research or practice. We will reserve extra places for applications from regions where there are fewer EMCA training opportunities (see http://emcawiki.net/Where_to_study_EMCA). Deadline for applications: 16th December 2023. + |
| Online workshop in conversation analysis and healthcare interactions (Loughborough University) + | Online workshop in conversation analysis and healthcare interactions Led by Marco Pino and co-organised by Saul Albert, Charles Antaki, and Katie Jordin Loughborough University Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September 2025 Conversation analysis (CA) is used increasingly in the scientific study of diverse health care and medical interactions, ranging from primary to secondary and tertiary care settings. CA has been used to examine numerous activities, from how patients introduce their problems to the ways in which medical decisions are negotiated and communicated. CA studies range from basic work on the fundamentals of human interaction, to applied research aimed at contributing to service improvement. What does this workshop cover? The workshop will provide an overview of the application of CA to healthcare interactions, including interactions between medical doctors, patients, and family members, and interactions with other healthcare professionals. The workshop will include in-depth information and practical work on CA’s methodology including data analysis and examination of some key findings of CA research in healthcare. The workshop aims to enable learning and enhancement of participants’ skills in CA’s methods of analysis. How is the workshop structured? This 2-day workshop will run from 10am to 3.30pm (BST) on the first day and 9am-4pm (BST) on the second day. It will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams. Presentations by the facilitators will cover fundamental aspects of CA and its applications to the study of healthcare interactions. The workshop will feature practical sessions and small-group work on video data provided by the facilitators. There will be a strong emphasis on hands-on experience of working with data alongside and discussion with facilitators. We will ask participants to complete a short activity in their own time after the end of the first workshop day. There will also be some preparatory readings ahead of the workshop. Who is the workshop for? The workshop is open to postgraduates, post-docs, researchers, practitioners, and faculty who have some familiarity with CA as a research methodology (including CA transcription conventions). The number of participants will be restricted to 20 to maximise opportunities for participation in the online environment. Registration fee: - For employed academics, practitioners, and PhD students with training budgets: £150 - For unwaged academics, practitioners, and PhD students without training budgets: £30 - Commercial applicants: please get in touch with us to discuss your participation We encourage potential attenders who are unwaged or otherwise less able to afford the registration to contact the organisers as fees are negotiable in some circumstances. To apply Please send an email to m.pino@lboro.ac.uk introducing yourself and telling us about your existing knowledge of CA (including through self-study) and your plans for using CA in your own research or practice. Deadline for applications: 13th June 2025. Decisions will be communicated by the 20th of June 2025. We will allocate places based on these criteria: • Being an applicant from regions where there are fewer CA training opportunities (see http://emcawiki.net/Where_to_study_EMCA) • Familiarity with CA + |
| Open Univeristy 2019 3 year RA Job + | http://www.open.ac.uk/about/employment/vacancies/research-associate-16684 * Interview on 9th November 2019 * Unit: * Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) * Salary: * £33,797 * Location: Milton Keynes The primary purpose of this position is to provide research assistance to the Head of School on a variety of research related tasks. The occupant of the position will assist the Head of School in promoting her research, and that of the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics more broadly. This will include: * Plan and undertake research in one or more of the following areas: interactional pragmatics, interpersonal pragmatics, sociolinguistics in line with ethical and legal guidelines. * Assist with the submission of research grants as required. * Assist with the conducting of ethnographic fieldwork when necessary. * Engage in writing of scholarly papers with an aim to publish both authored and co- authored publications. There will also be time and support available for your own personal research programmes which will be covered in appropriate ways. The successful candidate will have a PHD completed within the last 3 years in the areas of Pragmatics, sociolinguistics, Language and Social Interaction or a related field. As well as the ability to work with English and Spanish data, including writing, editing and publishing. The postholder will also be able to demonstrate ability to problem solve, plan and communicate at a sophisticated level whilst working both independently and as part of a wider team. The full summary of duties and person specification can be found within the Job Description attached. Closing date for applications: 21st November 2019 – midday Interview Date: December + |
| Oulu PhD 2026 + | One Doctoral Researcher position for three years from 1.1.2026 or as agreed in the project “Multiliteracy Expertise in Future Working Life: Interaction and Coexistence of Humans and Language-based AI Systems (MultiHAI)”. Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Literature The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 4000 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations. + |
| Oxford intro to CA/healthcare 2026 + | Short intro course on CA and healthcare encounters, 10-11 June 2026 at Oxford University Date: 10-11th June 2026 Course fee: £750.00 Duration: 2 days Total places: 21 Type: Face to face course Venue: St Anne's College, Oxford, UK For further information see here: https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-courses-in-qualitative-research-methods/introduction-to-conversation-analysis-and-health-care-encounters LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course, participants will be able to: * Understand the basic principles behind using CA to study health care encounters * Recognise the sorts of research questions for which CA methods may be appropriate * Determine how to collect high quality recordings of health care encounters in different settings, and identify the key conventions used in the CA approach to transcription * Apply practical skills in working with recordings and transcripts of health care encounters to build collections of interaction practices for CA analysis * Give examples of the kinds of impact CA studies can have in health research and the range of strategies for disseminating CA findings WE PROVIDE: * Experienced, approachable tutors who are actively engaged in health research using CA methods * Access to slides, transcripts and recordings for you to work with during the course * A guest speaker * Information on relevant software, recommended reading lists, further training opportunities and events + |
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| PDRS2024 + | Intervenant-e-s: Dr Jakub Mlynar (HES-SO Valais-Wallis); Pre Cornelia Hummel (UNIGE); Dre Jenny Maggi (UNIGE); Dr Philippe Sormani (ZHdK) Ce module vise à explorer l'usage de la vidéo en sciences sociales et les différents enjeux qui l'entoure d'un point de vue méthodologique et épistémologique. Les méthodes basées sur les enregistrements audiovisuels ont été facilitées ces dernières décennies par le développement de nouvelles technologies. En parallèle, la vidéo est devenue omniprésente dans les sociétés que cela soit dans le milieu de la culture ou sur les réseaux sociaux. Dans la recherche, la vidéo peut être mobilisée de différentes manières en sociologie, en anthropologie et en ethnographie. Une première présentation visera à retracer historiquement l'usage de la vidéo dans nos disciplines. Ensuite, deux intervenant·es présenteront leurs recherches respectives pour montrer les possibilités que nous offrent la vidéo que cela soit pour réaliser un film sociologique/ anthropologique ou pour analyser des interactions situées dans une approche inspirée de l'ethnométhodologie et de l'analyse conversationnelle. Bien que leur approche diffère parfois, les chercheur·euse·s mobilisant la vidéo sont confronté·e·s à des questions éthiques propres à ce type de données. Un·e intervenant·e fera ainsi un état des lieux des précautions à prendre en termes de protection de données, d'anonymisation, etc., et des lois en vigueur en Suisse et dans l'Union européenne. Des sessions de travail en groupe seront proposées aux doctorant·e·s pour qu'iels puissent présenter leur recherche et travailler avec un intervenant·e·s selon leurs préoccupations spécifiques. Nous finirons le module par une discussion générale pour restituer les réflexions des différents groupes. + |
| POTI2024YUOY + | This online three day short course will focus on the phonetics of talk-in-interaction. The course is intended for researchers in Conversation Analysis at all career stages who are interested in expanding their methodological toolkit to observe, describe, transcribe, and analyse phonetic detail in interaction.The course is taught by Prof. Richard Ogden and Dr. Marina Cantarutti from the University of York. + |
| PTI2025 + | The Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Communication (CASLC) is pleased to run for the third time our popular CPD course on the Phonetics of Talk-in-Interaction. Primarily aimed at researchers or professionals with some prior knowledge of conversation analysis, this three-day online course introduces participants to the basics of phonetics, provides opportunities for ear-training and registering of phonetic detail, and includes training in acoustic phonetics and Praat in order to help participants provide further evidence and better visualisations in their interactional analyses. The course is designed and taught by Dr. Marina Cantarutti and Prof. Richard Ogden. Early bird fees till April 4th. + |
| Panel Contribution Call: Integration of conversation analytic and other linguistic methods + | This session is a panel at the 18th International Pragmatics Conference that aims to provide a chance for discussing integration of conversation analysis (CA), a central method used in Interactional Linguistics, and other methods for describing and explaining linguistic phenomena in talk-in-interaction from a wider perspective. In Interactional Linguistics, CA is often used as the sole method with only a secondary use of other methods for analyzing certain linguistic phenomena. However, depending on research questions, CA may not provide enough tools for explaining, for example, the motivation of the interactional functions of a particular linguistic resource or how conversational structures function across languages. On the other hand, integrating CA to other linguistic approaches has started to increase. Depending on research topics, CA can be integrated with various other linguistic fields and methods for approaching the research questions from different perspectives. For instance, integrating CA framework with linguistic typology allows studying social actions, such as recruitments or expressions of gratitude from a cross-linguistic perspective. Integrating CA and semantic analysis can examine not only what interactional functions a certain lexeme has for structuring a certain social action (such as complaining or rejecting e.g. a request or invitation), but also how these functions of the lexeme are motivated by its semantic meanings. We welcome all kinds of contributions that relate to integration of CA and other linguistic approaches and methods. Call for Papers: We invite contributions that include, but are not limited to - Combining methods from linguistic typology and CA - Combining semantic analysis and CA: Interactional Semantics or other types of semantic approaches and CA - Integrating CA with linguistic field methods, for example for description and documentation of lesser-studied languages - Integrating CA with cognitive theories of grammar, for instance, cognitive grammar and construction grammar - Using CA as a method in other fields, such as sociolinguistics and translation studies. Check the full panel description: https://pragmatics.international/page/Program2023 (In More program info IPrA2023, Item Name: Panel overview) Submit your abstract at Call for Papers platform: https://pragmatics.international/page/CfP For further information, please contact the panel organizers: Yida Cai, Doctoral Researcher Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, University of Helsinki yida.caihelsinki.fi Erika Sandman, Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Languages, University of Helsinki erika.sandmanhelsinki.fi The exact date of the panel has not been decided yet, but the panel will take place in between the 9th of July and the 14th of July 2023. Feel free to contact the organizers about any practical information regarding the panel. + |
| Panel on Hybrid Interactions at IIEMCA 2019 + | '''Panel on Hybrid Interactions at IIEMCA 2019 conference in Manheim (Germany) (July 2-5, 2019)''' Marc Relieu and Julia Velkovska are organizing a panel on Hybrid Interactions including human as well as non-human participants at the IIEMCA 2019 conference in Manheim (Germany) Please feel free to submit a proposal (min. 250 and up to 500 words long, including references and examples) before 27th of Sept 2018 directly on the conference website via ConfTool : [https://www.conftool.net/iiemca19/]. Please send a copy of your proposal to the organizers (julia.velkovska@orange.com and marc.relieu@telecom-paristech.fr ). You can also contact organizers for any further questions. '''Panel Proposal''' '''Understanding Hybrid interactions''' Panel ID 148 '''Organizers:''' Marc Relieu (Telecom Paristech) & Julia Velkovska (Orange Labs & CEMS-EHESS, Paris) ''Topics'': Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology, Human-Machine-Interaction, Technology Hybrid interactions merging artificial agents and human participants into various types of language exchanges have left the labs and the experimental settings to join everyday life. Textual chatbots are used in various Instant messaging exchanges in order, for example, to book a travel or to order food; vocal conversational agents embedded in smart speakers and mobile phones treat various requests or information queries (Porcheron& al. 2018; Velkovska & Zouinar 2018); different types of conversational agents could be also embedded into robots (Pitsch, K. 2015). Consequently, studies of hybrid interactions constitute a stimulating emergent field, raising questions about the organization of social practices with and through these systems, often based on AI (Moore & alii, 2017), but also about the place and the role of these technologies in society. The objective of this panel is to explore the various theoretical, analytical and empirical challenges that emerge from the study of naturally occurring hybrid interactions, for example: * Are there specific practices that users of conversational agents develop so as to make this interaction intelligible and to achieve understanding (asymmetry, etc.) ? * How the visibility or the invisibility of the “botness” of one participant becomes relevant for the organization of the interaction? * How participants deal with the various breakdowns which emerge during the interactions (repair organization, etc.) ? We welcome papers on practical activities and different social practices with, through and around various types of artificial conversational agents (chatbots, personal and home voice assistants, robots…) in various social settings, lay or professional. '''References''' Button G. (1990) “Going up a blind alley. Conflating conversation analysis and computational modelling”. In: Luff P, Frohlich D, Gilbert N (eds) Computers and conversation. Academic Press, London, pp 67–90 Pitsch, K. (2015). "Limits and opportunities for mathematizing communicational conduct for social robotics in the real-world? Toward enabling a robot to make use of the human’s competences". In: AI & Society. Special Issue ‚Going beyond the laboratory – reconsidering the ELS implications of autonomous robots, 1-7. Nomikou, Iris and Pitsch, Karola and Rohlfing, Katharina J. (2013). "Asymmetry and adaptation in social interaction: A micro-analytic perspective". In Interaction Studies, 14, vii-xii Moore, R. J. , Raphael Arar, Ren,G.-J.. Szymanski M. H. (2017). "Conversational UX Design". CHI'17 Extended Abstracts, Denver, CO, May. Porcheron, M., Fischer, J. E. , Reeves, S. , and Sharples, S., (2018)“ Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life “ CHI’18, Montréal, Canada, http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pszsr/files/porcheron-2018-voice-interfaces-in-everyday-life.pdf Suchman, L.(1987) Plans and situated actions. The problem of human machine communication. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Velkovska, J. & Zouinar, M. (2018) « The illusion of natural conversation: interacting with smart assistants in home settings », CHI’18, Montréal, Canada, [https://voiceux.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/velkovska.pdf] + |
| Panels for The International Conference on Conversation Analysis 2023 + | Call for Panels The Scientific Program Committee invites prospective panel organisers to submit titles and proposals for panel sessions at ICCA 2023. Submissions can be made via the Panel Submission Portal below. Click here to submit a Panel Proposal: https://icmsaust.eventsair.com/icca2023/panelsubmissionportal All panels must follow the instructions listed below and be submitted online before midnight AEST 4 March 2022 (Brisbane, Queensland) (2pm GMT 4th March). Please note that the closing date for panel submission will not be extended. All enquiries regarding panels for ICCA 2023 should be emailed to program@icca2023.org Panel Submission Details & Guidelines Proposals should be submitted by the panel organiser. * Proposals should be submitted in English. Notification will be emailed only to the organiser who submitted the proposal. * Panels must be submitted before midnight AEST, 4 March 2022 for consideration by the Committee. * Panel organisers will be notified of acceptance or otherwise on March 25th 2022. Writing your panel proposal * Proposals should be no more than one page A4 paper in 12-point font. * Proposals should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document * Proposals should indicate how many papers they will accept (minimum 4 papers (= 1 session), maximum 12 papers (= 3 sessions). Terms and Conditions All abstracts for presentation within a panel will be submitted via the ICCA23 abstract submission portal, following the same timelines and formatting guidelines as abstracts for general sessions. Prospective presenters will be able to nominate panels for their presentation. Following the closing of the general call for papers, panel organisers will receive all of the abstracts linked to their panel. Panel organisers have the right to accept or reject abstract proposals. Papers which are not accepted for a nominated panel can be considered for a general session. Contact Please direct all panel proposal enquiries to: ICCA 2023 Secretariat ICMS Australasia Email: program@icca2023.org + |
| Paris2022-Goffman100 + | Voilà 100 ans que naissait Erving Goffman et son œuvre, lue et relue, nourrit depuis plusieurs décennies une grande diversité de travaux. L’entrée dans la compréhension de la vie sociale au travers de l’ordre de l’interaction, qu’il a élaborée dès sa thèse en 1953 et qu’il a thématisée jusqu’à sa conférence de président à l’ASA en 1981, s’est avérée d’une grande fécondité, et notamment pour ce qui est de l’enquête sur le politique. Ce centenaire offre une occasion d’en faire le bilan, et, à l’épreuve de ses héritages contemporains, d’ouvrir de nouvelles pistes de recherches sur les politiques de l’interaction, avec Goffman et au-delà de son enseignement. Nous voudrions rassembler un ensemble de recherches dans lesquelles l’œuvre de Goffman est mise à l’épreuve de situations et d’objets qui la poussent à ses limites, enjoignant de reprendre à nouveaux frais son traitement de la question politique. Dans la rue, dans les débats publics, dans les situations de travail, dans l’interaction police-population, dans les relations patient-médecin ou assistant social-usager, dans l’espace domestique, des relations éducatives aux disputes conjugales, dans les formes d’engagement civique et de mobilisation politique, comment l’étude de l’ordre d’interaction nous apporte-t-elle de nouvelles perspectives ? L’œuvre de Goffman fourmille d’interrogations qui nous amènent à nous demander ce que nous qualifions de « politique ». Elle sème le trouble dans une compréhension trop facile de l’émergence et de l’opération de normes sociales. Bien qu’ayant contribué à nourrir des approches renouvelées des espaces publics urbains, des engagements civils et civiques, des rapports de genre et des relations raciales, Goffman est souvent taxé d’apolitisme. On lui reproche de cantonner ses analyses à des séquences d’interaction courtes et à des situations de petite taille, à des objets « microsociologiques », déconnectés ou connectées de façon trop « floue » aux enjeux politiques, sociologiques ou historiques. Comment relier l’analyse des interactions à d’autres échelles spatiales et temporelles de la réalité sociale, qui transcendent l’ici et maintenant d’une scène de coprésence ? Comment interpréter la question centrale, théorique et pratique, du fameux « couplage flou », qui articule l’ordre de l’interaction, d’une part, et l’ordre des structures ou des institutions d’autre part – le loose coupling qui apparaît dans son texte-testament sur l’ordre d’interaction (1983) ? Quelles sont les conséquences de ce couplage dans la menée de l’enquête et les analyses produites ? Faut-il y entendre un assentiment à l’opposition entre micro et macro, en ajoutant parfois une couche méso pour faire la jonction ? Dans quelle mesure s’en tenir à une définition de la situation en termes de « coprésence » ? Et comment cette « coprésence », de plus en plus médiatisées par toutes sortes d’artefacts, se transforme-t-elle ? Comment interroger les formes situées de la vie sociale, dans ce qu’elles ont d’incertain, d’indéterminé (mais non d’arbitraire ou de gratuit), sans affirmer pour autant leur entière autonomie (réduction présentiste, clôture dramaturgique), ni en faire les simples illustrations « micro » d’un ordre de structures sociales ou de processus historiques (réduction structuraliste) qui se jouerait ailleurs ? Ces questions seront posées moyennant des enquêtes empiriques. Que deviennent coprésence et ordre public quand se multiplient les médiations d’information et de communication ? Quelles réponses sont données à des troubles de l’interaction ? Comment l’outillage goffmanien éclaire-t-il les formes de dispute, conflit et conciliation ? Que dire des ordres de genre et ordre raciaux comme ordres d’interaction ? En quoi les dynamiques de stigmatisation et de discrimination et de leur contestation se sont-elles transformées depuis les années 1960 ? Que faire de la notion de rassemblements pour étudier des assemblées participatives ou des mobilisations collectives ? L’étude de phénomènes de « vandalisme interactionnel » nous permet-elle de mieux comprendre certaines pathologies de l’engagement public dans nos démocraties ? + |
| Part Time Research Associateship at University of Sheffield 2022 + | Are you interested in working for a vibrant, Russell Group University? Are you committed to delivering an excellent student experience? Are you ready to shape a new generation of music graduates by supporting—through the study of musicology—their development of cutting-edge subject knowledge and critical skills? The Department of Music is seeking to recruit one professional and innovative Research Associate for the period of 1 November 2022 – 16 June 2023 inclusive to work on a project assessing the impact of a suite of online arts programs for older adults living with various mental health issues and/or cognitive impairments including those living with dementia. We are particularly seeking a Research Associate with experience, qualifications and skills in the area of video analysis. You will conduct collaborative research delivering on and supporting the objectives of the project. The main responsibilities in this role are in the analysis of audio, video and questionnaire data collected during the delivery of our Project Partner’s programmes as well as preparation of reporting materials. You will report directly to Dr Christian Morgner and Prof Renee Timmers in relation to the programme of work. The research is conducted in the context of a larger research project on music technologies for people living with dementia, and you will be able to benefit from being part of this broader team of researchers. We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University. We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience. + |
| Particles2027 + | Particles in Interaction (2-4 June 2027) at University of Oslo, abstracts due 1 December 2026 This conference welcomes papers that take an interactional approach to particles in talk-in-interaction by analyzing recordings of social interaction. By particles we mean small uninflected lexical items such as interjections, modal particles and fixed multi-word expressions which do not contribute to the propositional content of an utterance but instead have interactional and discursive functions. They are used for such things as regulating the interaction, expressing the speaker’s stance, and marking coherence relations between utterances. In actual conversations, such functions may also be carried out by other ‘minimal resources’, such as non-lexical vocalizations, gestures and facial expressions, or by combinations of lexical and non-lexical resources. The conference thus also welcomes contributions that focus on embodied practices that may be used for the same types of action, or combinations of particles and non-lexical resources in multimodal gestalts. Plenary speakers Galina Bolden (Professor at Rutgers University, US) Mark Dingemanse (Professor at Radboud University, NL) Marja-Leena Sorjonen (Professor at University of Helsinki, FI) Timeline 1 October 2026: Submission portal opens 1 December 2026: Deadline for abstract submission 1 February 2027: Notification of acceptance 1 May 2027: Deadline for registration 2-4 June 2027: Conference Practical information There is no conference fee, but participants must organize and finance travel and accommodation themselves. + |
| Perspective taking in multiparty human-machine dialogue Funded PhD Studentship in Dublin + | Code: 2022UCD07 '''Title:''' Perspective taking in multiparty human-machine dialogue '''Supervision Team:''' Benjamin R Cowan, UCD (Primary Supervisor) / Vincent Wade, TCD (External Secondary Supervisor) Description: Work on human-machine dialogue suggests that people take their partner’s perspective into account when interacting with speech based automated dialogue partners. Perspective taking more generally is seen as critical to successful communication. Through smartspeakers, speech agents have become devices that hold conversations with multiple users in interaction. This move from dyadic to multiparty dialogue is likely to be accelerated as agents take a more proactive approach to engaging users in dialogue, becoming member of a team rather than the sole target of the interaction. This PhD aims to identify how perspective taking mechanisms manifest in mixed human-speech agent teams, and how this influences user language choices when engaging with the speech agent. '''Deadline: 18th May 2022''' + |
| PhD 2020 Ulster + | '''Funded PhD Opportunity''' * Discourse and Social Interaction * Subject: Modern Languages and Linguistics Summary Discourse and social interaction provide a lens to examine social phenomena including * individual and social identities and relationships (eg post conflict identities, media identity construction) * institutional settings, practices, roles and relationships (eg institutional complaints handling, classroom interaction, therapeutic interaction) * the nature of social interaction itself and particular actions or practices (eg questions, turn design, epistemics). A PhD in this area might focus directly on * interactional actions and practices (eg complaining, swearing, affiliation) * interpersonal phenomena (eg identity construction and management) * social/ideological issues (eg gender, power) These potential areas of focus will be examined drawing on Conversation Analysis, Interpersonal Pragmatics, or Discourse Analysis. The choice of theoretical framing for the project will determine the details of the project design. '''Essential criteria''' * To hold, or expect to achieve by 15 August, an Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) Degree or equivalent from a UK institution (or overseas award deemed to be equivalent via UK NARIC) in a related or cognate field. * A comprehensive and articulate personal statement * Research proposal of 2000 words detailing aims, objectives, milestones and methodology of the project '''Desirable Criteria''' If the University receives a large number of applicants for the project, the following desirable criteria may be applied to shortlist applicants for interview. * First Class Honours (1st) Degree * Masters at 65% * For VCRS Awards, Masters at 75% * Completion of Masters at a level equivalent to commendation or distinction at Ulster * Research project completion within taught Masters degree or MRES * Experience using research methods or other approaches relevant to the subject domain * Experience of presentation of research findings '''Funding''' The University offers the following awards to support PhD study and applications are invited from UK, EU and overseas for the following levels of support: * Vice Chancellors Research Studentship (VCRS) ** Full award (full-time PhD fees + DfE level of maintenance grant + RTSG for 3 years). ** This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees and provide the recipient with £15,000 maintenance grant per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher. * Vice-Chancellor’s Research Bursary (VCRB) ** Part award (full-time PhD fees + 50% DfE level of maintenance grant + RTSG for 3 years). ** This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees and provide the recipient with £7,500 maintenance grant per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher. * Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fees Bursary (VCRFB) ** Fees only award (PhD fees + RTSG for 3 years). ** This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher. * Department for the Economy (DFE) ** The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £ 15,009 per annum for three years. EU applicants will only be eligible for the fee’s component of the studentship (no maintenance award is provided). For Non-EU nationals the candidate must be "settled" in the UK. This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher. Due consideration should be given to financing your studies; for further information on cost of living etc. please refer to: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/postgraduate-research/fees-and-funding/financing-your-studies + |
