Marc Alexander

PhD course: Conversation analysis (CA) and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge This course is aimed at PhD candidates who investigate interaction in various everyday- and institutional contexts.

PhD course: April 7-9, 2026

Conversation analysis and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts, USN Norway

Application deadline: March 1, 2026.

www.usn.no/activities/p...

UKRI pauses several funding calls amid priorities shake-up - Research Professional News “Period of transition” at funding agency sees some Medical Research Council funding opportunities on hiatus

ICYMI: UKRI pauses several funding calls amid priorities shake-up.

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# ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA **READERS still planning to use X in 2026 might want to take note of the platform's updated terms of service.** Coming into force on 16 January, these have been quietly amended to ensure Elon Musk's platform of hate can use anything posted to its platform as training data for its AI systems, terminate a user's account for any reason it chooses, and to effectively monetise anything a user puts on the platform. Specifically, the wording grants X the right "to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content... for any purpose... these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating" Meanwhile X is also rolling out a feature allowing anyone to use its AI, Grok, to edit any image posted to the platform directly, devaluing the work of artists and adding another layer of uncertainty around what is and isn't real.

I largely stopped using X in November 2024. I keep an account there to research the far right (they're all active there, for some reason...)

I'm deleting all of my tweets now - Private Eye reports they will now be used to train Grok, Musk's perverted AI monster. Whether you like it or not. Grim.

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

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

..Sadvansha applying DP in experimental settings

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

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

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

⏰Just 10 days left to craft and submit an abstract

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

📋Registration is also OPEN.

Details below👇

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

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

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

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

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

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

#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology

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

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

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

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

Insights from ongoing discourse analysis and experimental research

Experimental researchers' experiences of the project.

Open discussions on future funding opportunities for researchers.

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

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

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

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

#EMCA #DiscursivePsycholology

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

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

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

UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition [FREE TO READ] Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain

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

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

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

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

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**Updated #EMCA Starter Pack**

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

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

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Okay I'll bite😊 Was Chewie chewy?

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

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology

Thoroughly well deserved too Dr Hunt! 🎉

Interested in conversation analysis but don't know where to start? The next "CA for beginners" online one day workshop may be for you.
Thursday 16th January 2025
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Registration £40 at:
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How Mental Health Establishes ‘Vulnerability’ as the Basis for Support from a Housing Helpline: Self-Descriptions and Diagnostic Categories In the UK, there is a greater prospect of receiving housing support if one is considered ‘vulnerable’—that is, at unusual risk. However, there can be a disparity between applicant and provider in t...

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

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

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

#EMCA #DiscursivePsychology #MentalHealth

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

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

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

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

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

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Just did an update for new #EMCA folks to the list - let me know if you'd like me to add you and I'll do another round as people join - and please RT the list!