Call for Panels – First International Conference on Critical Policy Discourse Analysis

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Deadline for panel proposals:

3 April 2026

 

This conference is the first international meeting dedicated to Critical Policy Discourse Analysis (CPDA). It brings together scholars who analyse policy texts and discourse from a critical perspective, with a particular interest in CPDA and closely related traditions in critical policy analysis, interpretive policy analysis, and cultural political economy.

 

We invite contributions that examine how policy problems, actors and solutions are discursively constructed; how power, ideology and inequality are reproduced or contested in and through policy discourse; and how policy texts are embedded in wider socio‑economic and political contexts. Proposals may focus on any policy sector, geographical context or methodological approach, provided they engage critically with policy discourse.

 

Please submit your panel proposal using the form linked below. 

 

Proposals should be submitted by 3 April 2026.

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***If you are a PhD student you are most welcome to submit panel and paper proposals to the main conference (16th-18th June). However, if you prefer to take part in the PhD pre-conference (15th June) please purchase your ticket directly using this link. There are 12 tickets available and each attendee is guaranteed a 30 minute slot to present their paper and for questions and feedback. These tickets include entry to the pre-conference and the main conference.***