Michael Farrelly

I’m delighted to announce the first Critical Policy Discourse Analysis conference - to be held in Sheffield, UK, in June 16th-18th. There’s a full conference and a PhD pre-conference on 15th June. The call for papers is now open! The conference pages are here , more details soon. The call for panels and papers is now open - please submit your proposals by 3rd April 2026.

Booking now open! We are running an in-person workshop for PhD students  and early career researchers working in any discipline and who are using CDA. Sheffield, UK 15th & 16th January 2026 . Professor Tom Bartlett, University of Glasgow Dr Michael Farrelly, Discourse Academy Dr Michael Kranert, University of Southampton Dr Jane Mulderrig, University of Sheffield We’ve got a fantastic venue in Sheffield: The Chimney House , close to Sheffield city centre and in the wonderful Kelham Island...

Screen shot of analysis of the representation of social actors from recent Language and Power Podcast episode This question—what is a social actor—is an important one that we, as people doing text and discourse analysis, should take seriously. It is a question that we should address before getting into the details and procedures on how and why we analyse the ‘representation’ of social actors in text and discourse. This is because understanding what we mean by ‘social actor’ will help us to be...