[Commlist] cfp: Critical Policy Discourse Analysis – International Conference 2026

https://www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-conference-2026


Conference

The Mowbrary
Kelham Island
S3 8EN Sheffield, United Kingdom

Date: 16/06/2026 - 18/06/2026
Registration deadline: 29/05/2026
Call for papers ending on: 3/04/2026

Critical Policy Discourse Analysis – International Conference 2026 is a
three‑day international gathering dedicated to the critical studyof policy
texts, talk, and wider discursive practices. Hosted at The Mowbray, Kelham
Island (Sheffield, UK), the conference brings together scholars who work on
policy text and discourse from a critical perspective, with a particular
focus on Critical Policy Discourse Analysis (CPDA).

The conference offers a unique forum to explore how policy problems, actors,
and solutions are discursively constructed; how power, ideology, and
inequality are reproduced, normalised, or resisted in policy discourse; and
how policy texts are embedded in wider socio‑economic and political
dynamics. We particularly welcome contributions engaging with CPDA, but also
with related approaches in critical policy analysis, interpretive policy
analysis, and cultural political economy, across any policy sector or
geographical context.

The main conference runs from 16–18 June 2026 (09:00–17:00 on days 1–2,
and 09:00–16:00 on day 3). In addition, a dedicated PhD day on 15June 2026
(09:00–17:00) will provide up to 12 doctoral researchers with an
opportunity to present their work, receive focused feedback, and build
international networks around critical approaches to policy discourse.

Tickets will be available for the main conference and for the PhD day (with
limited places), and registration is required for all attendees. We warmly
invite academics, doctoral researchers, and others working critically on
policy discourse to join us in Sheffield for this landmark event.


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