About the conference
Critical policy discourse analysis is an approach to analysing policy text, discourse and language which ‘bridges the literature on critical discourse analysis and critical policy studies.’ This conference – Critical Policy Discourse Analysis 2026 – is the first conference dedicated to scholarship in CPDA.
Conference chair: Dr Michael Farrelly. The conference is chaired and organised by Dr Michael Farrelly, co-editor of Critical Policy Discourse Analysis
Keynote speaker: Dr Jane Mulderrig. We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for this inaugural conference is Dr Jane Mulderrig, University of Sheffield.