⭐️I’m glad that this important paper is finally out!

• While children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often perceived as disengaged from social interaction, fine-grained analyses of how they are actively guided into engagement remain limited in scope, in China.

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Meet this lovely bunch of organisers, keynote speakers and workshops hosts of the #AGF2026: Lorenza Mondada, Wyke Stommel, Katharina König, @saulalbert.bsky.social, Silke Reineke, Stephan Habscheid, @richardogden.bsky.social, Florence Oloff & Uwe-A. Küttner

📸 by @idsmannheim.bsky.social

MIND researchers David Ryška & Olcay Sert's paper "I agree but: Performing less-than-agreement during EFL oral proficiency exams' is now out in System! doi.org/10.1016/j.sy... @dryyyska.bsky.social @sertolcay.bsky.social #testing #EMCA #assessment #EFL #conversationanalysis #interactionalcompetence

Advancing Conversation Analytic research in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences: a forward-looking agenda Conversation Analysis (CA) has increasingly been recognised as a valuable qualitative approach for examining interactional practices in sport and exercise contexts, yet it remains methodologically ...

📣 New publication! @calvirgi.bsky.social and @brettsmithprof.bsky.social set out a new agenda for the use of Conversational Analysis in research in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. #openaccess

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology The Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology publishes papers that cover the full spectrum of community and social psychology.

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If your research concerns members who are not directly involved in a misconduct, and how they respond to stories of misconduct in the public sphere (e.g., news and social media), now’s the time to get your paper ready.
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call for #lansi2026 is now open 🥳✅☎️ meet us in new york city this fall 🍁🍃🍂 @teacherscollege.bsky.social @iscaupdates.bsky.social @georgetownlingdept.bsky.social @nyulinguistics.bsky.social @ica-lsi.bsky.social @linguistlist.bsky.social @lingsocam.bsky.social www.tc.columbia.edu/lansi/confer...

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The inaugural EatSiN (eating in social interaction network) conference was held last week at VU Amsterdam with great success. One of the few conferences where eating the snacks is part of the research.
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Is behaviour change communication guidance for primary care professionals evidence based?

Important findings from our new systematic review 🔓👇

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The Grammar of Collaborative Turns The book covers a research gap in Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics about co-production and the emerge of syntactical structures in multiperson talk-in-interaction. The findings have...

📣 Great news: On 30/03, my monograph “The Grammar of Collaborative Turns. Temporality, Projection, Emergence and Clause Combination in Italian Talk-in-Interaction” will be out with a brilliant yellow cover for @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social #TrendsinLinguistics 📒 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

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Contact us if you are interested in writing a piece showcasing your #ILEMCA work, event, news!✨
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Finally, in the ISCA State of Talk podcast, Sophia Fiedler reflects with Saul Albert (Loughborough) and Hannah Pelikan (Linköping) about the evolving role of technology, robots and AI in CA and interaction more broadly. 7/8

In a reflective piece, Malebogo Moji (University of York) discusses their journey learning to use DOTE as a PhD student, describing the process of deciding which software to use for transcription, DOTE’s pros/cons compared to ELAN & learning curve. 6/8

In his report from the first EMCA “Promptathon” at Cardiff University, @saulalbert.bsky.social (Loughborough University) reports on how a group of conversation analysts met with an expert on conversational AI to put conversational AIs to the test, following the tradition of “Hackathons”. 5/8

Guillaume Gauthier (University of Basel) then gives a report on the Interdisciplinary colloquium “Conversational AI: Advances and Challenges” at the University of Basel in April 2025 exploring how the EMCA program fundamentally addresses the challenges of conversational AI. 4/8

Then Damien Rudaz reports on the workshop “Transforming interaction: A workshop on AAC, social robotics, and conversational AI” which took place in April 2025 and explored how robots, voice-based conversation agents and large language models can all be integrated into interactions. 3/8

First Damien Rudaz (University of Copenhagen) reports on the workshop “Embodied Interaction & Embodied Intelligence”, which took place in August 2025. The workshop tackled questions about human-robot interaction. 2/8

📣 Our #20 newsletter is out: The contributions to this special issue show how CA continues to be shaped by advances in technology and how conversation analysts are adapting their investigations to new and emerging technologies. Technology becomes a co-interactant worthy of analytical attention.🧵1/8

New post: Members’ Forum Newsletter #20 January 2026: Special issue on AI, robotics and technology in CA www.conversationanalysis.org/members-forum-newsletter... #EMCA

New post: From Clueless to Clued-In: My Journey with DOTE www.conversationanalysis.org/from-clueless-to-clued-i... #EMCA

New post: Interdisciplinary colloquium on Conversational AI at U. Basel www.conversationanalysis.org/interdisciplinary-colloq... #EMCA