Critical Policy Discourse Analysis Conference

Dear All

Critical Policy Discourse Analysis 2026 - Call for Panels and Papers - DEADLINE EXTENDED 16th APRIL

**Deadline has been extended to account for Easter break**

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 the CPDA approach, as well as 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 or individual paper proposal here:

Panel Proposal Form: https://www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-call-for-panels

Individual Paper Proposal Form: https://www.discourseacademy.org/copy-of-cpda-call-for-panels

 ***UPDATE: calls remain open until end  16th April***

www.discourseacademy.org/cpda-conference-2026