I am a linguist interested in comparative discourse analysis in English and German speaking countries.  My work focuses on language and politics, as well as language, power, and institutions. I have published on the discourses of New Labour and the German SPD at the turn of the twenty‑first century, on so‑called “populist” discourses, and on discourse in the workplace.

Some interesting documentation of the conference ‘New Discourses of Populism and Nationalism’ I organised in June 2018 can be found here. I am also working on ideas of language ideologies and political discourse and have co-organised DN 27 on that topic.

Currently, I am particularly interested in the barriers to communicating sustainability and in the complexities of policy discourses across different scales.