DiscourseNet was founded as the International Association for Discourse Studies in Paris in September 2019, with three Representatives (President, Secretary, Treasurer). Elections are now held every three years. The current Representatives were elected in October 2023 with Benno Herzog as President, Aurora Fragonara as Secretary, and Michael Kranert as Treasurer. In 2026, after three years, their term is coming to an end.
All DiscourseNet Association members are invited to participate in the upcoming DiscourseNet (Association) elections, in the following manner.
First, you may propose a team of Representatives that will stand for the election. Your candidate team should comprise three candidates: One each for President, Treasurer and Secretary.
Second, you can express interest in joining the future DiscourseNet Board, which will be appointed by the elected Representatives. The Board also has a term of three years. Previous Board members may, of course, continue in the Board. If you are interested, please contact any of the running candidate teams directly once their candidacies have been announced.
Third, all members are encouraged to check their emails in November for further information on how to vote. The elections will be held online, and hosted on Balotilo. All members can take part in the election. Once the running teams have been announced, an invitation will be sent to all members with an individualised link from "Balotilo" (our chosen election tool) to participate in the online election. Members who did not receive an email, are invited to contact elections@discourseanalysis.net so that Prof Felicitas Macgilchrist, the designated election official, can seek a solution. Further information will follow by email to all DiscourseNet members.
All candidate teams of Representatives should contact Felicitas (by email at elections@discourseanalysis.net) with the information about their team that they wish to share with voting members. If you would like the information to be shared with participants of the ALED-DN2026 conference in August 2026, please email Felicitas before 31 July 2026. Felicitas is independently coordinating the election, and will post all candidate teams on the DN election pages.
The final deadline for all candidate teams to submit their intention to run for President, Treasurer and Secretary is 31 August 2026.
The 2026 General Assembly will be held online in late November. The current Board will report on their past term and all candidate teams will be presented. A recording of the key information will be made available online. Voting will start during the General Assembly and run (online) for one week.
The charter documents that were created at the inauguration of the DiscourseNet Association in 2019 in Paris explain the election process in more detail (see https://discourseanalysis.net/DN or https://discourseanalysis.net/sites/default/files/2019-09/DiscourseNet%20founding%20documents.pdf).
Please feel free to reach out to Felicitas with any ideas, questions or suggestions you may have about the process or if you wish to run as a candidate team.
DiscourseNet looks forward to your participation!
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