DiscourseNet Author Brainstorming and Early Stage Research Workshop
The Digitalization of the Knowledge Economy: how AI is changing our view on the world
Program
Organizers: Benno Herzog (University of Valencia), Jens Maesse (University of Giessen), Johannes Beetz (University of Mainz), David Adler (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Contact: jens.maesse@sowi.uni-giessen.de
Zoom Link: please contact Benno Herzog: benno.herzog@uv.es
Date: 8/9 May 2026, 10:00-16:00 GMT+1 (European Time, Berlin)
The presentation should be no longer than ten (10) minutes.
Input discussants are asked to give a short comment and asking question
8 May
10:00 Welcome from DiscourseNet
10:30 Pau Bori: “Parental Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED): A Qualitative Study”
11:00 Sybille Reinke de Buitrago: “ChatGPT and Disinformation: Shaping Knowledge about the Ukraine War”
11:30 Coffee
11:45 René Foidl: “More than a Tool, Less than Human: The Discursive Construction of GenAI as an Animate Actor”
12:15 Panos Kompatsiaris: “Humanity After Authorship: AI Imaginaries in Pluribus”
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Irina Dusacova: “Interpretative Flexibility of AI in Media Discourses of EU AI Act in Russia”
14:15 Stefani Goga: “Critical Thinking with GenAI: A Critical Discourse Study of UK Universities responses to Generative AI’”
14:45 Adalberto Fernandes: “The Linguistic Turn as a Political Theory of Artificial Intelligence“
15:15 End Day 1
9 May
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Jens Maesse: “Changing Professional Roles: How AI-generated knowledge affects the professional identity of experts in local, national, and business contexts”
10:45. David Adler: “Checking AI? Why we need more discourse analytical enlightenment“
11:15 Coffee
11:30 Abimbola Miracle Odeyemi, Ezekiel Opeyemi Olajimbiti and Peter Ochefu Okpeh: “We may use content to improve our services: Pragmatic Acts in Terms and Conditions of Selected AI-based Products”
12:00 Onoriu Colăcel: “From Launch to Silence: Media Discourse and Authority in Romanian Governmental AI”
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Marcella Palladino, Jan Engberg: “Artificial Intelligence in Spoken Discourse Analysis: How Generative AI Can Support German Linguistics Research”
14:00 Ivana Zovko, Bojana Mikelenić: “Practices and Attitudes of Romance Language Students at Croatian Universities Regarding the Use of ChatGPT”
14:30 Alla Encelewski: “Knowledge, Credibility, and Mediation in AI Generated Discours”
15:00 Final discussion about future activities on Discourse Studies on AI and digital transformations of knowledge, power and society
15:30 End Day 2