Talks/Events

Recent Talks (2018 – present)

21/11/2025 “Demarcation, Support, Solidarity and Allyship. Multimodal Climate Change Discourses on Social Media”, talk at the Winterschool PAL 2025, University of Innsbruck.

7/11/2025 “Sustainability Discourse since the Beginning of Sustainability Reporting: From Environmental Protection to Sustainable Development”, talk at the Final Symposium of the DFG Research Group Kontroverse Diskurse, University of Trier.

23/10/2025 “Multimodal Recycling and Periodic Discourse Patterns on Instagram”, invited talk at University of Bremen.

22/10/2025 “Planetary Wellbeing: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities”, workshop with K. Rigby, M. Portera, and N. Mala at Wellbeing for our Futures/EUniWell 5y celebrations, University of Cologne.

06/10/2025 “Multimodal Practices of Expression and Discourse Participation as Patterns of Sense-making”, talk with L. Rommel, Modelling Futures Conference, University of Graz.

22/09/2025 “Linguistic and Multimodal Perspectives on Digital Activism and Climate Futures”, talk at Anglistiktag 2025, University of Essen.

11/07/2025 “Addressing and Coping with Climate Futures? Multimodal Practices in Digital Discourse” talk at the MESH Symposium 2025, University of Cologne.

24/06/2025 “Repeat Repost Recycle: Climate Change Discourse on Social Media” talk with J. Landschoff & L. Rommel, IPrA Conference (IPC19), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

10/05/2025 “Climate Futures on Social Media”, invited talk at the lecture series Language Practices in Media Cultures, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder).

22/01/2025 “Linguistic Discourse Analysis on Sustainability and Climate Futures: an Applied Linguistic Approach meets Environmental Humanities [Linguistische Diskursanalyse zu Nachhaltigkeit und Klimazukunft: Angewandte Linguistik meets Environmental Humanities]” invited talk, Villa Vigoni, Como, Italy.

18/01/2025 “Climate Imaginaries on Social Media” invited talk, 18th HEE-Winter Meeting Charting Pathways to Planetary Health: Ecology, Education, and Economics, University of Cologne & online.

26/11/2024 “Sprachliche Praktiken der Zukunftsgestaltung und -bewältigung. Ein kulturlinguistischer Blick auf die Liste”, University of Koblenz.

09/10/2024 “Let’s Talk About Prediction – And What We Can Learn from the Media Discourse”, 34^th AEC, Geneva, Switzerland.

10/09/2024 “Early Detection, Prediction or Risk Estimation? Linguistic Practices and Bioethical Controversies”, Zur Debatte: Bioethik Kontroversen. Sprachliche philosophische und historische Aspekte, University of Marburg.

05/06/2024 “Language and Pain: Linguistic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives”, Lecture Series New Medical Humanities, University of Cologne.

04/06/2024 “Climate Imaginaries – Climate Change, Future Imaginaries and Positioning in Social Media”, Linguistic Colloquium, University Duisburg-Essen.

02/02/2024 “Multimodal Ensembles – #climate change” and “Argumentative Strategies – Substantiality Communication as Discourse Contribution” as part of the Studientag Nachhaltigkeit im Fokus der Linguistik, invited workshops at the University of Bremen (in cooperation with A. Mattfeldt & P. Reszke), University of Bremen.

24/01/2024 “Linguistic Discourse Analysis and Sustainability Communication” invited talk as part of the pragmatics lecture (P. Steen) at the University of Koblenz.

12/01/2024 “🌊 ☀️ 🇺🇳 Culture-policy Climate Spaces of COP28: Multimodal Cross-platform Analysis in TikTok, Instagram and Twitter (X)” , Data sprint with presentation and report, DMI24, University Amsterdam (W. Pearce, J. Omena, Y. Yao, C. Schwegler, J. Visser, J. Landschoff, L. Rommel).

30/10/2023 “Meta-linguistic and Terminological Differentiations in Risk Communication” talk at the 71. Arbeitskreis Angewandte Gesprächsforschung (AAG), University of Cologne.

21/10/2023 “Risk Education and Counseling. Communicative Practices and Challenges” talk at the 7th conference of the International Network Health Communication, University of Hamburg.

12/10/2023 “Climate Futures in Multimodal Social Media Discourse: A Linguistic Perspective on the Modelling Character of Multimodal Ensembles” talk at the conference Contemporary Societies in Digital Discourse (ADDA 4) 2023 (with J. Landschoff, J. Hoydis and the CCM Consortium), University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

19/07/2023 “Dementia Risk Prediction, Counselling, and Autonomous Decision Making. Affordances and Challenges of Risk Communication”, talk at the AILA World Congress 2023, Panel Researching Helping Professions for (Applied) Linguistic and Practical Purposes (Fleischhacker, Dionne), Lyon, France.

18/07/2023 “Exploring Narrative Identity via Linguistic Positioning in the Context of Alzheimer’s Dementia Risk Prediction – an Ethical and Linguistic Analysis”, poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2023 (presenter: C. Hübner), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

13/07/2023 “Knowledge Management in Counselling on Dementia Risk Prediction”, talk at the 18th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA), Panel Practices of Knowledge Management in Helping Interactions(Kabatnik, Graf, Spranz-Fogasy), Brussels, Belgium.

04/04/2023 “Interview Research across Disciplines. Experiences from Anthropology and Applied Linguistics”, talk with Sinah Kloss at the University of Cologne.

30/03/ 2023 “Linguistic Discourse Analysis of Online Sustainability Communication” [“Linguistische Diskursanalyse von online-Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation”], invited workshop/lezione aperta as part of the master course Strategie comunicative della lingua tedesca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italia.

16/12/2022 “Climate Change Demands and Argumentative Sustainability Strategies. Discourse Linguistics in the Environmental Humanities” [“Klimaschutzappelle und argumentative Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien. Diskurslinguistik in den Environmental Humanities”], talk at the University of Bremen.

02/11/2022 Panel Discussion: “Can the World Still Be Saved? Communicative Strategies and Framing in Climate Discourse” [“Ist die Welt noch zu retten? Kommunikative Strategien und Framing im Klimadiskurs”], at the Berlin Science Week, organised by the Interdisciplinary Centre European Languages (FU Berlin) in cooperation with the Dahlem Humanities Center.

31/07/2022 “Understanding Counseling Challenges of Dementia Risk Prediction through Discourse-linguistic Approaches – the Media Perspective of the PreTAD Study”, poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2022 (San Diego).

02/06/2022 “Acting for the Future vs. Acting in the Future. Discourse Linguistic Perspectives on Sustainability Demands in Economy and Society” [“Handeln für die Zukunft vs. Handeln in der Zukunft. Diskurslinguistische Perspektiven auf Nachhaltigkeitsappelle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft”], invited talk as part of the lecture series Communicating Climate Change (University Duisburg-Essen, University of Cologne), Programme Flyer.

24/03/2022 “Climate Action Now vs. Eco-Leadership by 2030. Discursive Sustainability Demands and Their Economic Resonance” [“Climate Action Now vs. Öko-Leadership bis 2030. Diskursive Nachhaltigkeitsappelle und ihre wirtschaftliche Resonanz”], invited talk/lezione aperta as part of the master course Strategie comunicative della lingua tedesca (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italia).

04/03/2022 “Empraxis or Object of Anxiety? Body-Related Actions in Helping Interactions” [“Empraxis oder Angstobjekt? Das Thematisieren von körperbezogenen Handlungen in helfenden Interaktionen”], talk at the conference Anwendungen – Eingriffe – Pflege(n) (Network Gesundheitskommunikation). University of Hamburg/online (with Susanne Kabatnik).

22/10/2021 “The Predictive Turn in Medicine and its Impact on Language and Society” [“Der Predictive Turn in der Medizin und seine Auswirkungen auf Sprache und Gesellschaft”], invited talk for the assistant professorship in German Discourse and Interactional Linguistics, shortlisted), University of Bern.

17/09/2021 “Prospective Communication and the Argument of Future Generations. Sustainability Communication Between Reporting and Social Media Discourse” [“Prospektive Kommunikation und das Argument der (zu)künftigen Generationen. Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation zwischen Berichtswesen und Social Media-Diskurs”], talk at the conference GAL 2021 (Würzburg, online). https://gal-wue21.de/

09/09/2021 “‚Jetzt sag ich mal ganz salopp, dass meine Frau nicht mehr normal ist‘ Kognitive Einschränkungen im Kontinuum der Alzheimer-Demenz aus der Perspektive des sogenannten Pre-Caregivers”, ttalk at the conference Normvorstellungen, Normalität(en) und Normativität – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das ‘Normale’ in der Medizin. University of Münster.

14/06/2021 “Linguistic Practices in Counseling Sessions”, talk with data session, CeSI, University of Münster. https://centrum.sprache-interaktion.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Programm_Tagung_Normalit%C3%A4t_WWU.pdf

01/06/2021 “ELSA of Neuroscience – Interdisciplinary Health Research at ceres. The Projects iCare-PD and PreTAD” [“ELSA of Neuroscience – Interdisziplinäre Gesundheitsforschung bei ceres. Die Projekte iCare-PD und PreTAD”], invited talk as part of the lecture series Neurosciences. University of Cologne. Summer Term 2021 (with Johanne Stümpel).

20/01/2021 “An Ethical Framework for Information, Counseling and Understanding – Biomarkerbased Prediction of Alzheimer’s Dementia”, invited talk as part of the Keio-Cologne Lecture Series Aging, Medicine and Society – Understanding, Shaping, Managing Longevity, Winter Term 2020/21, Cologne/Tokio

04/12/2020 “Religious Transcendence Concepts in Very Old Age” [“Transzendenzkonzepte im hohen Alter”], talk at the 4. Arbeitstagung Religionslinguistik. 4–5 December 2020, Berlin, Heidelberg/online (with Wolf-Andreas Liebert).

06/12/2019 “Linguistic Practices and Ecological Sustainability” [“Sprachliche Praktiken um ökologische Nachhaltigkeit”], invited talk at the Abschlussveranstaltung des DBU Stipendienprogramms 2018/2019. 6 December 2019, German Federal Environmental Foundation, Osnabrück.

01/10/2019 “Sustainability in the Sustainability Report? Arguments, Values, and Communicative Strategies” [“Nachhaltigkeit im Nachhaltigkeitsbericht? Argumente, Werte und kommunikative Strategien”], talk at the 19. Sprache und Wissen Tagung Natur – Kultur – Mensch. Sprachliche Praktiken um ökologische Nachhaltigkeit. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg.

03/09/2019 “Prediction of Alzheimer’s Dementia and its Impact on Quality of Life. Ethical Questions and Implications for Practice” [“Die Alzheimer-Vorhersage und ihre Auswirkung auf die Lebensqualität von Betroffenen. Ethische Fragen und Implikationen für die Praxis”], invited talk at the conference Konfliktfall Demenzvorhersage: Chancen und Risiken der Demenzvorhersage – Wie gestalten wir die zukünftige Praxis? 6 September 2019, Bochum.

31/05/2019 “Future Generations as Argument in Environmental-ethical Conflicts” [“Das Argument „(zu-)künftige Generationen“ in umweltethischen Konflikten”], invited talk, Institute for Philosophy, University of Koblenz and Landau.

28/03/2019 “Risk!? Persons at High Risk between Health and Illness. A Linguistic Perspective on a Complex Concept” [“Risiko!? Die Hochrisikoperson zwischen Gesundheit und Krankheit. Ein linguistischer Blick auf ein komplexes Konzept”], talk at the conference of the DFG-network Linguistik und Medizin. 27–29 March 2019, Paderborn.

29/11/2018 „Argumentationsmuster, Glaubwürdigkeitsstrategien und Werteverständnisse – Wirtschaftliche Akteure im Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs“, invited talk at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam.

14/11/2018 “An Ethical Framework for Information, Counseling and Understanding – Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease by Biomarker Diagnostics”, invited talk as part of the Keio-Cologne Lecture Series Getting Old and Even Older – Pathways to Longevity and Implications for Society, Semester 2018/19, Cologne/Tokio.

20/09/2018 “The Semantics of ‚Quality of Life‘ in Persons at Risk”, talk at the 7th Qualitative Research in Mental Health Conference (QRMH7), 20. – 22. September 2018, Berlin.

22/07/2018 “Risk Knowledge of MCI-Patients in Predictive Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Dementia – Preliminary Data of a Mixed Methods Approach”, research poster (with Ayda Rostamzadeh), Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018, 22. – 26. Juli 2018, Chicago, USA.

03/07/2018 “The Potential of Narratives for the Understanding of Patients’ Risk Perception”, talk at the Narrative Matters Conference 2018, 02. – 05. July 2018, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

23/05/2018 “Expectations of MCI-Patients and their Caregivers towards Biomarker-based Predictive AD Diagnosis – Preliminary Findings from the PreDADQoL-Study”, talk at the 11th Biennal Conference Barcelona-Pittsburgh (BCN-PITT), 23. – 25. May 2018, Fundació ACE, Barcelona, Spain.

12/05/2018 “Werbender Bericht – berichtete Werbung? Argumentation und Persuasion in der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung”, invited talk at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt.

30/01/2018 “Gesundheitskompetenz von Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen”, talk (with Pauline Mantell) at the conference Mehr Daten für weniger Krankheit? Über den Wert von Informationen in der Medizin, 30. January 2018, Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation, Cologne.

Panels and Workshops

2023 – Interdisciplinary Workshop “Language and Pain in Public Discourse: Everyday Knowledge between Media Framing and Medical Journalistic Transmission of Information” [“Sprache und Schmerz im öffentlichen Diskurs: Alltagswissen zwischen medialem Framing und medizinjournalistischer Informationsvermittlung”], at the conference Language and Pain, Bielefeld, ZiF, 6 May 2023 (with Theresa Schnedermann).

2021 – AILA Panel “Experiencing Illness and Disease. Putting Perceptions and Emotions into Language”, Groningen/digital, 19 August 2021 (organised with Daniel Knuchel; keynotes: Elena Semino and Saskia Jünger). https://aila.info/the-aila-2021-world-congress-report/

2019 – Workshop “Sustainability: Contrastivity, and Visuality” [“Nachhaltigkeit: Kontrastivität und Bildlichkeit”] of the Language and Knowledge-platform for graduate research trainees as part of the Konferenz Natur – Kultur – Mensch. Sprachliche Praktiken um ökologische Nachhaltigkeit, University Heidelberg, 30 September 2019 (with Michael Bender and Katharina Jacob). http://sprache-und-wissen.de/veranstaltungen/tagung-2019/

2019 – Workshop “Sustainability, Language, and Economy” [“Nachhaltigkeit, Sprache und Wirtschaft”] at the 19. Sprache und Wissen Tagung Natur – Kultur – Mensch. Sprachliche Praktiken um ökologische Nachhaltigkeit. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg, 2 October 2019 (with Sandra Reimann).

 2018 – Panel “Risk narratives and health literacy: Interdisciplinary approaches” at the Narrative Matters Conference 2018, 02.-05. July 2018, University of Twente, Enschede, Niederlande (with Saskia Jünger (and team) and Julia Hoydis)

2017 – Workshop: “Unsicherheiten beim Beschreiben des Gesund-/Krankseins” at the summer school 2017 of the European Center for Linguistics (EZS) “Artikulation des Unsicheren”, University Heidelberg, 24.-30. July 2017 (with Daniel Knuchel)

2014 – Workshop “Historizität als vertrauensstiftendes Argument in der Unternehmenskommunikation” at the summer school 2014 of the European Center for Linguistics (EZS) “Historische Unsicherheit im Spiegel sprachlicher Konstruktionen”, University Heidelberg, 28. July -1. August 2014 (with Simone Burel)

Conferences and Summer Schools