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Have a read at our new blog post on applying for a PhD program in forensic linguistics, by our Doctoral Researcher Noorin Iqbal 👇 aifl-blog.com/phd-applicat...

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There are still some places left to register for our Summer School in Forensic Linguistics, taking place Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5pm | 24th-27th June, 2025. You can find more information below 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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📢 Come work with us 📢 We're recruiting a new Research Assistant to work alongside @drniccimacleod.bsky.social on her project Talking Rape: Operation Soteria and the Police Interview, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship 👇 jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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This was such a fascinating talk, exploring how humour can be used as a way of recruiting those seeking to find an in-group and a community. #langsky #forensiclinguistics

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Aston, led by us and in consortium with Universities of Leicester and Birmingham has been recognised as a Police Academic Centre of Excellence for our policing research 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/...

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I guess it's better late than never! Here's a short post about the #manosphere and the Netflix's mini series 'Adolescence' I wrote a few weeks ago for the @aifl.bsky.social blog 👉 medium.com/aston-instit... #academicsky #masculinities #linguistics

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Join us for a free research seminar on Thursday, May 8th, 4-5pm. Marie Bojsen-Møller (University of Copenhagen) will show how the humor-hate nexus is present in far-right extremists’ communications Register here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-humor...

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The latest episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs' is out today. @drniccimacleod.bsky.social explores her analysis on a covert recording between a group of men in the back of a police van. They have been accused of murder, but what they say isn’t all that clear 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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Episode 5 of 'Writing Wrongs' will drop this Friday! In this episode, @timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss a murder case where Nicci was called upon to decode an obscure language game... Follow/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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🎙 How are statements taken in police interviews? @timgrant123.bsky.social & @drniccimacleod.bsky.social discuss this in the first episode of our podcast 'Writing Wrongs'. 📱 Listen now on all major platforms 👉 aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs Do let us know what you think 👉 [email protected]

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Join us for a free research seminar on Thursday, May 15th, 4-5pm. Manuel Alcántara-Plá (Autonomous University of Madrid) will delve into how emotions work in communication and into the special characteristics of hate speech. #academicsky #hatespeech #forensiclinguistics #linguistics

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Join us online on Thursday, May 8 (4 - 5pm GMT+1) for the research seminar 'Not just fun and games: dark humour in far-right communications and targeted violence manifestos', delivered by Marie Bojsen-Møller (University of Copenhagen). Register here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-humor...

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Out today! The latest episode of Writing Wrongs our forensic linguistics true crime podcast. Today’s episode is with Dr Elisabeth Carter and is a romance fraud case. Listen or subscribe form here 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs And let us know what you think.

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🚨 Coming this Friday on the 'Writing Wrongs' podcast 🚨 Series 1 - Episode 4 - Romance Fraud: The Linguistic Crime Scene with @drliscarter.bsky.social (available on all platforms)

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A forensic meteorologist?! ⛅ @issyclarke.bsky.social shares what they do in our podcast 'Writing Wrongs' (www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...), featuring @drniccimacleod.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social. You can't miss it!

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What's sociolinguistic profiling? @timgrant123.bsky.social has got the answer in our podcast 'Writing Wrongs', available on all platforms 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for... #academicsky #linguistics #sociolinguistics #forensiclinguistics

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And another media appearance for us 😀 Our 'Writing Wrongs' podcast here 👇 www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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It was a brilliant talk, David! Thank you for joining us yesterday

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In this episode of the Writing Wrongs #podcast from @aifl.bsky.social, @timgrant123.bsky.social & @issyclarke.bsky.social discuss their experience of doing an authorship analysis to help the police identify the builder of a crude bomb. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6nay...

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We're recruiting! New fully funded PhD studentship in Forensic Linguistics, starting October 2025: 'Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence'. Would you like to work on a research project with @felicitydeamer.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social? Apply now 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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This episode is such a fascinating exploration into the role of #forensiclinguistics in examining legal cases and tackling miscarriages of justice. #langsky #linguistics

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Scottish Express picks up our new 🎙️ Writing Wrongs 🎙️podcast episode To listen or subscribe 👉www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs #truecrime #forensiclinguistics #linguistics #academicsky www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottis...

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We even made it to the Scottish Daily Express! 👇 www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottis...

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The serial killer downstairs and the birth of forensic linguistics. You can now listen to this and much more in our new 'Writing Wrongs' podcast 👉 www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs Featuring @drniccimacleod.bsky.social & @timgrant123.bsky.social #truecrime #forensiclinguistics #academicsky

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OUT NOW! You can now listen to the first three episodes of our new brand podcast Writing Wrongs. A new episode will be released the first Friday of each month, starting in April. Here's a little sneak peak! youtube.com/shorts/Z2CFX... #truecrime #linguistics #forensiclinguisitcs #academicsky

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And we're off! Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs 🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962 #forensiclinguistics #linguistics #truecrime #podcasts #academicsky

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🚨 New blog alert! 🚨 Follow us to keep up with our research. We’ve got a host of exciting and varied content lined up for you from original blog posts, to interviews (new and old, internal and external) 👉 medium.com/@aiflblog #academicsky #linguistics #appliedlinguistics #forensiclinguistics

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🚨 COMING SOON 🚨 🎙 Writing Wrongs 🔎 Every sentence tells a story, every word leaves a trace. 🔔 Follow our new True Crime podcast Spotify 👉 t.ly/Ys8ya Apple Podcasts 👉 t.ly/HmQ1Q Amazon Music 👉 t.ly/dytDZ

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Another online CPD training! Would you like to discover the capabilities and limitations of authorship analysis for investigation and evidence? Then join us Friday 23rd May for the one-day course with @timgrant123.bsky.social & @emchiang.bsky.social Booking & more info here: shorturl.at/YgTd2

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It's the moment you've all been waiting for - subscribe now to Writing Wrongs, the podcast from AIFL. First episodes drop 7th March 2025! Listen to the trailer here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... @timgrant123.bsky.social @drniccimacleod.bsky.social

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Join us in April for our next CPD event for legal professionals!

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We'd like to share our next CPD training course! We'll talk about the types of linguistic evidence admitted to Court in the English and Welsh Legal System Where? Online When? Friday, April 11 (12-2pm UK time) For booking and more information: www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...

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I'm really looking forward to giving this talk next week! I've been working on this for a while (some version of this has been in my head for years) and am excited to finally get my ideas out there. You can attend for free in person or online!

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'What are we doing here?' @linguistlawyer.com will be exploring this with us next Thursday as he presents his research into linguistics and the legal domain. Free tickets are available here: tinyurl.com/3eucnwcy

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AIFL were delighted to welcome Kate Summerscale, bestselling author and historian, to talk about her book The Peep Show: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place @drniccimacleod.bsky.social @timgrant123.bsky.social

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Very happy to be presenting at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics' symposium "Forensic Linguistics and the Law" in March. I will be talking on "Cross-Examination on Trial: Perspectives from Language and Law". More details about the event are below.

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First bluesky post goes to advertise our symposium on FL and the law! Come along if you want to hear me blabber about syntactic complexity, construction grammar, and genre blending

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