Carmen PÉREZ-LLANTADA
Carmen Pérez-Llantada is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Zaragoza. She is currently the Principal Investigator (PI-1) of the GENNET project, a research initiative investigating the networked nature of digital scientific communication. Her primary expertise lies at the intersection of applied linguistics, genre theory and discourse studies. Central to her work is the application of complexity constructs—specifically non-linearity, adaptability, coevolution, and self-organization—to empirically demonstrate how genre interactions function in digital media environments. These theoretical advancements are coupled with innovative methodological developments in case study research designs, offering a roadmap for expanding the field of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP). Ultimately, her work bridges the gap between theory and practice by proposing new models for genre-based pedagogies and the training of researchers, empowering them to strategically compose digital genre networks to maximize the visibility and impact of their scientific contributions.
Her scholarship is featured in leading international journals and by premier academic publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Routledge, and Wiley. Her most recent publications examine the complex dynamics of interrelated genres within digital ecosystems and the gendered dimensions of public science communication online.
Research keywords
• genre analysis
• genre network theory
• academic writing
• English for Academic Purposes
• genre-based pedagogiesd
• professional and public science communication
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Publications
- Pérez-Llantada, C. (2026). Writing and Language for Specific Purposes. In C. Chapelle (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics 2nd Edition. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1298.pub3
Villares, R. Pérez-Llantada, C. & Carciu, O. (2026). Perceptions and values of Spanish women scientists towards digital science communication JCOM Journal of Science Communication 25(1), A08. https://doi.org/10.22323/156420251226063745
Pérez-Llantada, C. & O. Carciu. (2026). Language for Specific Purposes Pedagogy. In H. Nesi, & P. Milin (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00216-7
Pérez-Llantada, C., Carciu, O.M., & Villares, R. (2025). Women scientists’ digitally mediated activity, genres and digital tools: A cross-sectional survey across the disciplines. Written Communication 42(3) https://doi.org/10.1177/07410883251328307
Villares, R., & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025). Digital science communication training: Approaching methods, frameworks, and outcomes. In M. Martínez Vázquez, D. Nisa Cáceres, & S. Casal Madinabeitia (eds.), Fragments of Meaning. Dialogues in Language, Literature, and Culture (pp. 91-101). Enredars. Universidad Pablo de Olavide. https://rio.upo.es/rest/api/core/bitstreams/44fed50e-91f6-4c26-b7a3-721b486036fa/content
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025). Tackling complexity: Genre interactions in digital media environments. Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 6(1), 146-168. https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.25019.per
Pérez-Llantada, C., Villares, R., Carciu, O. (2025). Talking science: Women scientists’ engagement in spoken public science communication online. System, 134, 103832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103832
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025). Epistemicide and Open Science communication. In Breeze, R., Engberg, J., Roelcke, T (eds.) Handbook of Specialized Communication. De Gruyter / Mouton. pp.339-358. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110672633-017
Pérez-Llantada, C., Carciu, O. M., & Villares, R. (2025). Women scientists’ digitally mediated activity, genres and digital tools: A cross-sectional survey across the disciplines. Written Communication, 42(3), 493-521. https://doi.org/10.1177/07410883251328307
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025). Digital genres and practices in English for Specific Purposes. In Starfield, S. and Hafner, C. (eds.) The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes. John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119985068.ch23
Abián, O., Velázquez-Campoy, A. & C. Pérez-Llantada (2024). Digital mediation in scientific communication. Transversal skills learning for professional employability. In H.B. Taouis, N. Rodriguez López & T. Piñeiro Otero (eds.). Nuevos aprendizajes tecnologizados con aplicaciones culturales y didácticas. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 35-48.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024). Approaching digital genre composing through reflective pedagogical praxis. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 68, 101349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101349
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024). Identity construction in digital communication for public engagement in science. Discourse Studies, 27(1), 128-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456241255267
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024). Approaching digital genre composing through reflective pedagogical praxis. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 68, 101349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2024.101349
Schmied, J., Bondi, M., Dontcheva Navratilova, O. & C. Pérez-Llantada (2023). Language variation and change in academic writing: Recent trends through globalisation and digitalisation. Token: A Journal of English Linguistics, 16, 1-8. https://doi:10.25951/11257
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2023). ‘Help us better understand our changing climate’: Exploring the discourse of Citizen Science. Discourse & Communication, 19(5), 735-757. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813231158927
Pérez-Llantada, C. & M.J. Luzón (2023). Genre networks. Intersemiotic relations in digital science communication. New York/Oxon: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Genre-Networks/Perez-Llantada-Luzon/p/book/9780367707361
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2022). Online data articles: The language of intersubjective stance in a rhetorical hybrid. Written Communication,39(3), 400-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/07410883221087486
Luzón, M.J. & C. Pérez-Llantada (2022). Digital Genres in Academic Knowledge Production and Dissemination: Perspectives and Practices. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/LUZON4719
Pérez-Llantada, C., Abián, O., Cadenas-Sánchez, C., Carciu, O., Clemente-Gallardo, J., Erviti, M.C., Labayen, I., León, B., Ollero, A., Oses Recalde, M., Rivera, D., Vela, A., Velázquez-Campoy, A., Villares, R., Vivas Peraza, A. C. (2022). “Digital Science: Sustainable, transformative and transversal. Final report”, Mendeley Data, V1, https://doi.org/10.17632/2yv5brwxg5.1
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021, June 14). Beyond lipstick: how languages can change the scientific Babel [Blog post] Retrieved from http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2021/06/beyond-lipstick-how-languages-can-change-the-scientific-babel/
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Research Genres across Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870528
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Genres and languages in science communication: The multiple dimensions of the science-policy interface. Language & Communication, 78, 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2021.02.004
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Grammar features and discourse style in digital genres: The case of science-focused crowdfunding projects. Revista Signos. Estudios de Lingüística, 54(105), 73-96. https://revistasignos.cl/index.php/signos/article/view/363
Presentations
- 2026
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (submitted) (2026, November 25-27). From narrative to metadata: writing a data article as an evolutionary form of the research article. PRISEAL VI Hybrid Conference: Academic equity, emerging technologies, and the politics of knowledge production.
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (2026, accepted) (2026, November 18-20). Mapping Proximity: A Genre Network Analysis of Dialogicity in Digital Science Communication. 49th AEDEAN conference.
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (2026, accepted). Integrating genre theory and digital literacy in ESP pedagogy: A case study for early career researchers. ESSE Conference (European Society for the Study of English). 31 August-4 September 2026.
• Ruiz, G., Divasón, J., & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2026, January 12). Integrating network and linguistic analysis to model research visibility and impact: A mixed-methods approach to academic ecosystems. 12th BIFI International Conference 2026, Zaragoza.
2025
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025, December 4). La perspectiva de género desde las humanidades digitales. Escuela de Doctorado de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
• Ruiz, G., Divasón, J., & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025, November 4-7). Collaborative networks and international research publication practices: Metrics, impact and implications for researchers’ education and training. 48th AEDEAN Conference (Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies), Vitoria-Gasteiz.
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025, October 31). The dual ecology of academic success: “Why titles matter?”. Keynote. 13th International Conference Synergies in Communication, Bucharest.
• Pérez-Llantada, C. (2025, June 13). Genres, networks AND researchers’ training. Interdisciplinary approaches to language education in the digital age. Invited Talk. Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), Bucharest.
2024
Pérez-Llantada, C., & Villares, R. (2024, November). Digital practices and public engagement among scientists: A survey-based study. 47th AEDEAN Conference, Seville.
Villares, R., & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024, November). Digital science communication training: approaching methods, frameworks, and outcomes. 47th AEDEAN Conference, Seville.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024, May 23). Comunicación digital de la ciencia: Investigación y transferencia para la formación de RRHH en el sector I+D+i. Jornada FEUZ Sector Audiovisual, CEOE, Zaragoza.
Pérez-Llantada, C., Carciu, O., & Villares, R. (2024, April 17-19). Writing digital genres: A cross-disciplinary study of women scientists’ socioliterate activity. 41st AESLA Conference (Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada), Valencia.
Pérez-Llantada, C., Carciu, O., & Villares, R. (2024, February). Digital language and communication training for EU scientists. 11th BIFI International Conference 2024, Zaragoza.
Velazquez-Campoy, A., Abián, O. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2024). Herramientas audiovisuales para el desarrollo de las competencias de comunicación y divulgación científica en inglés. Digital language and communication competences for scientists’ professional development. XVI Jornadas de Innovación Docente e Investigación Educativa, 18-19 January, 2024, Zaragoza, Spain. Poster presentation.
2023
Carciu, O., Villares, R., & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2023, October). Addressing digital transformation through the development of digital science communication skills. CUICIID 2023 (Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre la Comunicación en la Profesión y en la Universidad hoy).
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2023, April 26-28). Lengua y discurso en géneros digitales: el caso de la comunicación pública de la ciencia. Plenary talk. 40th AESLA Conference, Mérida.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2023, January 31). Exploring the functions of language in public communication of science. Keynote speaker. Research Seminar, Jilin University, China.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2023, January). “Help us better understand our changing climate”: Functions of language in Citizen Science communication. BIFI Conference 2023, Zaragoza.
2022
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2022). Digital genres and practices in English for Specific Purposes: Current perspectives and future directions. Invited research seminar, 13th December 2022, Jilin University, China.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2022). Exploring discoursal uptake and recontextualization in a genre network online: A case study. 20th conference of AELFE (European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes) conference, University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy), 14-15 September 2022.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Register choice and patterns of interaction across text varieties. 10th BRNO CONFERENCE ON LINGUISTICS STUDIES IN ENGLISH 2021, Czech Republic, 16-17 September 2021 Conferencia plenaria.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Language standards and style in a trans-scientific genre. British association for applied linguistics 2021 conference. BAAL SIG Health and Science Communication, Newcastle, University of Northumbria, 9-10 September 2021.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Genres, science and Web 2.0: intersemiotic relationships in the digital space AILA World Congress. Invited featured speaker in symposium S155: Researching and Teaching Academic Genres in a Changing and Interconnected World. Groningen, The Netherlands, 19 August 2021. Invited featured speaker
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Digital genres for engaging the public in Citizen Science. International conference Language for Specific Purposes and Professional Communication LSPPC6, Hong Kong, 3-5 June 2021. Invited panel Specialised genres online.
Muresan, L.-M. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2021). Research writing in English in a Romanian academic ecosystem: a case study of an experienced multiliterate researcher. Writing Research Across Borders, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, China, 6-7 March 2021.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2018). What scientists write and how they write it: a look at changing literacy practices. 42nd AEDEAN Congreso de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglonorteamericanos. Córdoba, Spain, 7-9 November 2018. Invited plenary speaker.
Orna-Montesinos, C. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2018). Language problems in writing in English for Research Publication Purposes: ‘unfair linguistic play’? 51st British Association for Applied Linguistics BAAL, York, UK, 6-9 September 2018.
Pérez-Llantada, C. & Orna-Montesinos, C. (2018). A survey-based study of scientists’ writing practices: new rhetorical exigencies, new literacy demands. 51st British Association for Applied Linguistics BAAL, York, UK, 6-9 September 2018.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2018). Genre evolution and adaptation to digital environments: the case of crowd science. CERLIS international conference “Scholarly Pathways: Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in academia” Bergamo, Italy, 21-23 June 2018. Invited plenary speaker.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2018). Research genres in contemporary academia: emerging issues and a future research agenda. 8th Norwegian Forum of English for Academic Purposes. Oslo, Norway, 6-8 June 2018. Invited plenary speaker.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2018). Contingencies and affordances of emerging digital genres: the case of crowdfunding for Spanish science. 36th International AESLA conference. Cádiz, Spain, 19-21 April 2018.
Pérez-Llantada, C. & Muresan, L.-M. (2017). Interests, opportunities and challenges in research writing practices in English: an exploratory case study. 50th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Leeds, UK, 31 August -2 September 2017.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2016). Practices and perceptions towards ELF in an internationally engaged university: a case study. 49th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Cambridge, UK, 1-3 September 2016.
Vázquez, I., Luzón, M.J., Pérez-Llantada, C. (2016). The scope of linguistic diversity in a primarily monolingual university: successful efforts towards internationalization. ELF9. The 9th International conference of English as a Lingua Franca. Lleida, Spain, 27-29 June 2016.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2016). Authoring in the humanities: aspects of telling and selling research stories. IDAES Graduate Day (Interuniversity Programme in Advanced English Studies), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 19 May 2016.
Muresan, L.-M., Pérez-Llantada, C. & Carciu, O. M.(2016). Diversifying competences for teachers of languages for academic purposes: exploring needs in two university contexts. 25th EAQUALS International Conference, Lisbon (Portugal), 21-23 April 2016.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2015). Core and non-core academic phraseology: mapping the disciplinary territories. 3rd PRISEAL (Publishing and Presenting Research Internationally) Conference: Researching, teaching and supporting research communication: Perspectives and prospects. Coimbra (Portugal), 30 October-1 November 2015.
Carciu, O., Ferrandez, M. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (2015). Why internal quality assurance of language services in Higher Education? (OPTIMA, Bulgaria) British Council, Sofia (Bulgaria), 10-11 July 2015.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2015). Assessing and enhancing the quality of language education. (OPTIMA, Bulgaria) British Council, Sofia (Bulgaria), 10-11 July 2015.
Pérez-Llantada, C. (2015). Graduate students joining the global academic community: a biliteracy agenda for genre learning. XXXIII Congreso Internacional de AESLA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 16-18 April 2015.
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- · 2022-Feb. 2023. Associate editor, English for Specific Purposes journal (Elsevier)
· 2014-2018. Editor-in-chief of Ibérica Journal of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes
· Affiliations: Spanish Association for Applied Linguistics (AESLA), Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN), European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE), British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)