Por tercer año consecutivo, el equipo GENCI, dentro del proyecto nacional Genre Networks ha participado en una de las actividades de la Noche Europea de Los Investigadores (Pasaporte científico), celebrado el 25 y 26 de septiembre, en la Plaza del Pilar de Zaragoza. Como parte del instituto de investigación BIFI, y en particular del grupo …
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During the month of September 2026, the research project GENNET has been presented in national and international academic conferences: ESSE 2026 and BAAL 2026. Professor Pérez-Llantada attended the 2026 European Society for the Study of English Conference held at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 31 August – 4 September. In this international forum, …
On 16 and 17 June, GENNET 2.0 researchers from Cádiz, the UK, and Zaragoza met to discuss theoretical foundations, corpus design, and research methodology. GENNET 2.0 (Genre Networks in Science Communication Online: Exploring Genre Interactions and Language Variation in Web 2.0, PID2023-148454NB-I00) investigates how scientific knowledge circulates online through interconnected webs of digital genres. More …
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On 12 June 2026, Oana Carciu gave a plenary lecture at the 18th annual conference of the Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes (NFEAP), held at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University in Oslo, Norway. The conference theme was “EAP and Mythologies.” Below, you can findthe abstract of her talk and check her slides on …
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Our colleagues Oana Carciu and Rosana Villares co-edited the volume “Digital Genres for Academic and Professional Communication” (2026), Routledge, with 13 relevant contributions to map practice and research in the LSP world. This edited volume represents a collection of empirical research on essential topics in ESP, advancing our understanding of digital genres in a cohesive …
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On 14th January 2026, GENCI members, as part of the Digital Science Lab, participated in the XIII National Conference BIFI 2026, hosted by the Institute for Bio-computation and Physics of Complex Systems of the University of Zaragoza. This conference provides a unique occasion for participants to share their latest findings across the Institute’s diverse research …
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During last week, on 11-13th December 2025, our colleagues Oana Maria Carciu and Rosana Villares participated in the 8th International Conference organised by the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association on the theme of “Collaboration, Innovation, and Impact: Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds”. Their presentations revolved around the themes of genre pedagogy, genre awareness, and …
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On 19 November 2025, the Government of Aragón organized the XV Aragon Investiga Award Ceremony, where GENCI members received the 2025 award in the gender perspective category for their project Women for Science The Women for Science (W4S) project is a female leadership project. Its goal is to research, highlight, and promote the role of …
The 48th AEDEAN conference (Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies) took place in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 12-14 November 2025, and GENCI members were invited to present their latest research on digital genres, hyper-connected genres, corpus studies, and collaborative networks: Alberto Vela (University of Zaragoza) Framing Trust: The Role of Evaluative Language in Online Fundraising. Today, digital …
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Our colleagues Gonzalo Ruiz, from Kampal Data Solutions, Jose Divasón from Universidad de la Rioja and Carmen Pérez-Llantada from University of Zaragoza presented DILAN-based interdisciplinary research in the 13th International conference Synergies in Communication, held in Bucharest, Romania (30-31st October 2025). This research addresses a gap in scientometrics by combining quantitative network analysis with qualitative …
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Several GENCI members participated in the 23rd International AELFE Conference, in Castellón (Universitat Jaume I). Check some of our contributions: Recontextualising science: How visuals and hyperlinks facilitate understanding in The Conversation, by Sofía Albero and María José Luzón Abstract The Conversation is a science news website that bridges the gap between academic research and the general …
In June 2025, Carmen Pérez-Llantada delivered a plenary talk at the international conference “Innovate and Engage: Bridging Research Communication and Society,” held at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies on 13–14 June. The talk explored how the ways researchers communicate are changing in a digital world, and what that means for how we prepare them …
Our colleagues María José Luzón and María Ángeles Velilla Sánchez gave two presentations at the XI National Conference BIFI 2025. This is the annual conference of the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) of the University of Zaragoza, where some GENCI researchers work at the Computing and Data Science area. You can …
Our colleagues Carmen Pérez-Llantada and Rosana Villares presented their study on “Digital science communication practices and public engagement” at the 47th International AEDEAN conference in Seville (Spain), which gathered over 400 participants. Abstract In the current context of the democratisation of science, scientists are increasingly engaging in digital forms of communication aimed at broad publics. …
In the month of September, many GENCI members participated in the 22nd International AELFE Conference, held online and on-site (Budapest, Hungary). Check some of our contributions: 1) Navigating the Digital Landscape: Mapping New Genres in Medical Research Communication for ESP Education by Marian Velilla The proliferation of digital media has led to a significant growth …
Carmen Pérez-Llantada participó en las Jornadas Sectoriales “Demandas de la empresa aragonesa”SECTOR AUDIOVISUAL”, organizadas por FEUZ en colaboración con CEOE, Cámara de Comercio de Zaragoza, y la Universidad de Zaragoza el 23 de mayo como representante del Instituto Universitario de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI).
In this event held on 14th May, GENCI members presented results of their four-year research project on digital genres for science communication and dissemination. The talks revolved around new genres that researchers use for several purposes: Additionally, we have created a series of deliverables that include discourse features of these genres and on how to …
Writing digital genres: A cross-disciplinary study of women scientists’ socioliterate activity. Carmen Pérez-Llantada Abstract Digital technologies have dramatically changed the way scientists circulate, communicate and disseminate their research findings within and beyond their disciplinary communities. While digitally mediated writing practices have been investigated by genre research and workplace writing research, limited attention has been paid …
The 45th GERAS International Conference took place from 21-23 Mar 2024 at ZHAW Université des sciences appliquées de Zurich, in Winterthur (Switzerland). This is an annual conference organised by the French association of English for specific purposes. Our colleagues Oana Maria Carciu and Rosana Villares, presented the study “Recontextualizing the RA abstract for a diversified audience: …
Scientists as Engaged and Engaging: Investigating the Scientific Discourse about Climate Change in the Website Latest Thinking. Mª Ángeles Velilla Sánchez and Antoinette Fage-Butler Abstract As global publics broadly know about (Pew Research Centre, 2022) and increasingly trust in climate change science (World Economic Forum, 2021), science communication to publics that just presents the epistemological …
#ilooklikeasurgeon: using Twitter to challenge stereotypes and draw attention to diversity. Luzón, M.J. Abstract In August 2015, the hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon was introduced and used to tweet photos of practicing or aspiring surgeons around the world, and thus highlight diversity in surgery. The hashtag went viral and it is still being used frequently to challenge stereotypes, …
In October 2023, it took place the “International Research and Training Week for Academia – New academic, communication and research competences for the digital age”, organised and coordinated by Professor Laura Mureşan with the support of the Department of Modern Languages and Communication in Business from ASE. Debates, presentations and networking activities from this week …
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Source: https://bifi.es/the-conference-genres-and-languages-in-digital-communication-trends-and-new-directions-was-held-in-june/# On June 28-30, the international congress GENRES AND LANGUAGES IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION: TRENDS AND NEW DIRECTIONS was held at the Patio de la Infanta (Fundación Ibercaja), organized jointly with the 21st annual conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE2023) and the 7th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Languages …
100% crowdfunded! A study on phraseology for successful scientific communication in an emerging digital genre. Vela-Rodrigo, A. A. Abstract The close relationship between lexis and grammar has been ample proved in a considerable number of publications on corpus linguistics, highlighting the importance of phraseology when studying the performance of a genre (e.g., Hoey 2005, Gries …
Science communication and the new needs for EAP in the digital age: Producing science crowdfunding videos as multimodal literacy practice. Vivas- Peraza, A.C. Abstract At a time of rapidly changing technologies and explosion of the Open Science movement, online science communication is becoming a major skill for scientists. The Internet and the Web 2.0 allow …
Digital genre of crowdfunding projects in the context of science and society. Vela-Rodrigo, A. A. (Invited talk)
Lexical Bundles for the Creation of Reliability and Proximity in Crowdfunding Campaigns. Vela-Rodrigo, A. A. Abstract Crowdfunding platforms support the production of scientific knowledge and its dissemination online. It is therefore of interest to uncover how formulaic language operates through the lens of lexical bundle analysis in such emerging genres to know the manner scientists …
A rhetorical profile of art-related crowdfunding projects in a new communicative culture. Vela Rodrigo, A. Abstract Today, scientific researchers are creating a brand-new communicative culture using the digital affordances of the Web 2.0 to disseminate their work to lay publics, making science more accessible and decipherable, at same time they engage society in issues of …
A lexical bundle analysis for artistic campaigns in Crowdfunding Communication. Vela Rodrigo, A. Abstract At present, researchers are increasingly using different digital resources and tools to make scientific contents accessible to lay publics and also to engage them in various ways in scientific research. In the context of science crowdfunding, the technological affordances of digital …
Lengua y discurso en géneros digitales: el caso de la comunicación pública de la ciencia (conferencia plenaria). Carmen Pérez-Llantada En el contexto de la Ciencia Abierta y de la agenda para la “democratización de la ciencia”, la investigación en lingüística aplicada sobre lengua y comunicación en contextos sociales y culturales está ganando impulso en la …
