Carmen PÉREZ-LLANTADA

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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, December 13). Digital genres and practices in English for Specific Purposes: Current perspectives and future directions. Invited speaker. Research Seminar, Jilin University, China.

    • Pérez-Llantada, C. (2022, June). Exploring discoursal uptake and recontextualization in a genre network online: A case study. AELFE-TAPP 2022 Conference, Pisa, Italy.

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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)