Autumn School ›The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD)‹ | September 15-17, 2025

Following the high interest and success of the last six international workshops with participants from different countries and all world regions, there will be another introductory workshop in English on the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) at the University of Augsburg in September 2025. The organiser invites novice as well as experienced academics from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to sociology, ethnology, political science, cultural studies, linguistics, education, and other humanities, to explore the potential of this approach to studying discourses in the context of their own projects and research. Please note that the English Autumn School SKAD gives priority to participants without a German language background. German speakers are invited to register for our German language Summer School WDA.

The workshop will discuss the following topics:

• What is at stake when using SKAD in discourse research?
• SKAD theory: discourses & dispositifs – and how to conceptualise them
• Research questions and conceptual tools in SKAD
• The methodology of interpretive analytics
• Getting into the field: methods of data collection and analysing data
• Getting out of the field: from data analysis to comprehensive diagnostics
• Discussion of participants’ research
• Special interest session

Further information on the Autumn School, registration process and general conditions of participation can be found here: