Background

The promotion of a European public sphere is critical for the cultivation of democratic discourse and opinion formation. In this context, discourse analysis offers profound insights into transnational media discourses, supported by multilingual and comparative perspectives. Recent advancements in discourse analysis leverage machine learning and corpus analysis, expanding the scope for cross-border linguistic research. However, the full potential of ORD for comparative, multilingual discourse analysis remains underutilised.

Project objective

MORCDA will bridge gaps between comparative discourse researchers and open research data communities, facilitating the adoption of ORD practices and optimising RIs for enhanced comparative analysis across European languages and contexts. It will do so through workshops with academic partners in Europe. In particular, it will focus on:

• Data and Metadata Standardisation and Access: Process linguistic data from diverse sources (media, parliament) using advanced computational tools to ensure compatibility and adherence to FAIR principles in, e.g., CLARIN.
• Best Practices and Tool Development: Identify needs within the comparative discourse analysis community and develop best practices and digital tools tailored for multilingual and comparative research.
• Community Engagement and Training: Develop targeted training materials to elevate ORD skills among comparative discourse researchers, promoting the integration of digital language resources.