Responsus mission
Language and visuals are more than a neutral communication system: they act as powerful agents of social action. Words and images ‘talk’ our worlds into being, they shape our understanding, frame what we perceive as reality, and influence our thoughts and actions.
Responsus is a group of scholars committed to fostering sustainable futures through the study of language and communication. Our research focuses on the constitutive power of language and discourse, with a view to use the knowledge we generate to foster positive change.
We bring deep expertise in multimodal and critical discourse analysis, argumentation, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, rhetorics, narrative and interactional approaches.
The Responsibility, Language, and Communication group
- is committed to fostering sustainable futures through the study of language and communication.
- is founded on the basic realization that language and communication shape our understanding of the world and our relationships with each other and the environment.
- is committed to responding to practical needs in research and curriculum development, working with colleagues to understand and incorporate the role of language and communication in their work.