Laboratory
We analyse communication through the point of view of argumentation and ethos. More precisely – we specialise in studying public debates in conflict situations between speakers in various contexts, e.g. in political elections or social media.
Team

Katarzyna
Budzynska
Kasia (for short) studies ethos linking philosophy of language, corpus linguistics and AI.
Head of The New Ethos;
Associate Professor.

Marcin
Koszowy
Marcin studies ethos linking philosophy of argumentation and rhetoric.
Deputy Head of The New Ethos;
Associate Professor.
He
Zhang
He studies ethos linking computer science and computational linguistics.
PhD Student in NL4XAI project.
Associated members
Ewelina
Gajewska
Gajewska
Ewelina studies ethos and pathos linking computational linguistics and cognitive science.
Research Assistant in Con2Con project;
MA student @Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland).

Konrad
Kiljan
Kiljan
Konrad studies ethos and charisma linking media studies and rhetoric.
Research Assistant in Con2Con project;
PhD student @University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland).

Barbara
Konat
Konat
Basia (for short) studies ethos and pathos linking corpus and computational linguistics.
Co-Investigator in AMoRe project;
Assistant Professor @Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland).

Alina
Landowska
Landowska
Alina studies ethos and morality linking culture studies and rhetoric.
Assistant Professor @SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Warsaw, Poland).

Olena
Yaskorska-Shah
Yaskorska-Shah
Olena studies ethos, logos and dialogue linking corpus and discourse analysis.
Researcher in Mining argumentative patterns in context project;
Post-doctoral Research Assistant @USI Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland).
Visitors and interns
Marie-Amelie
Paquin
Paquin
Marie-Amelie is working with us on ethos and Trust Analytics, linking corpus analysis, artificial intelligence and engineering. Feb-Aug 2022
MSc Student @Télécom Saint-Etienne (Saint-Etienne, France)
Previous members

Martijn
Demollin
Demollin
Martijn has been working with us on ethos and XAI, linking philosophy of argumentation and corpus analysis. Martijn was a team member of The New Ethos as a PhD student in NL4XAI project . Sept 2020 - June 2021

Rory
Duthie
Duthie
Rory has been working with us on ethos and Argument Analytics, linking computer science and computational linguistics. Rory was a team member of The New Ethos as a post-doctoral research assistant in the DeLab project. Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

Chris
Reed
Reed
Chris has been working with us on ethos linking philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. Chris was an associated member of The New Ethos. Jan 2020 - Feb 2022Professor @Centre for Argument Technology, University of Dundee (UK)
Network
We collaborate in projects on ethos with colleagues from around the world:
Canada
- Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric (CRRAR), University of Windsor
France
- Web-Instrumented Man-Machine Interactions, Communities, and Semantics (SPARKS-WIMMICS Research Team), INRIA Sophia Antipolis
Germany
- Applied CompLing Discourse Research Lab, Potsdam University
- Center of Methods in Social Sciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz
- Web Technology and Information Systems (Webis), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Netherlands
Poland
- Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University
- Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Spain
- Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
- Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnoloxías Intelixentes (Citius), University of Santiago de Compostela
- Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela
Switzerland
- Department of English, University of Fribourg
- Institute of Argumentation, Linguistics and Semiotics (IALS), Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano)
UK
- Centre for Argument Technology (ARG-tech), University of Dundee
- Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool
- School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire
US