Valencia, Spain
Applied linguist · Discourse researcher · University educator

Language, conflict and power in digital discourse

I am a PhD candidate and researcher in applied linguistics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). My research examines conflict in its more hostile forms, including aggression, incivility, gendered delegitimisation and multimodal hostility, as well as the relations of power expressed through digital discourse.

I also study the use and methodological validation of AI in linguistic research, the effects of algorithms and AI-mediated content on social-media discourse, and the integration of generative AI into language learning and university teaching.


Recent publications
Discourse & Communication Published
Hostility in High Definition: Gendered Aggression against Female Politicians on X in Spain
Discourse & Society Published
The crown in the tempest: Multimodal appraisal and gendered judgment of symbolic authority on X
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Published
Mapping language economy strategies in Spanish political discourse on X
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Research interests
Conflict, aggression and incivility in digital discourse
Gender, evaluation and political delegitimisation
Multimodality and visual hostility
Critical and Feminist Discourse Analysis
AI-assisted research and methodological validation
Algorithmic and AI-mediated social media discourse
Generative AI in language education and university pedagogy
Sergei Sikorskii
Applied linguist · Valencia, Spain