Michal Krzyzanowski
Professor in media and communication studies (leave of absence) at Department of Informatics and Media
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 10 25
- E-mail:
- michal.krzyzanowski@im.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum (plan 3)
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA - Leave of absence:
- 2025-10-01 - 2026-09-13
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Professor and Director of Research at Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism
- E-mail:
- michal.krzyzanowski@cemfor.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken
Thunbergsvägen 3C, vån 3 hus 22 - Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 Uppsala
Short presentation
Professor Michał Krzyżanowski is Chair in Media & Communications at the School/Department of Informatics & Media, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research is internationally recognised for its interdisciplinary approach, especially in the field of critical discourse studies of media, political/policy and public as well as strategic communication.
Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 472-494, 2025
- DOI for “No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
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Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 183-209, 2025
- DOI for Saying `Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’?: Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
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Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
Part of Journal of Illiberalism Studies, p. 33-46, 2024
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Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 415-437, 2023
- DOI for Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action
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Part of Discourse & Society, p. 719-729, 2022
- DOI for The normalization of far-right populism and nativist authoritarianism: discursive practices in media, journalism and the wider public sphere/s
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Part of Discourse & Society, p. 805-818, 2022
- DOI for Narrating the ‘new normal’ or pre-legitimising media control? COVID-19 and the discursive shifts in the far-right imaginary of ‘crisis’ as a normalisation strategy
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Part of Nordicom Review, p. 3-15, 2021
- DOI for Uncivility, Racism, and Populism: Discourses and Interactive Practices in Anti- and Post-Democratic Communication
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Part of Social Semiotics, p. 503-527, 2020
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 431-448, 2020
- DOI for Normalization and the discursive construction of “new” norms and “new” normality: Discourse in the paradoxes of populism and neoliberalism
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Brexit and the imaginary of ‘crisis’: a discourse-conceptual analysis of European news media
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 465-490, 2019
The Mediatization and the Politicization of the "Refugee Crisis" in Europe
Part of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, p. 1-14, 2018
Part of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, p. 76-96, 2018
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 281-304, 2018
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017
Uncivility on the web: Populism in/and the borderline discourses of exclusion
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 566-581, 2017
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 308-321, 2016
- DOI for Recontextualisation of neoliberalism and the increasingly conceptual nature of discourse: challenges for critical discourse studies
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Recent publications
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 472-494, 2025
- DOI for “No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
- Download full text (pdf) of “No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 183-209, 2025
- DOI for Saying `Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’?: Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
- Download full text (pdf) of Saying `Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’?: Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
Odwracanie znaczen w wyobrazni nieliberalnej: Analiza dyskursywno-konceptualna
Part of Almanach Concilium Civitas 2024/2025, p. 213-233, Fundacja Collegium Civitas, 2024
Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
Part of Journal of Illiberalism Studies, p. 33-46, 2024
- DOI for Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 415-437, 2023
- DOI for Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action
- Download full text (pdf) of Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 472-494, 2025
- DOI for “No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
- Download full text (pdf) of “No longer the haven of tolerance”? The press and discursive shifts on immigration in Sweden 2010–2022
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 183-209, 2025
- DOI for Saying `Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’?: Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
- Download full text (pdf) of Saying `Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’?: Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
Part of Journal of Illiberalism Studies, p. 33-46, 2024
- DOI for Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Conceptual Flipsiding in/and Illiberal Imagination: Towards a Discourse-Conceptual Analysis
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 415-437, 2023
- DOI for Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action
- Download full text (pdf) of Discourses and practices of the ‘New Normal’: Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda on crisis and the normalization of anti- and post‑democratic action
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 719-729, 2022
- DOI for The normalization of far-right populism and nativist authoritarianism: discursive practices in media, journalism and the wider public sphere/s
- Download full text (pdf) of The normalization of far-right populism and nativist authoritarianism: discursive practices in media, journalism and the wider public sphere/s
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 805-818, 2022
- DOI for Narrating the ‘new normal’ or pre-legitimising media control? COVID-19 and the discursive shifts in the far-right imaginary of ‘crisis’ as a normalisation strategy
- Download full text (pdf) of Narrating the ‘new normal’ or pre-legitimising media control? COVID-19 and the discursive shifts in the far-right imaginary of ‘crisis’ as a normalisation strategy
Part of Nordicom Review, p. 3-15, 2021
- DOI for Uncivility, Racism, and Populism: Discourses and Interactive Practices in Anti- and Post-Democratic Communication
- Download full text (pdf) of Uncivility, Racism, and Populism: Discourses and Interactive Practices in Anti- and Post-Democratic Communication
A populist turn?: News editorials and the recent discursive shift on immigration in Sweden
Part of Nordicom Review, p. 67-87, 2021
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Part of Social Semiotics, p. 503-527, 2020
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 431-448, 2020
- DOI for Normalization and the discursive construction of “new” norms and “new” normality: Discourse in the paradoxes of populism and neoliberalism
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Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 381-388, 2019
Brexit and the imaginary of ‘crisis’: a discourse-conceptual analysis of European news media
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 465-490, 2019
The Mediatization and the Politicization of the "Refugee Crisis" in Europe
Part of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, p. 1-14, 2018
Part of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, p. 76-96, 2018
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 141-154, 2018
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 281-304, 2018
Part of Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, p. 97-117, 2018
Part of Sociology, p. 612-618, 2018
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 471-484, 2017
Uncivility on the web: Populism in/and the borderline discourses of exclusion
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 566-581, 2017
Theories and concepts in critical discourse studies: Facing challenges, moving beyond foundations
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 253-261, 2016
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 308-321, 2016
- DOI for Recontextualisation of neoliberalism and the increasingly conceptual nature of discourse: challenges for critical discourse studies
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Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 110-133, 2015
Values, imaginaries and templates of journalistic practice: a critical discourse analysis
Part of Social Semiotics, p. 345-365, 2014
Part of Journalism Practice, p. 248-265, 2013
Part of Language in society (London. Print), p. 157-186, 2012
Part of Culture and Education, p. 25-57, 2011
Part of Discurso & Sociedad, p. 376-416, 2011
Ethnography and critical discourse analysis: towards a problem-oriented research dialogue
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 231-238, 2011
Part of Critical Discourse Studies, p. 281-296, 2011
Part of Language Policy, p. 115-136, 2011
Europe in Crisis: Discourses on Crisis-Events in the European Press 1956-2006
Part of Journalism Studies, p. 18-35, 2009
Part of Discourse & Society, p. 273-306, 2008
Debating the European Constitution: On Representations of Europe/EU in the Press
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 227-271, 2005
Part of Journal of Language and Politics, p. 175-204, 2003
Books
Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2010
The politics of exclusion: debating migration in Austria
Transaction Publishers, 2009
(Un)Doing Europe: discourses and practices of negotiating the EU constitution
Peter Lang, 2007
Chapters in book
Odwracanie znaczen w wyobrazni nieliberalnej: Analiza dyskursywno-konceptualna
Part of Almanach Concilium Civitas 2024/2025, p. 213-233, Fundacja Collegium Civitas, 2024
Part of Digital Diplomacy and International Organisations: Autonomy, Legitimacy and Contestation, p. 52-73, Routledge, 2020
Critical approaches: Media analysis in/and critical discourse studies
Part of The Routledge handbook of language and media, p. 62-76, Routledge, 2018
Ethnography and Critical Discourse Studies
Part of The Routledge handbook of critical discourse studies, p. 179-195, Routledge, 2018
Posttotalitarian Discourses in Central and Eastern Europe
Part of The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction, p. 1195-1203, John Wiley & Sons, 2015
Part of Multilingual Encounters in Europe's Institutional Spaces, p. 105-123, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
Introduction: Encountering Multilingualism in Europe's Institutions
Part of Multilingual Encounters in Europe's Institutional Spaces, p. 1-12, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
Part of Contemporary critical discourse studies, p. 407-431, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
Policy, policy communication and discursive shifts: analysing EU policy discourses on climate change
Part of Analyzing genres in political communication, p. 101-133, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013
Mediatization, right-wing populism and political campaigning: the case of the Austrian Freedom Party
Part of Media talk and political elections in Europe and America, p. 205-228, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Part of Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism, p. 205-225, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013
Part of Right-wing populism in Europe, p. 135-148, Bloomsbury Academic, 2013
Part of Populismus, p. 111-126, New Academic Press, 2013
Part of Critical Discourse Analysis, p. 201-214, Sage Publications, 2013
Part of Critical Discourse Analysis, p. 209-228, Sage Publications, 2013
Dynamics of representation in discourse: immigrants in the British press
Part of Migrations, p. 283-296, Springer Verlag Wien, 2012
Media and migration: exploring the field
Part of Migrations, p. 277-282, Springer-Verlag Wien, 2012
Part of Intercultural Miscommunication Past and Present, p. 185-213, Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2012
Language in political institutions of multilingual states and the European Union
Part of The languages and linguistics of Europe, p. 621-638, Mouton de Gruyter, 2011
Part of Diskurs, Politik, Identität / Discourse, Politics, Identity, p. 125-137, Stauffenburg Verlag, 2010
Part of Diskurs, Politik, Identität / Discourse, Politics, Identity, p. 5-8, Stauffenburg Verlag, 2010
Part of Mehrsprachigkeit aus der Perspektive zweier EU-Projekte, p. 115-135, Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2010
Part of Language, discourse and identity in Central Europe, p. 23-47, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Part of The European public sphere and the media, p. 174-197, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Europe, Media, Crisis and the European Public Sphere: Conclusions
Part of The European public sphere and the media, p. 261-268, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Part of The European public sphere and the media, p. 1-12, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Part of Discourse and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, p. 17-40, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Identity, Belonging and Migration: Beyond Constructing ‘Others’
Part of Identity, belonging, and migration, p. 38-53, Liverpool University Press, 2008
Discourse Analysis and Ethnography
Part of Qualitative discourse analysis in the social sciences, p. 182-203, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Analysing Focus Group Discussions
Part of Qualitative discourse analysis in the social sciences, p. 162-181, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Migration und Rassismus in Österreich
Part of Rassismus, p. 257-279, Mandelbaum, 2008
Part of Krytyczna analiza dyskursu, p. 267-303, Universitas, 2008
On the "Europeanisation" of Identity Constructions in Polish Political Discourse after 1989
Part of Discourse and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, p. 95-113, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Discourses of Social and Political Transformation in the ‘New Europe’
Part of Discourse and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, p. 1-16, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Part of Geopolitics of European Union enlargement, p. 107-124, Routledge, 2007
Multiple Identities, Migration and Belonging: ‘Voices of Migrants’
Part of Identity trouble, p. 95-119, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
European identity wanted!: On discursive and communicative dimensions of the European Convention
Part of A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis, p. 137-163, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005
Haider: The New Symbolic Element in the Ongoing Discourse of the Past
Part of The Haider phenomenon in Austria, p. 121-157, Transaction Publishers, 2002
Collections (editor)
Sage Publications, 2022
Nordicom, 2021
Routledge, 2020
“Brexit" as a Social & Political Crisis: Discourses in Media & Politics
Routledge, 2019
Mediatization and Politicization of Refugee Crisis in Europe
Routledge, 2018
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017
Theories and concepts in Critical Discourse Studies
Sage Publications, 2016
Multilingual Encounters in Europe's Institutional Spaces
Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
Advances in Critical Discourse Studies
Taylor & Francis, 2013
Jakościowa analiza dyskursu w naukach społecznych
Losgraf, 2011
Ethnography and critical discourse analysis
Routledge, 2011
Diskurs, Politik, Identität: Festschrift für Ruth Wodak
Stauffenburg Verlag, 2010
The European public sphere and the media: Europe in crisis
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Discourse and transformation in Central and Eastern Europe
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Qualitative discourse analysis in the social sciences
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008