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MISSION STATEMENT
SIG Writing aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas about writing and promoting research collaboration between writing researchers from different countries as well as from different disciplines, such as education, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, computer science, literary studies and rhetorics. Examples of topics we deal with are:
- the cognitive, social and developmental processes involved in writing,
- the functions of writing in different social and institutional contexts,
- the design of writing instruction in various educational settings.
Our activities include writing-related publications, conferences and information facilities. Among the most important activities of SIG writing are publications on many topics related to the scientific study of writing. These include the Journal of Writing Research (http://jowr.org/), our publication archive (http://www.sigwritingpublications.org/) and the book series "Studies in Writing".
Memorandum
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SIG Writing Members Meeting 2021
Our SIG Writing members meeting has taken place on Thursday, September 2nd, 14:00 - 16:00 (CEST).
AGENDA
- SIG Membership report
- EARLI update (coordinators meeting)
- SIG Writing Coordinator and JURE coordinator
- SIG Writing 2022 conference
- SIG Writing Website and Mailing List
- SIG Writing budget
- JOWR and Studies in Writing Series
- SIG Writing Memorandum
- Any Other Business
The minutes of this meeting will be sent out via our Newsletter.
COORDINATORS
PREVIOUS COORDINATORS
Pietro Boscolo (Italy)
Michel Fayol (France)
Thomas Jechle (Germany)
Gert Rijlaarsdam (Netherlands)
Eric Esperét (France)
Liliana Tolchinsky (Spain)
David Galbraith (United Kingdom)
Linda Allal (Switzerland)
Joachim Grabowski (Germany)
PREVIOUS COORDINATORS
Åsa Wengelin (Sweden)
Denis Alamargot (France)
Barbara Arfé (Italy)
Rui A. Alves (Portugal)
Vincent Connelly (United Kingdom)
Teresa Limpo, JURE coordinator (Portugal)
Eva Lindgren (Sweden)
Peter Falmann, JURE coordinator (Hungary)
Guido Nottbusch (Germany)
CONFERENCES
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
SIG Writing 2022 Umeå, Sweden
Unfortunately, the SIG Writing in 2020 had to be cancelled, but now it is postponed to 2022!
Research School “Integrating multiple perspectives on writing”: 17 to 19 June 2022
SIG Writing 2022 Conference: 20 to 22 June 2022
Theme: #right2write
http://www.sigwriting2022.se
Dates:
- Submission for Proposals opens: June 10, 2021
- Submission for Proposal closes: October 31, 2021
- Authors will be notified of the reviews outcome around December 1, 2021
Place: Umeå University, Sweden
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
EARLI 2021 ONLINE Gothenburg, Sweden
SIG Writing Invited Symposium "The role of non-academic skills in writing": Thursday, August 26th, 15:45 - 16:45
SIG Writing Business Meeting: Thursday, September 2nd, 14:00 - 16:00
SIG Writing 2020 Umeå, Sweden
cancelled due to COVID, but see above!
EARLI 2019 Aachen, Germany
SIG Writing Invited Symposium "WRITING RESEARCH FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES": Tuesday, August 13th, 13:45 - 15:15, Lecture Hall - H07
SIG Writing Business Meeting: Tuesday, August 13th, 18:15 - 19:15
SIG Writing Dinner: Tuesday, August 13th, 20:00 - ?
SIG Writing 2018 Antwerp & Ghent, Belgium
The 16th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. It was preceded by a two-day Research School at Ghent University on writing research for PhD candidates and other junior researchers.
The SIG Writing conference and the Research School were organized by writing researchers from three universities: Ghent University, University of Antwerp and University of Leuven. Sarah Bernolet, Mariëlle Leijten and Iris Schrijver (University of Antwerp). Have a look at the Conference Programme (Full) or the Conference Programme (Overwiew).
SIG Writing 2016 Liverpool, United Kingdom
The 15th SIG Writing conference was held at Liverpool Hope University (UK). It was preceded by a two-day Research School on writing research for PhD candidates and other junior researchers, which was supported by the COST Action IS1401ELN.
The SIG Writing conference and the Research School were organized by Lorna Bourke and Simon Davies and their teams. Click to access the Conference Handbook.
SIG Writing 2014 Amsterdam & Utrecht, The Netherlands
The 14th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was preceded by a two-day Research School on writing research for PhD candidates and other junior researchers at Utrecht University.
The SIG Writing conference and the Research School were organized by Gert Rijlaarsdam and Huub van den Bergh and their teams. Click to access the original programs of the conference and of the research school.
SIG Writing 2012 Porto, Portugal
The 13th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Porto, in Portugal.
It was organized by Rui A. Alves and his team. Click to access the Conference Program and the Book of Abstracts.
SIG Writing 2010 Heidelberg, Germany
The 12th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Education in Heidelberg, Germany.
It was organized by Joachim Grabowski and his team. Click to access the original program and the Book of Abstracts.
SIG Writing 2008 Lund, Sweden
The 11th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Lund, Sweden.
It was organized by Åsa Wengelin and her team. Click here for the original program and the Book of Abstracts.
SIG Writing 2006 Antwerp, Belgium
The 10th SIG Writing conference was held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
It was organized by Luuk van Waes and his team. Click for a brief report of the conference and for the original program.
SIG Writing 2004 Geneva, Switzerland
The 9th International conference of the EARLI SIG Writing was held at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
It was organized by Linda Allal and Bernard Schneuwly. All papers of the proceedings have been uploaded to the SIG Writing publication server from where everybody has open access to them.
Click for a look at the original program.
SIG Writing 2002 Stafford, United Kingdom
The 8th Conference of SIG Writing was held in Stafford, United Kingdom.
It was organized by David Galbraith and Mark Torrance. A selection of papers appeared in 2007 in a volume of the Studies in Writing series.
SIG Writing 2000 Verona, Italy
The 7th Conference of SIG Writing was held in Verona, Italy.
It was organized by Bianca Di Bernardi. Click for a look at the original program.
SIG Writing 1998 Poitiers, France
The 6th Conference of SIG Writing 1998 was held in Poitiers, France.
For selected papers of the conference, see M.-F. Crété & E. Espéret (Eds.). (1999). Writing and learning to write at the dawn of the 21st century. Proceedings. Poitiers: Universität, LaCo – CNRS.
SIG Writing 1996 Barcelona, Spain
The 5th Conference of SIG Writing was held in Barcelona, Spain.
Papers from a CD-ROM publication after the conferences are retrievable from the SIG Writing Publications and archive server.
SIG Writing 1994 Utrecht, The Netherlands
The 4th Conference of SIG Writing was held in Utrecht, Netherlands, together with the 7th European Conference on Writing and Computers.
A selection of papers appeared in volumes of the Studies in Writing series.
SIG Writing 1992 Freiburg, Germany
The 3rd Conference of SIG Writing was held in Freiburg, Germany.
For selected papers of the conference, see G. Eigler & T. Jechle (Eds.) (1994). Writing: Current trends in European research. Freiburg: Hochschulverlag. All papers from this publication are retrievable from the SIG Writing Publications and archive server.
SIG Writing 1991 Paris, France
The 2nd Conference of SIG Writing was held in Paris, France.
SIG Writing 1988 Padova, Italy
The 1st Conference of SIG Writing was held in Padova, Italy.
For selected papers of the conference, see P. Boscolo (Ed.). (1989). Writing: Trends in European Research. Padova: UPSEL Editore.
NEWSLETTERS
Current Newsletter
Previous Newsletters
Click any of the images to download the previous newsletters.
PUBLICATIONS
The stimulation, introduction and edition of publications on many topics related to the scientific study of writing is among the most important activities of the SIG Writing group. These include the SIG Writing prepublication and archive site, a collection of the proceedings from successful SIG Writing conferences, the acclaimed Studies in Writing book series, and the on-line journal Journal of Writing Research.
Studies in Writing book series
In 1994, SIG Writing decided to initiate a book series on Writing Research to create a forum for writing research, which was lacking at that time. Members of the SIG Writing formed the “Studies in Writing” editorial board, and the SIG coordinators, Gert Rijlaarsdam and Eric Espéret acted as series editors.
Books in this series include edited volumes and research monographs. The initial volumes were published by Amsterdam University Press (1-6), then moved to Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer (7-16), then passed to Elsevier (17-21), who then sold the portfolio to Emerald (22-26). As of Volume 27, Brill acquired the Studies in Writing series and is the current publisher.
Click here to visit the current portfolio at Brill and here to access Studies in Writing's current catalog.
Current Series Editors are Raquel Fidalgo from the Area of Developmental and Educational Psychology of the University of León (rfidr@unileon.es) and Thierry Olive from the Research Center on Cognition and Learning of the National Center for Scientific Research-CNRS (thierry.olive@univ-poitiers.fr).
Journal of Writing Research
Journal of Writing Research is an international peer-reviewed on-line journal, freely accessible for all. The journal started in 2008 and originated from the initiative of several SIG Writing members who significantly contribute to the editorial work. The current editors of the journal are Luuk van Waes (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Gert Rijlaarsdam (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Mark Torrance (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Charles MacArthur, University of Delaware, USA, and Montserrat Castelló, Ramon Llull University, Spain
You can register for the journal's alert service at www.jowr.org.
The table of contents of the current issue is available here.
INITIATIVES
SIG Writing National Initiatives
Starting this 2013 and with a special focus on the odd years, we’ll promote the organization of SIG Writing related national events. National writing related events such as conferences, training schools, local diffusion of outcomes from writing research, workshops or media events are among the national initiatives which we would like to support.
2015
Poitiers, France, July 1-3, 2015, 2015
Writing Word(s) Workshop
Visit this SIG Writing National event's website.
Organizer: The Writing Group of the Centre for Research on Cognition and Learning (CNRS & University of Poitiers)
2014 / 2013
Aveiro, Portugal, July 4-6, 2013
V Encontro Internacional de Reflexão sobre a Escrita - Protextos: um Projeto para o Ensino, Formação e Aprendizagem da Produção Textual [Fifth meeting on writing reflection – Protextos: A Project for Teaching, Training and Learning Textual Production]
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Organizer: Luísa Álvares Pereira, University of Aveiro
Poitiers, France, July 8-12, 2013
Training School on the Dynamics of Writing: A Pluridisciplinary Approach
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Organizer: Thierry Olive, University of Poitiers
Antwerp, Belgium, April 2014
Keystroke Logging Training School 2014
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Organizers: Mariëlle Leijten and Luuk van Waes, University of Antwerp
MAILING LIST
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