[PLing] CfP MEDAL Conference New challenges, novel approaches

[Daniel Buring]

Call for Papers:

We invite abstract submissions for the ‘Methodological Excellence in 
Data-Driven Approaches to Linguistics: New challenges, novel approaches’ 
(MEDAL) Conference, to take place on 9-10 October 2025 at the University 
of Tartu, Estonia. Abstracts should highlight the challenges, innovative 
combinations or comparisons of methods used in data-based approaches to 
language use. This conference marks the culmination of MEDAL, a 
three-year international consortium project focused on methodological 
and linguistic diversity and innovation in empirical linguistics and on 
enhancing the methodological skills of early-career language 
researchers. The scientific committee will prefer research based on 
multiple methods and submissions by early-career researchers. We also 
encourage submissions of replications and research using Open Science, 
cross-linguistic research and the inclusion of less-researched languages.

Motivation for both the MEDAL project and this conference stems from the 
enormous advances made in linguistics through becoming a more 
empirically based discipline. This has been made possible by developing 
increasingly sophisticated methods, improved accessibility of resources 
and shared findings. Research using corpus linguistics, experimental 
linguistics, and computational modelling has furthered our understanding 
of language use, acquisition and processing. A combined approach drawing 
insights from more than one method, including less studied languages, 
improves the robustness of findings. See the conference webpage for more 
details (medal.ut.ee/event/final-conference/).

Invited speakers:
Balthasar Bickel (University of Zürich)
Jennifer Culbertson (University of Edinburgh)
Piia Taremaa (University of Tartu)

Timeline:
Abstract submission open: 15 January – 28 February 2025
Decisions on abstracts: 15 April 2025
Registration open: 15 April - 8 September 2025
Conference: 9-10 October 2025

Organized by the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics at the 
University of Tartu with the MEDAL Consortium. The MEDAL consortium is 
funded by the European Union & UKRI (both project number 101079429), led 
by the University of Tartu (Estonia) in collaboration with Radboud 
University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (the 
Netherlands) and the University of Birmingham (the United Kingdom).
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