My research uses discursive psychology, informed by conversation analysis, to examine how social actions are accomplished through talk. Rather than treating talk as a reflection of internal attitudes or intentions, discursive psychology analyses what people do with talk in specific situations. This involves working with recordings and detailed transcripts of interactions, allowing close attention to features such as word choice, timing, emphasis, and how turns at talk are organised in relation to one another.

By examining these interactional details, it is possible to identify recurring practices through which decisions and responsibilities are negotiated in practice. This makes visible how accountability is managed, how constraints are invoked, and how proposals are supported or resisted, without assuming that decision‑making follows a linear or purely rational process.

This analytic approach provides a rigorous way of studying everyday organisational communication while remaining closely grounded in empirical data. It also offers practical insight into how communication practices shape what becomes possible in sustainability‑related decision‑making.

Learn more about discursive psychology: Wiggins, Sally. 2017. Discursive Psychology: Theory, Method and Applications. London: SAGE.