digital intercultural communication – Center for Intercultural Dialogue

UCL International Centre for Intercultural Studies Seminar Series: Digital Intercultural Communication, University College London (UCL) Institute of Education, London, UK, 2026-27.

The digital intercultural communication talk series brings together leading scholars working at the intersection of digital communication, culture, interculturality, and postdigital life. Talks examine how language, digitality, and interculturality shape one another across platforms, tools, and postdigital communicative practices, and help us understand what digital intercultural practice means in an increasingly interconnected, technologically mediated world.

20 October 2026, 12-13, Revisiting Interculturality in the Digital Era
Panel discussion, online (Register by October 16)
* Milene Oliveira on postdigitality and a framework for analysing digital intercultural practice
* Fotini Diamantidaki on the human encounter in COIL projects
* Giuliana Ferri on generative AI, political economy and the limits of intercultural dialogue
* David Wei Dai on developing CritIC (Critical Interactional Competence) in AI-mediated intercultural professional communication, and
* Áine McAllister on the role of the poetic imagination (and how to activate it) as both a counterbalance and an ‘anamchara’, as we move further on through the digital realm.

29 October 2026, 17:15 – 18:15, Rodney H. Jones, in person
When AI talk to each other: Intercultural encounters with AI communities

17 November 2026, 17:15 – 18:15, Gordon Blaine West, in person
Ice cream dumplings: Transpositioning through friction across digital mediums

10 December 2026, , 18:15 – 19:15, Christoffer Guldberg, in person
AI as mirror and canvas: Communication, knowledge and agency in the age of AI

Lecturer in Digital Intercultural Communication, University College London, England, UK. Deadline: 21 August 2025.

The post-holder will contribute to Masters, PhD and other programmes and research, knowledge exchange and consultancy activities in the International Centre for Intercultural Studies and in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at University College London. Alongside the demonstration of a broad theoretical and practical understanding of intercultural communication, the post-holder will have knowledge and expertise in Digital Intercultural Communication. We are seeking a candidate who not only engages critically with issues of culture and communication in digital contexts but also demonstrates a robust understanding of digital technologies, including current and emerging tools, platforms and digital environments. The candidate will take a lead in developing this aspect of the MA Intercultural Communication. They will also play a significant role in the planning and development of the International Centre for Intercultural Studies. This post is available from 1^st September 2025.

With a completed PhD in Language and Intercultural Communication, or closely relevant subject areas, you will also have a track-record of relevant and high-quality research publications for inclusion in Research Excellence Framework assessments.