Coordinators

   

 Barbara Arfé

University of Verona Italy
barbara.arfe@unipd.it                                 

Rui Alexandre Alves

University of Porto, Portugal
ralves@me.com

 

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 rethorics. 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 facilitities. Among the most important acitivities 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". For more information, see http://www.sig-writing.org .

 

Activities

SIG 12 Conference
Took place: 11-13 July 2012 in Porto, Portugal
The local organising committee was lead by Rui A. Alves.
All queries can be sent to sigwriting2012@fpce.up.pt.
Website: www.fpce.up.pt/sigwriting2012

 

Newsletters

Newsletter July 2010

Newsletter July 2011