Dima Mohammed

Postdoctoral Researcher, ArgLab, IFL, FCSH-UNL. 

d.mohammed@fcsh.unl.pt 

Personal page on Academia.edu / CV

Academic Degrees 

PhD in Argumentation Theory, (2009). Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric
Promotors: Prof. dr. F. H. van Eemeren, Prof. dr. E.C.W. Krabbe, Dr. A. F. Snoeck Henkemans
PhD Dissertation: “The Honourable Gentleman Should Make Up His Mind”. Strategic Manoeuvring with Accusations of Inconsistency in Prime Minister's Question Time. –Available here
(Awarded the Best PhD Dissertation of 2009 by the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis –ASCA)

MA in Logic, Language and Argumentation, (2005). Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and RhetoricThesis: Towards a pragma-dialectical approach to negotiations (cum laude)

BA in English Language and Literature, (2002). Faculty of Arts, Birzeit University, Palestine
Department of English Language and Literature 

 
Academic Expertise and research Interests

Argumentation Theory: Rationality; Fallacies; Pragma-dialectics; Strategic Manoeuvring; Political argumentation; Argumentation in institutionalised contexts, in particular argumentation in parliamentary settings;
Discourse Analysis: Pragmatics; Critical discourse analysis, Conversation analysis;
Communication: Persuasion research; 
Political Philosophy: Deliberative democracy

Current research projects

- Discursive management of political disagreement: Argumentative strategies and their consequences [DISARGUE] – PI. Nov 2018- Oct 2020, international network project funded by the FCSH Call for exploratory international projects, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. 

- European network for Argumentation and Public PoLicY analysis [APPLY] – Management Committee Member. 2018-2022, funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme – COST ACTION, a European Network led by the FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

- Rationality of public political argument: the case of European parliamentary debates (SFRH/BPD/76149/2011) – FCT-funded individual post-doctoral project.

- Ecological reasoning and decision making (TUBITAK/0010/2014) - FCT-funded institutional project in ArgLab, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Member.

- Values in Argumentative Discourse (PTDC/MHC-FIL/0521/2014) - FCT-funded institutional project in ArgLab, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Member.

- Democracy in times of crisis: Power and Discourse in a three-level game (PTDC/IVC-CPO/2247/2014) - FCT-funded institutional project in IPRI, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Member.

Latest Publications

Books

• Mohammed D. (2018). Argumentation in Prime Minister's Question Time. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.15)

Edited Volumes

• Mohammed D., & Lewiński, M. (eds.) (2016). Argumentation and Reasoned Action: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Argumentation, Lisbon, 2015. London: College Publications.
• Lewiński, M. & D. Mohammed. (2015). Argumentation in Political Deliberation [Benjamins Current Topics, 76]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (DOI: 10.1075/bct.76) - Available here
• Mohammed, D., & Lewiński, M. (Eds.) (2013). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.

Encyclopaedia Entry 

• Lewiński, M. & Mohammed, D. (2016). Argumentation Theory. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. 1–15. John Wiley and Sons.

Articles in Peer Review Journal

• Lewiński, M., & Mohammed, D. (forth.). The 2015 Paris Climate Conference: Arguing for the fragile consensus in global multilateral diplomacy. Journal of Argumentation in Context.

• Mohammed, D. (2018.). Standing standpoints and argumentative associates. What is at stake in a public political argument? Argumentation. (doi: 10.1007/s10503-018-9473-y)

• Lewiński, M., Hample, D., Sàágua, J., & Mohammed, D. (2018). Arguing in Portugal: A cross-cultural analysis. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. (doi: 10.1080/17513057.2018.1450888)

• Mohammed, D. (2016). Goals in Argumentation: A Proposal for the Analysis and Evaluation of Public Political Arguments. Argumentation, 30:221–245. (doi: 10.1007/s10503-015-9370-6)
• Uzelgun, M.A., Mohammed, D., Lewiński, M., & P. Castro. (2015). Managing disagreement through yes, but… constructions: An argumentative analysis. Discourse Studies, 17, 467-484. (doi:10.1177/1461445615578965)
• Mohammed, D. (2013). Pursuing multiple goals in European Parliamentary debates: EU immigration policies as a case in point. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 2(1), 47-74.
• Lewiński, M and D. Mohammed (2013). Introduction: Argumentation in political deliberation. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 2(1), 1-9. –Available here
• Lewiński, M. & Mohammed, D. (2012). Deliberate design or unintended consequences: The argumentative uses of Facebook during the Arab Spring. Journal of Public Deliberation, 8(1), Article 11.

Book Chapters

• Mohammed, D. (2018). Exercising accountability in European Parliamentary debates on statements: An argumentative perspective. In S. Oswald, J. Jacquin, & T. Herman (Eds.). Argumentation and Language. Linguistic, cognitive and discursive explorations (pp. 243-262). Springer Cham. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-73972-4_11)
• Mohammed, D. (2016b). “It is true that security and Schengen go hand in hand”. Strategic manoeuvring in the multi-layered activity type of European Parliamentary debates. In R. von Borg (Ed.), Dialogues in Argumentation (pp. 232-266). Windsor Studies in Argumentation.
• Mohammed, D. (2016a). Not just rational, but also reasonable: critical testing in the service of external uses of public political arguments. In D. Mohammed & M. Lewiński (eds.) (2016). Argumentation and Reasoned Action: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Argumentation, Lisbon, 2015. Vol. I, 499-514. London: College Publications.
• Mohammed, D. (2015a). “The revolution must continue”: Strategic Maneuvering in Post-Mubarak Egypt. In C. Palczewski (Ed.) Disturbing Argument: Selected Works from the 18th NCA/AFA Alta Conference on Argumentation. Routledge.
• Lewiński, M. and D. Mohammed (2015b) Tweeting the Arab Spring: Argumentative Polylogues in Digital Media. In C. Palczewski (Ed.) Disturbing Argument: Selected Works from the 18th NCA/AFA Alta Conference on Argumentation. Routledge.
• Mohammed, D. (2013). Hit two birds with one stone: Strategic manoeuvring in the after-Mubarak era. In Sellami, A.L. (Ed.), Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate and Pedagogy: Proceedings of the 2013 4th International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate, and Pedagogy, (pp. 95–116). Doha, January 11–13, 2013. 

Conference Proceedings

• Mohammed, D. (forth.). Managing Argumentative Potential in the Networked Public Sphere: The Anti-#MeToo Manifesto as a Case in Point. Proceedings of the 9th conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation 
• Mohammed, D. (2016). What's in a good argument about evaluative claims? Argumentation in accountability practices. In Bondy, P., & Benacquista, L. (Eds.). Argumentation, Objectivity, and Bias: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 18-21 May 2016. Windsor, ON: OSSA, pp. 1-14.
• Mohammed, D. (2016). Not just rational, but also reasonable: critical testing in the service of external uses of public political arguments. In D. Mohammed & M. Lewiński (eds.) (2016). Argumentation and Reasoned Action: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Argumentation, Lisbon, 2015. Vol. I, 499-514. London: College Publications
• Mohammed, D. (2013a). Rationality of argumentation aimed at multiple goals. In D. Mohammed and M. Lewiński (Eds.). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.
• Mohammed, D. (2013b). Commentary on Marta Zampa’s “The editorial meeting discussion as an argumentative activity type”. In D. Mohammed and M. Lewiński (Eds.). Virtues of Argumentation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013. Windsor, ON: OSSA.

Latest Conference Presentations

• (2018e). Arguing the multiple issues in a networked public argument. 
  Challenges and proposals. Presentation at the The 9th International Conference on Argumentation. 3-6 July 2018. Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• (2018d). Fluid boundaries, standing standpoints and argumentative allies. Proposals for the examination of networked public arguments. Presentation at the ArgLab research Colloquium. 28 May 2018. FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

• (2018c). A legitimação da austeridade: Portugal 2008-2016. Presentation at the IX Congresso de Ciência Política. April 2018. Braga, Portugal. (Co-author: Ânia Ataíde)

• (2018b). The explanation-justification distinction revisited: potential and challenges. Presentation at the IFILNOVA Values Seminar. 2 March 2018. FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

• (2018a) De-politicisation, re-politicisation and disagreement: An argumentative view on legitimation strategies. Presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Argumentation & Language (ARGAGE). 7-9 Feb. 2018. Lugano, Switzerland. (Co-author: Pellegrino Cammino & Ânia Ataíde)

• (2017d) Beyond austerity: de-politicisation, re-politicisation, and the discursive balance of conflicting expectations. An argumentative perspective. Presentation at the annual conference of the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) 2017. 14-16 Sep 2017. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. (Co-author: Pellegrino Cammino)

• (2017c) Arguing for and against values. Presentation at the Values in Argumentation – Values of Argumentation conference. 28-29 June 2017. FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. (Co-author: Sally Jackson)

• (2017b) Strategic Maneuvering in the Background: How Candidates Encourage Audience Inference Making Through Silent Derogation in the Background. Presentation at the 2nd European Conference on Argumentation: Argumentation and Inference. 20-23 June 2017. University of Fribourg, Switzerland. (Co-author: Harry Weger.

• (2017a) Arguing inter-issue: Inferences and commitments in a public political argument. Presentation at the 2nd European Conference on Argumentation: Argumentation and Inference, 20-23 June 2017. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

• (2016d) Arguing in response to competing demands: A social ontology perspective. Presentation at the Berkeley Social Ontology Group Seminar – University of California at Berkeley, California, EUA, 9 November 2016.
• (2016c) Argumentation towards multilateral consensus on climate change: COP21 in Paris. Presentation at the 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), 13-16 July 2016. Warsaw, Poland (Co-author: Marcin Lewiński)
• (2016b) What's in a good argument about evaluative claims? Argumentation in accountability practices. Presentation at the Argumentation, Objectivity and Bias. The 11th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), University of Windsor, ON, Canada, 18-23 May 2016.
• (2016a) Presumptions and the burden of proof in the argumentative exercise of political accountability. Presumptions, Presumptive Inferences and Burden of Proof. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Granada. Granada, Spain, 26-28 April, 2016.