David Wei Dai

New OA publication in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, with @profzhuhua and @AngusGLChen Our analysis shows that human-GenAI chatbot interaction can lead to deeper interactional entrenchment of cultural stereotypes. Possible solutions are explored. doi.org/10.1017/S02671…

Very much looking forward to giving a talk for staff members at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology tomorrow on Interactional Competence in intercultural professional communication

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🎉 We’re excited to introduce David Wei Dai ✨ (@drdavidweidai), Assistant Professor in Professional Communication at UCL Institute of Education, as the second keynote speaker for #WICAL2025. He will be delivering an engaging morning talk on 18th June.

Zixuan Liao from my Intercultural Professional Communication module in @IcisIOE has developed a brilliant project on how we can better navigate cultural sensitivities in AI-mediated medical consultations! Feel free to drop me a line if interested in collaboration with @IcisIOE

Very much looking forward to giving a keynote speech on Critical Interactonal Competence (CritIC) in human-AI interaction at the Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics this June. Registration is still open and hope to see many friends and colleagues in Warwick!

The International Centre for Intercultural Studies, UCL is delighted to share with you an upcoming seminar. Dr Simon Harrison from City University of Hong Kong will be joining us to present his work. Time: 02 Jun 2025, 16:30 Onsite: ROOM C3.12, 20 Bedford Way

[please share] University College London is advertising a Lectureship in TESOL/Applied Linguistics. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Language Teaching and Technology. You can find more details about the role here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

AAAL talk done! Thank you to all the colleagues and friends who showed up and raised the most thoughtful questions! We will incorporate your important feedback into our manuscript. With @professorliwei1

The special issue on AI for Intercultural Communication I edited with @profzhuhua is now published in Applied Linguistics Review with volume and issue numbers! Do check it out if the topic is of interest to you degruyter.com/journal/key/al…

Honoured to have the opportunity to share my work on human sociality in human-AI interaction at the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, University of Manchester. Very difficult questions from students and staff today! Thank you Dr Jenny Ju for hosting me

Very much looking forward to giving a talk to students and staff members at 金沢大学/Kanazawa University next week. The topic is on Interactional Competence in intercultural professional communication. For a position paper I wrote on this topic:  doi.org/10.1080/079083…

Glad to share that my entry on Assessment of Interactional Competence has been published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics! For a copy: researchgate.net/publication/38…

FUNDING CALL: Data Empowered Societies Small Grants of up to £10k for novel interdisciplinary projects that explore the opportunities for data empowered society & address the challenges in achieving it. Deadline 14 Mar lnkd.in/gpCv-3kH

IOE short course on Blended and Online Learning won major award! ⁦@eileenkennedy01⁩ ⁦@IOE_London⁩ ⁦@ucl⁩ ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2025/…

Pleased to be at today's launch of the UK Government AI Opportunities Action Plan at @UCLEast @UCL. Our @GrandChallenges, including Data Empowered Socities, fits sqaurely with the ambitions of this plan. gov.uk/government/pub…