SIG Writing is a special interest group of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). It was initiated in 1988 by Michel Fayol and Pietro Boscolo. Currently, SIG Writing as over 100 members, and many more people participate in its activities. Typically our conference reaches more than 150 attendees, from all over the world. SIG Writing members come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including education, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, rhetoric, computer science, and literary studies. 

SIG Writing is an international, cheerful, and very active group. Along with its biennial conferences, SIG Writing members are committed to fostering writing research through several initiatives, such as the newslist server, the prepublication and archive server, the Studies on writing series , and the on-line journal Journal of Writing Research.

You can find out more about the SIG Writing activities here.

Membership

If you are not a member of SIG Writing, you will soon discover the many benefits of becoming a member. To name but one, you will have access to a reduced fee when registering for the Porto, SIG Writing 2012 Conference.

To join SIG Writing you have first to join EARLI, and indicate that you want to be a member of the SIG Writing. We strongly encourage all researchers and students who participate in the SIG Writing’s activities to register for membership!

You can apply for membership to SIG Writing through the EARLI website, here.