The article discusses the newest directions of development by Ural scientists, primarily in the face of researchers and graduate students of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the theoretical and methodological basis of political discourse science as a new branch of modern political research. The content of the main thematic blocks of political discourse, which received theoretical development in collective works and monographs of Ural scholars published in recent years, is revealed. The most important results of the implementation of specific research projects in the field of political discourse are considered, the experience of organizing a scientific exchange in the format of conferences is analyzed.