Strategies to strengthen European linguistic capital in a globalised world

The MultiLX research project will provide new knowledge about the communicative practices and language ideologies of young people in Europe. This new knowledge will be translated into recommendations for language policy to support languaging in Europe, including protection of endangered languages, learning minority languages and promotion of the languages of migrants. The project will shape the future of inclusive multilingual policy and practice in Europe.

The language ecology of Europe has been transformed in recent times. Increased mobility of people has altered the linguistic map of Europe, while rapid developments in digital technology have changed the way people communicate.

Our challenge in an increasingly diverse, digital and multilingual Europe is to develop language policy to shape a future for young people which is inclusive, democratic and equitable.

Angela Creese, based at the University of Warwick, is the Principal Investigator of the Horizon Europe-funded MultiLX project and leads Work Package 1.

Edina Krompák, based at Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern, leads Work Package 2 and Case Study 3, Multimodal, Multilingual, and Digital Practices of Swiss Youth.

Bernadette O’Rourke, based at Oilthigh Ghlaschu, leads Work Package 3 and Case Study 4, Language Revitalisation in Santiago de Compostela.

Helen Kelly-Holmes, based at Ollscoil Luimnigh, and Sari Pietikäinen, based at Jyväskylän yliopisto, lead Work Package 4, Language and Digitalisation.

Sari Pietikäinen, based at Jyväskylän yliopisto, and Helen Kelly-Holmes, based at Ollscoil Luimnigh, lead Work Package 4, Language and Digitalisation

Adrian Blackledge, based at the University of Warwick, leads Work Package 5, Beyond Languages.

Gerardo Mazzaferrro, based at Università di Torino, leads Work Package 6 and Case Study 1, Multisemiotic Turin.

Katharina Brizić, based at Universität Freiburg, leads Case Study 2, Migration, Belonging and Cohesion in Multilingual Berlin.

Maite Puigdevall Serralvo, based at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, leads Case Study 5, Sports, Youth and Languages in Catalonia.

Pia Lane, based at Universitetet i Oslo, leads Case Study 6, The Kven Language and Youth in Norway.

Csanád Bodó, based at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, leads Case Study 7, Intercultural Encounters through Multilingual Storytelling in Eastern Europe.