MultiLX, 2025
Held virtually in September 2025 and co-hosted by the University of Limerick and the University of Jyväskylä, the second MultiLX Training Meeting centred on the theme “Doing multilingual digital research / Doing research multilingually.” Researchers explored how digital technologies and artificial intelligence influence multilingual inquiry, with particular focus on ethics, inclusivity, and the localisation of digital research tools. Discussions tackled key challenges such as linguistic bias, limited resources for smaller languages, and the delicate balance between automation and human expertise.
Through collective reflection and collaborative problem-solving, participants deepened their understanding of how technology, language, and ethics intersect in contemporary research. The meeting reaffirmed MultiLX’s commitment to fairness, flexibility, and cultural sensitivity, highlighting the importance of equitable access to digital tools and context-aware methodologies in Europe’s evolving multilingual landscape.
Linguistic capital in Europe: First thoughts
MultiLX, 2025
Early reflections from the MultiLX project explore how Europe’s linguistic capital is lived, created, and reimagined across different communities. Stories of heritage and belonging emerge from diverse settings — Galician regueifa song, Kven language revival, Kurdish storytelling in Berlin, and football in Barcelona — each revealing how language, culture, and identity are woven into the fabric of everyday life.
The reflections blur the boundaries between research and activism, highlighting language as both a marker of identity and a vehicle for change. Through creativity, collaboration, and shared inquiry, Europe’s voices are portrayed as dynamic, interconnected, and constantly reshaping what it means to belong in a multilingual world.
Language, culture and technology in EU Policy: Implications for MultiLX
Jai Mackenzie, 2025
An exploration of European Union policy from 1992 to 2025 reveals how language, culture, and digital technologies are intertwined in shaping Europe’s political and cultural vision. Language is often framed in instrumental terms — praised as a resource for unity and growth, yet managed as a potential obstacle to cohesion. Culture emerges as a collective, exportable asset that strengthens identity, inclusion, and international influence, while digital technologies are celebrated as tools for efficiency and access but also recognised as risks to diversity and equity.
Across these policy narratives, the three domains are connected through a transactional logic that prioritises economic and strategic value over lived experience. Diversity and innovation are often treated as means to strengthen Europe’s cultural capital rather than as dynamic, everyday practices shaped by its citizens. This perspective highlights a tension between institutional frameworks and the fluid realities of multilingual, multicultural life across Europe.
MultiLX, 2025
In April 2025, the MultiLX research team met at the University of Warwick for its first in-person gathering — two days of creativity, collaboration, and exchange. Bringing together researchers from nine European countries, the meeting fostered new connections across borders and disciplines. Participants explored how language, art, and activism intersect in community-based research, engaging in workshops and discussions that encouraged experimentation with artistic methods and collective reflection.
Through movement, drama, and open dialogue, hierarchies faded and a sense of trust and curiosity grew. A shared, “polyphonic” voice began to take shape — one that embraced difference, nurtured belonging, and celebrated the value of collaboration. The meeting marked the starting point of a vibrant, multilingual partnership, setting the tone for MultiLX’s exploration of language, culture, and creative practice across Europe.
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