We are happy to announce that the Mercator European Research Centre is organising its 1st International Conference, taking place at the Oranje Hotel in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden (NL) on 7–8 November 2024.

The theme of this conference is Shaping Policy for Minority Languages and Multilingualism. The aim of this conference is to provide a platform for and to stimulate critical discussions on policy development for minority languages and multilingualism in various contexts, from the home to education.

Call for Papers

We invite presentations that examine language policies, practices, ideologies, and attitudes at all levels (international, national, regional, societal, institutional, group, family, and individual). We welcome proposals for presentations from people of all career stages that engage with the themes of the conference. Postgraduate students and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to participate.

We especially welcome contributions on the following topics:

- Inclusive multilingual education – the didactics of multilingualism
- Minority language and multilingual education and assessment
- Family language policy
- Multilingual pedagogical approaches (e.g. CLIL and translanguaging)
- Linguistic diversity in teacher training programmes
- Parental involvement in language(s) education
- Community perspectives on language policy developments
- Regional and neighbouring language education
- Linguistic diversity and (global) citizenship Language attitudes and their impact on language policy formulation and implementation
- Distance (language) learning – consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for multilingual and minority language learners
- Bilingual and trilingual education Case studies and best practices in language policy development

 The Call for Papers is now open until 15 May 2024!  To submit an abstract, please fill in this form. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Leeuwarden in November!