The International Summer School “Language Policy and Language Planning: education, languages and migrations” aims at providing theoretical and practical competences in the domain of multilingualism, with a sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistic approach.

Specifically, the topics under discussion will be the following:

- Analysis and evaluation of language policies and language planning;
- educational policies regarding bilingualism and cultural diversity;
- literacy acquisition in migration context;
- superdiversity and linguistic landscape;
- language and economy.

The Summer School will also provide information on research methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative in the domain of linguistics, sociolinguistics and ethnographic research. 

Invited speakers:
- prof. Joseph Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne;
- prof. Michele Gazzola, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin;
- prof. Massimiliano Spotti, Tilburg University;
- professors from the University for Foreigners in Siena.

Languages: Italian and English

Who is invited to participate?

- Ph.D. students, Ph.D. fellows and researchers interested in the topics of the Summer School
- Italian teachers, school headmasters, delegates for immigrant minority students in Italian schools, stakeholders in migration policies

When and where?
The Summer School will be held from 23th to 27th July 2018 at the University for Foreigners in Siena.

The MIME team at KU Leuven organises a workshop on Linguistic diversity and democratic politics on 19 Dec 2017.

For information about venue and programme please refer to the workshop website.

MIME scholar Michele Gazzola from Humbold University Berlin has just published an article in The Times Higher Education entitled "Why teaching in English may not be such a good idea".

His research suggests that students learn better in their native tongue, and English fails to prepare international students for a job after graduation.

MIME researcher Federico Gobbo has a new position as Visiting Professor at the University of Torino where he will teach a course entitled "Multilingualism, Mobility and Inclusion in Europe" from April to June 2018.

The programme of this course is available here.

Prof. Dr. Peter A. Kraus, MIME-Forscher von der Universität Augsburg, äussert sich im Nachrichtenmagazin "Der Spiegel" zu den Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen in seinem Geburtsland Katalonien.

MIME was represented with 4 talks at the Symposium on "Language Policy and Planning in Multilingual Organisations: Exploring Language Regimes" held at Birkbeck College, University of London, 7 July 2017. The photo shows MIME participants Helder de Schutter, Michele Gazzola, François Grin and Peter Kraus relaxing after the symposium.