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Prof.
Žaneta Ozoliņa
WP 6 lead
Frontiers of multilingualism
Task 6.1
Multilingualism and security
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The Latvijas Universitāte with its 17,000 students, 13 faculties and more than 20 research institutes is one of the largest comprehensive and leading research universities in the Baltic States. It is the main centre of intellectual life in Latvia, and it has recently embarked, through the setting up of new faculties and study areas, in an ambitious programme of quality improvement in teaching and research. Its Advanced Social and Political Research Institute (ASPRI) is recognised as one of leading European centre of expertise in security studies.
Task in the project
Latvijas Universitāte will manage work package 6 - “Frontiers of Multilingualism” and lead research task 6.1 on “Multilingualism and security”. Work package 6 is a highly innovative component of MIME with an exploratory orientation, opening up the field of research of multilingualism to unusual questions.
Staff
  • Prof. Žaneta Ozoliņa
  • Assoc. Prof. Iveta Reinholde
  • Rihards Bambals
Experience
The work package 6 and Task 6.1 leader has coordinated several international research projects for the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, the European Commission’s DG for Research and Innovation, and the European Parliament. She was a national coordinator of EU FP6 project “Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions Related to Religion, Minorities and Gender Equality”; chair of the expert group of the EC on “Global Governance of Science” and “Ethical and Regulatory Challenges to Science and Research Policy at the Global Level”. She is also a member of several national and international advisory boards.

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 613344 (MIME Project).