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Prof.
Lia Maria Pop
Task 6.3
Multilingualism in Roma (Rroma) perspective
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The Universitatea din Oradea is the descendent of an institution founded in Oradea in 1780 for the teaching of philosophy and became the Faculty of Law eight years later. It has now become a full-fledged university with more than 100 programmes of study at BA level, 80 MA and 11 PhD programmes. It has an enrolment of over 20,000 students and was ranked 17th out of over 100 universities in Romania, is currently increasing its involvement in EU-funded research. Universitatea din Oradea's Research Centre for Identity and Migration Issues (RCIMI) is a partner in the European project “The Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings in EU”.
Task in the project
As part of the “Frontiers of multilingualism” work package, Partner, Universitatea din Oradea will lead task 6.3 on “Multilingualism in Roma (Rroma) perspective”. The project design foresees closer cooperation with work package 3 “Education” but its particular focus, Task 6.3 will provide specific inputs to the work of teams in all other work packages.
Staff
  • Prof. Lia Pop
Experience
Team leader Lia Pop’s research addresses various aspects of the socio-cultural conditions of Roma communities in Romania and across Central and Eastern Europe, and policy solutions to the challenges of Roma integration in various contexts. She has been involved in several collaborative projects, such as MyGrant City (2008) on migrants’ perceptions of Romania as a host country; or Trafficking of Human Being, begun in 2011. She is the Director of the Research Centre for Identity and Migration Issues (RCIMI). She is also the Director of JIMS (jims.e-migration.ro.), with responsibility for the publication of the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies.

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