Luogo:
Brescia
Da: 16/06/2026
A: 19/06/2026
Scadenza iscrizioni: 18/05/2026
Master’s and PhD students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral researchers working in the field of multilingualism and multiculturalism in Higher Education are invited to attend the Summer School Language Policy in Higher Education: Multilingualism, Research and Science Communication (PRISM-HE), to be held at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Brescia, Italy) from 16 to 19 June 2026.
Contemporary higher education is shaped by profound linguistic, cultural, and social transformations, making it increasingly important to understand how institutions and their members navigate growing diversity. Topics such as language policy, multilingual practices, scientific communication, and the circulation of knowledge have become central to academic life, research environments, and the relationship between universities and society.
Reflecting on these issues collectively allows for a deeper examination of the challenges that multilingualism poses for institutional regulation, everyday practices, inclusion, participation, and the mediation of knowledge in both academic and public contexts. From an educational perspective, this calls for critical and participatory approaches that contribute to more equitable language policies and multilingual learning environments, supporting fair access to knowledge production, communication, and transfer.
From a research perspective, these questions require methodologies that are sensitive to the dynamic, situated, and discursively constructed nature of linguistic and communicative practices in higher education. This involves rethinking conceptual frameworks, methods, and epistemological assumptions in order to understand how language, diversity, and scientific communication shape the production and dissemination of knowledge.
This Summer School is organised by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in collaboration with international partner universities and is sponsored by the CEL/ELC – Conseil Européen pour les Langues / European Language Council.
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Multilingual Universities: Policies, Practices, Knowledge in Motion
The Summer School will address the following overarching themes:
Plenary sessions
Knowledge, Terminology, and Science Communication: Rethinking Multilingualism (M.C. Conceiçao, Universidade do Algarve)
AI for Translation and Interpreting. A roadmap for users and policy makers (Kris Peeters, University of Antwerp)
Workshops
Development of advanced academic writing skills for research publication, with attention to the structure and conventions of research articles. The workshop focuses on combining model analysis with practical writing tasks linked to participants’doctoral research projects.
Development of pragmatic and relational skills to communicate research across diverse linguistic and disciplinary contexts, with attention to audience awareness, interaction, and relationship management.
Introduction to evaluation criteria in SSH, with a focus on different types of research outputs and on principles such as transparency, fairness, and constructive feedback.
Analysis of the role of AI in the production and communication of research in multilingual contexts, with attention to linguistic bias, ethics, and methodological implications.
This workshop is designed for MA/PhD students who are interested in managing the features of scientific discourse according to: purpose, audience and/or media, following the transfer of information horizontally (sharing knowledge only with the other members of the same professional community), as well as vertically (across disciplines and for non-specialist members of the audience).
Online registration by 18 May 2026 (11:59 p.m.).
Enrollment must be finalized as soon as possible with payment, and in any case no later than 3 days after registering for the course.
Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, branch 01984 - IBAN: IT81Z0306911210100000062394
Send the voucher in PDF format or the bank transfer receipt to the course administration office at formazione.permanente-bs@unicatt.it to complete the registration.
It is not necessary to send the receipt if payment is made by credit card.
Click on “Register” (the use of Firefox or Google Chrome browsers is recommended). Then click on “Sign up” or, if already registered, on “Log in”, entering your email and password.
Refund and withdrawal
https://formazionecontinua.unicatt.it/formazione-modalita-di-attivazione-recesso-e-rimborsi
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Formazione Permanente
Via Garzetta 48 - 25133 Brescia
formazione.permanente-bs@unicatt.it; tel. 0302406504
