[Lgpolicy] Call for Papers,Fifth biannual REAL symposium, Theme “Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”

[Michele Gazzola]

*Call for Papers*

*Fifth biannual REAL symposium, 03/04 June 2024. Theme “Human Capital, 
Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”*

REAL 
<https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/social-work-and-social-policy/research-themes/public-administration/research/real-group> 
(Research group “Economics, policy analysis, and language”) in 
cooperation with Ulster University, Universitat de Barcelona, and 
Universitat Rovira i Virgili organizes an interdisciplinary symposium on 
“Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and 
Impacts” on 3–4 June 2024 at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 
Tarragona-Reus, Catalonia, Spain. Click here 
<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sf0twir3lscxztzycp8cw/call.pdf?rlkey=31h7d8s67tt1yf2qgdq9xn8vc&dl=0> 
to see the full call for papers.

The symposium aims to discuss the relationship between languages and 
human capital in the widest possible sense while paying attention also 
to the new forms of literacies that the digital revolution has brought 
about. Contributions to the symposium can cover theoretical and 
empirical research on the topic, or the practical implications in terms 
of language policy and impact. The symposium is interdisciplinary, and 
contributions are accepted from economics, political science, sociology, 
law, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. Submissions addressing 
the general theme of the symposium are invited, including, but not 
limited to, the following topics:

  * The value of languages in the labor market and/or in the economic
    system as a whole
  * Language diversity, human capital and socio-economic development
  * New forms of literacies required in and by the market
  * Language policies and human capital acquisition
  * Linguistic diversity and staff development in both public
    administration and the private sector
  * Theory of human capital in multilingual contexts
  * Linguistic inequalities in human capital development and new
    literacies acquisition
  * Linguistic justice and human capital
  * Language policy evaluation

/Keynote Speakers/

 1. /Anthony Pym:/Distinguished Professor of Translation and
    Intercultural Studies at Rovira i Virgili University in Spain,
    Professor Extra-ordinary at Stellenbosch University in South Africa,
    and Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester in the United
    Kingdom. He was Visiting Researcher at the Middlebury Institute of
    International Studies at Monterey in California from 2008 to 2016
    and President of the European Society for Translation Studies from
    2010 to 2016. He has published more than 240 articles on translation
    and intercultural communication.
 2. /Rajesh Ramachandran:/Senior lecturer at Monash University Malaysia
    and co-director at the chair of International and Development
    Politics, Universität Heidelberg (appointment by courtesy). He
    obtained his PhD from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and
    previously held positions at Goethe-Universität and Universität
    Heidelberg. His research lies at the intersection of development
    economics and political economy. His primary research interests
    include political linguistics and language policy, economics of
    caste, and economics of education and health. His work has been
    published in journals such as the /American Political Science
    Review/, /Journal of Development Economics /and /World Development/,
    as well as appeared in policy documents such as the /Global
    Education Monitoring Report of the UNESCO/.

Those interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract of no 
more than 500 words to Bengt-Arne Wickström 
bengt-arne.wickstroem at andrassyuni.hu *before the 31st of March 2024. *

The program committee consists of Amado Alarcón (Universitat Rovira i 
Virgili), Antonio Di Paolo (Universitat de Barcelona), Michele Gazzola 
(Ulster University, REAL), and Bengt- Arne Wickström, chair 
(Andrássy-Universität, REAL). Responsible for the local organization are 
Amado Alarcón and Ana Beatriz Hernández-Lara (Universitat Rovira i 
Virgili). The Local organization committee works under the auspice of 
the Research Group “Social and Organization Analysis” and the research 
project “Literacies and Occupations in the Digital Era” funded by the 
Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.


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Michele Gazzola
Ulster University
www.michelegazzola.com
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