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        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Dear
        colleague,</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">REAL (</span><a
href="https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/social-work-and-social-policy/research-themes/public-administration/research/real-group"><span
          lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Research group
          "Economics,
          policy analysis, and language"</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">) and the University of
        Jyväskylä, in
        cooperation with Ulster University, Andrássy-Universität
        Budapest, and the
        journal <i>Language Problems & Language Planning</i>,
        organises the <b><a
            href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/real-symposium-2027">7th
            REAL Symposium on
            Language Economics and Policy</a></b> on 20–21 May 2027 at
        the University of
        Jyväskylä (Finland).</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The REAL
        symposia aim to discuss all aspects of language economics and
        language policy,
        and corresponding contributions are welcome. Especially welcome
        are papers that
        address the role of language skills within the context of
        increasing mobility,
        for instance, in migration, in the labour market, and in
        education.
        Contributions to the symposium can cover theoretical and
        empirical research, 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.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Keynote
        speakers:</span></p>
    <ul>
      <li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH"
          style="mso-ansi-language:FR-CH">François
          Grin, Université de Genève (University of Geneva)</span></li>
      <li> <span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language:DE">Johan Häggman,
          Federal Union of European Nationalities/Die Föderalistische
          Union Europäischer
          Nationalitäten, FUEN</span></li>
      <li> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Maarit
          Koponen, Itä-Suomen yliopisto (University of Eastern Finland)</span></li>
    </ul>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The <a
          href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/real-symposium-2027">call
          for papers</a> is now open for submissions. Please submit
        your abstract before <b>1 December 2026</b>.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">All the
        best,</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Michele
        Gazzola</span></p>
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Michele Gazzola
Ulster University
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.michelegazzola.com">www.michelegazzola.com</a></pre>
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