35.383, Confs: Fifth biannual REAL symposium : “Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”“Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”

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Date: 01-Feb-2024
From: Michele Gazzola [m.gazzola at ulster.ac.uk]
Subject: Fifth biannual REAL symposium : “Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”“Human Capital, Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”

Fifth biannual REAL symposium. Theme “Human Capital, Languages, and
New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”“Human Capital,
Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”

Date: 03-Jun-2024 - 04-Jun-2024
Location: Tarragona, Spain
Contact: Bengt-Arne Wickström
Contact Email: bengt-arne.wickstroem at andrassyuni.hu
Meeting URL: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/social-work-and-s
ocial-policy/research-themes/public-administration/research/real-group

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Meeting Description:

Fifth biannual REAL symposium, 03/04 June 2024. Theme “Human Capital,
Languages, and New Literacies: Theories, Policies, and Impacts”
REAL (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. To see full call for papers, click
here https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/social-work.
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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