36.1403, Confs: Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI (United Kingdom)

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Subject: 36.1403, Confs: Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI (United Kingdom)

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Date: 28-Apr-2025
From: Deirdre Dunlevy [deirdre.dunlevy at open.ac.uk]
Subject: Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI


Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI

Date: 13-Nov-2025 - 14-Nov-2025
Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Contact: AI languages conference committee
Contact Email: ai-languages-conference at open.ac.uk
Meeting URL:
https://eurocall-languages.org/events/genai-conference-the-open-university/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discipline of Linguistics;
General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 16-May-2025

This hybrid event will bring together cutting-edge research,
innovative practices, and theoretical perspectives on the ethical and
responsible integration of AI in the learning and teaching of
languages and cultures and applied linguistics. The conference theme
draws inspiration from the Shifting Power project which itself was
inspired by the thinking of Pratyusha Kalluri of the Radical AI
Network. Asking whether AI is good or fair is not the right question,
she holds. Instead, we should seek to explore its potential to “shift
power” in the direction of learners, who in our context are learners
of languages and applied linguistics.
The conference will explore how power is being shifted towards, away
from, and between learners and educators by AI technologies, and the
new dynamic and potential changes this is bringing about in applied
linguistics, languages, and cultural studies. Potential topics for the
papers may include, but are not limited to: 
 • AI and its impact on the training and evolving roles of languages
and applied linguistics educators and their relationships with
learners;
 • AI and its potential to support inclusive and personalised learning
in languages and applied linguistics;
 • AI integration into learning, teaching and assessment of languages,
cultures and applied linguistics with a focus on ethical issues and
sustainability challenges; 
 • Core concepts and theoretical frameworks guiding the integration of
AI in applied linguistics;
 • Core concepts and theoretical frameworks guiding the integration of
AI in the learning and teaching of languages and cultures;
 • Questions around the use of AI in carrying out research in
languages, cultures and applied linguistics, and its impact on
research processes and outputs.
The event will be highly relevant for researchers, educators, learners
and other languages and applied linguistics practitioners alike.
The conference will primarily be conducted in English, and all
abstract submissions must be in English. However, we encourage the
creative and inclusive use of multiple languages throughout the
conference sessions, supported by AI tools for translation to ensure
accessibility. Please note that interpretation/translation services
will not be provided.
All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process.
Authors will be notified of acceptance in time to register by the
registration deadline.
Please see our website for full conference details.



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