CALL FOR PAPERS – Symposium “Economics, Linguistic Justice and Language Policy”

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics Berlin, Germany, 2-3 March 2015

The range of problems raised by diversity of languages in international economic and political integration processes calls upon innovative, efficient and fair language policies to manage multilingualism. Language policies are increasingly acknowledged as being a necessary component of many decisions taken in the areas of labour mobility, access to knowledge and higher education, social inclusion of migrants, and they can affect companies’ international competitiveness and the democratic control of international organisations.

The symposium “Economics, Linguistic Justice and Language Policy” aims at bringing together economists, philosophers, applied linguists and sociolinguists, policy makers, legal scholars, and social scientists in general. The purpose is to discuss, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the socio-economic effects of language policies, the impact of language dynamics and language planning on justice and inequality at the national or international level, as well as the connection between democracy, decision-making and linguistic diversity.

Prospective participants are invited to submit an abstract on one of the following or related topics:

1. Theoretical models of linguistic justice and linguistic democracy (e.g. minority languages, immigrants, supranational integration, higher education).

2. Assessment of the socio-economic consequences of linguistic diversity, language policies and dynamics.

3. Evaluation of the costs, benefits and the fairness of language policies.

4. Languages, linguistic rights and power.

5. Multilingualism and economic activities.

Keynote speakers

• Jean-Claude Barbier (Centre d’économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France) • David Robichaud (Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa/Université d’Ottawa, Canada)

Organisers

• Bengt-Arne Wickström, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin  • Michele Gazzola, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin  • Torsten Templin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Date and Venue

2-3 March 2015

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Spandauer Straße, Berlin, Germany

Submission and deadlines

The length of abstracts should not exceed 350 words. Abstracts must be submitted to the address “gazzola [at] hu-berlin.de” by the 30th November 2014. The successful applicants will be notified by the 15th December 2014.

Website

http://www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/justice

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