Das Institut für Romanische Sprachen am Department für Wirtschaftskommunikation der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien veranstaltet im Frühjahr 2024 eine Tagung zum Thema “Linguistic Diversity in Professional Settings: Needs, Policies and Practices”:

This conference aims to gain insights into the needs, policies and practices when dealing with linguistic diversity in professional settings. It will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss:
• how different organizations deal with linguistic diversity
• which problems and challenges arise related to linguistic diversity in professional settings
• how linguistic diversity can enrich professional settings
• which practices respond particularly well to linguistic diversity in professional settings
• how teaching languages for professional purposes can address communication within linguistic diversity

In line with this focus, we welcome contributions on a wide variety of professional contexts and languages. Specifically, abstracts are invited for a 20-minute presentation on any of the following topics:
• Linguistic diversity in multilingual and international organizational environments
• Conversation/multimodal/discourse analysis of multilingual professional settings
• Linguistic landscaping in professional contexts (hospitals, public institutions, etc.)
• Linguistic diversity within diversity management
• Language policies and policymakers in professional settings
• Teaching foreign languages for professional purposes within linguistic diversity

Beiträge können bis 30. November 2023 unter linguistic_div@wu.ac.at eingereicht werden.

Nähere Informationen sowie den ausführlichen Call for Papers finden Sie auf der Tagungswebsite.