ECMI Q&A series
In our Q&A series we interview a wide range of experts in minority issues and explore diverse topics related to national minorities in Europe.
Q&A#6: What has changed since you published your study on Virtual Communities as Breathing Spaces?
In Q&A#6, ECMI consultant Dr. Craig Willis interviews Dr. Maggie Glass. Maggie is a lecturer in the Department of English Linguistics at TU Dortmund. Her research primarily focuses on minority language revitalisation through technology, with a special examination of language policy. Additionally, she co-created the ‘Virtual Communities as Breathing Spaces for Speakers of Minority Languages’ concept together with Dr. Guillem Belmar. Find out more about Dr. Maggie Glass and the study Belmar & Glass (2019). Many thanks to Thomas Roper for the voiceover.
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Q&A#5: What is the added value of census data for researchers interested in national minorities?
In Q&A#5, Aziz Berdiqulov, researcher at the ECMI, interviews Nevena Trnavčević. Nevena is a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Demography and a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade. Her research examines methodological challenges related to ethnicity data self-reported in official demographic statistics. She advocates for more rigorous approaches to ensure accurate representation of minority groups and to strengthen the reliable data foundation on which public policies are based. Find out more about Nevena Trnavčević.
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Q&A#4: What do you mean by the third sector of media creators and how can they relate to the other two?
In Q&A#4, Dr. Craig Willis, consultant at the ECMI, interviews Prof. Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones. Elin is a Professor of Linguistic Diversity and Creative Industries at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. She has worked in the field of European minority languages for three decades, focussing on media, the creative and cultural sectors, translation and language policy and practice. She is also current President of the European Language Equality Network and Governance and Civil Society Officer for the PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action. Find out more about Prof. Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones.
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Q&A#3: How does the Committee of Experts deal with Article 11 (ECRML) in its monitoring practices?
In Q&A#3, Dr. Craig Willis, consultant at ECMI, interviews Dr. Aleksandra Oszmianska-Pagett. Aleksandra is full-time lecturer on Language Policy and Linguistic Identity in the European Union at the Poznań College of Modern Languages. She has been the Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) since 2022, and member in respect of Poland since 2009. She currently also serves as the Policy Liaison in the PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action. Find out more about Dr. Aleksandra Oszmianska-Pagett
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Q&A#2: What are some of the greatest advantages that AI can offer in minority language contexts?
In Q&A#2, our colleague Dr. Pavlina Heinzova interviews Dr. Iria de Dios Flores. Dr. de Dios Flores is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). Her areas of expertise include artificial large language models (LLMs), their application in minority-language contexts, and creation and enhancement of LLMs in low-resource scenarios. She is also a proficient speaker of Galician and in her past projects she contributed to the development of language-centric AI tools for Galician language. Find out more about Dr. Iria de Dios Flores.
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Q&A#1: What are some of the greatest challenges that AI models pose to minority languages?
In Q&A#1, our colleague Dr. Pavlina Heinzova interviews Dr. Iria de Dios Flores. Dr. de Dios Flores is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). Her areas of expertise include artificial large language models (LLMs), their application in minority-language contexts, and creation and enhancement of LLMs in low-resource scenarios. She is also a proficient speaker of Galician and in her past projects she contributed to the development of language-centric AI tools for Galician language. Find out more about Dr. Iria de Dios Flores
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