# PLURILINGMEDIA - COST Action CA23105

> Language Plurality in Europe’s Changing Media Sphere


## Posts

- [Short-Term Scientific Mission in Gaillimh/Galway](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/short-term-scientific-mission-in-gaillimh-galway/): Last week, PLURILINGMEDIA members Sebastian Müller (Trier University; Romanistik Universität Trier) and Lexi Dawn Halász (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya; UIC Barcelona) undertook a Short-Term Scientific Mission at the University of Galway, hosted by Dr. Verena Platzgummer (School of languages, Literatures and cultures). Over the course of the week, the three developed a comparative analysis of how learners create content in minoritised languages on TikTok, how their legitimacy as learners and that of minoritised languages as objects of language learning are negotiated in the comments. The researchers focused on three languages they are learning themselves respectively: Catalan for Lexi, Irish for Verena […]
- [Education and Training of Minority Language Journalists: WG4 Policy Workshop in Helsinki](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/education-and-training-of-minority-language-journalists-plurilingmedia-workshop-in-helsinki/): On 2–3 June 2026, members of PLURILINGMEDIA Working Group 4 met at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki for a policy workshop on the education and training of minority language journalists. The two-day event brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss current challenges, exchange experiences from different linguistic contexts and develop recommendations for future policy action. The workshop combined presentations, group discussions and visits to key media and language policy institutions in Finland. Participants visited Yle, Finland’s public service broadcaster, and Folktinget, where they met Anna Jungner-Nordgren, chair of the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD). […]
- [2nd PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference: Minority Language Media and Journalism](https://plurilingmedia.eu/events/2nd-plurilingmedia-general-conference/): The second PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference will take place in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on 7–9 April 2027.
- [Call for Papers: Minority Language Media and Language Vitality](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/call-for-papers-minority-language-media-and-language-vitality/): PLURILINGMEDIA invites contributions to a new edited volume on the relationship between minority language media and language vitality. The publication aims to advance the discussion on how media can support speakers of lesser-used languages and contribute to language maintenance, revitalisation and development in contemporary societies. The volume will explore the role of different types of media – including traditional media, digital platforms and social media – in shaping language use, literacy, community building and collective identity. It also seeks to address broader questions concerning language attitudes, representation, language planning and the impact of new technologies on minority and minoritised languages. A […]
- [Looking back: PLURILINGMEDIA's Second Training School in Fiume/Rijeka](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/looking-back-plurilingmedias-second-training-school-in-fiume-rijeka/):   From 18 to 20 May 2026, PLURILINGMEDIA held its second Training School, “Linguistic Plurality in Media: International and National Legal Frameworks,” hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Rijeka. Organised by Working Group 2, the event was arranged in collaboration with the Faculty’s Chair of European Public Law and Chair of Foreign Languages, under the leadership of Prof. Vesna Crnić. Bringing together 16 early-career researchers, students, and media practitioners, the Training School opened with an informal gathering on the evening of 17 May, followed by three full days of lectures and workshops. Over the following days, participants […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA workshop explores minority language media audiences](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-workshop-explores-minority-media-audiences/): The PLURILINGMEDIA policy workshop, held on 27–28 April 2026 at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe (University of Galway), was organised by Working Group 1 and brought together researchers, media practitioners and policymakers to examine how changing consumption habits are reshaping minority language media across Europe. It also offered an opportunity to engage directly with the Irish context. Discussions focused on multilingual audiences and evolving media practices, combining perspectives from Irish-language media with broader European experiences. Topics included minority language broadcasting, the digital audiences of minority language newspapers and their cross-border relevance, as well as developments in audiovisual content such as subtitling. Particular attention […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA members at the 5th Language Policy Forum in Madrid](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-members-at-the-5th-language-policy-forum-in-madrid/): On 22–23 April 2026, several members of the PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action participated in the 5th Language Policy Forum, hosted by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The conference brought together researchers from across the field of language policy, covering a wide range of topics, from education to multilingual governance. Within this diverse programme, PLURILINGMEDIA members contributed perspectives on minority language media, linguistic justice and digital communication. Noémi Nagy presented her paper (co-authored with Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed) on how legal definitions shape access to minority language media across Europe and Latin America. Her talk highlighted how categories such as “minority” and “indigenous” influence which […]
- [Call for Papers: The regulation of minority language media](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/call-for-papers-the-regulation-of-minority-language-media/): PLURILINGMEDIA invites contributions to a new edited volume on the regulation of minority language media. The publication will explore how legal and policy frameworks shape the development, visibility and sustainability of minority language media across sectors such as broadcasting, film, creative industries and digital platforms. Bringing together both conceptual and case study-based perspectives, the volume aims to critically assess existing regulatory approaches and identify key challenges affecting linguistic plurality. Particular attention will be paid to ongoing transformations in the media landscape, including the role of streaming platforms, technological change and emerging regulatory gaps. Contributions from a range of disciplines – including […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA Ad Hoc Committee on AI: introducing the members](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-ad-hoc-committee-on-ai-introducing-the-members/): Following an open call in late 2025, the PLURILINGMEDIA Ad Hoc Committee on AI on Artificial Intelligence has been established, bringing together experts from a range of linguistic contexts across Europe. Led by Jelske Dijkstra of Mercator and the Fryske Akademy in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, the committee includes seven additional members. The group now meets monthly online to exchange expertise and to advise the Action on the relationship between AI and media in minoritised language settings. The members of the committee – and their linguistic contexts of expertise – are: Jelske Dijkstra – Frisian Antra Kļavinska – Latgalian Claudia Borg – Maltese Enrique […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA Vice-Chair, Lara Sorgo, invited to Slovenian national COST event](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-vice-chair-lara-sorgo-invited-to-slovenian-national-cost-event/): PLURILINGMEDIA’s Vice-Chair, Lara Sorgo of the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana, was invited to present our Action at a national information event in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 20th January 2026. The COST Action focused event was organised within the framework of the ROAD3P project, in cooperation with the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation. The event highlighted the opportunities offered by the COST programme for researchers and featured contributions from the National COST Coordinator and Contact Point. In her role as Vice-Chair of the Action, Lara presented the achievements and activities of PLURILINGMEDIA’s […]
- [In conversation with Ned Thomas about Cymraeg/Welsh and its media landscape](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/in-conversation-with-ned-thomas-about-cymraeg-welsh-and-its-media-landscape/): Ned Thomas is a well-known activist for Cymraeg, the Welsh language. At the PLURILINGMEDIA Training School, which took place from 15 to 17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth, he spoke about developments in the Cymraeg/Welsh media landscape – and also about his own role in shaping it. The interview is now available to watch on YouTube. It was conducted by Prof Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Governance and Civil Society Officer of PLURILINGMEDIA.   https://youtu.be/wU62XjIqEC4
- [First PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference held in Warsaw](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/first-plurilingmedia-general-conference-held-in-warsaw/): The first PLURILINGMEDIA general conference, Media and Language Vitality, took place on 4–5 December 2025 at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Over two intensive days at the Staszic Palace, researchers and practitioners explored how media practices shape the vitality and future of minoritised and regional languages. The conference opened with remarks from Nicole Dołowy and Craig Willis, followed by a keynote address by Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones on resilience, rights and revitalisation, and on what contemporary media developments reveal about the prospects for linguistic diversity. Across six parallel sessions, participants addressed themes including […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA publishes its first annual report](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-publishes-its-first-annual-report/): PLURILINGMEDIA has released its Year 1 Report, providing a clear overview of the network’s achievements since its launch in October 2024. The report charts the Action’s rapid expansion to almost 300 Working Group members from around 45 states and highlights its strong performance on COST’s excellence and inclusiveness goals. It also documents a busy first year of activities, including Working Group meetings across Europe, the kick-off event in Brussels, and the first Training School on minority language journalism held in Aberystwyth in September 2025. Furthermore, the publication outlines PLURILINGMEDIA’s growing communications and outreach work. Looking ahead, the report sets out plans […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA Training School #2](https://plurilingmedia.eu/events/plurilingmedia-training-school-2/): Training School #2 “Linguistic Plurality in Media: International and National Legal Frameworks” is arranged by Working Group 2 “Legislation and Standards”. It will take place from 18 to 20 May 2026 in Rijeka.
- [Looking back: PLURILINGMEDIA’s Training School in Aberystwyth](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/looking-back-plurilingmedias-training-school-in-aberystwyth/): From 15 to 17 September 2025, PLURILINGMEDIA held its first Training School in Aberystwyth, hosted in collaboration with the Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Bringing together early-career researchers, students and media practitioners from across Europe, the event focused on journalism in minority languages through a packed programme of lectures, workshops, field visits and networking activities. Over three days, participants explored both theoretical and practical perspectives – from the history and future of minority language media to the challenges of digital transition, sports coverage and online content for younger audiences. Sessions […]
- [Call for Expressions of Interest: Membership in the AI Committee of PLURILINGMEDIA](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/call-for-expressions-of-interest-membership-in-the-ai-committee-of-plurilingmedia/): The AI committee of PLURILINGMEDIA will examine the role of AI within each of the foci of the WGs, and develop recommendations to promote linguistic diversity in AI used in media domains.
- [Five PLURILINGMEDIA STSMs completed during September 2025](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/five-plurilingmedia-stsms-completed-during-september-2025/): As we come towards the end of the first grant period of the PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action, several more grantees have been undertaking travel through our funding. This includes five Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) during the month of September, taking our grantees to Bilbao, Dortmund, Warsaw, Tallinn and Poznan. Below, we detail the grantees and their research focus.   Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed: Working Group 1 Vice-Leader, based at Cardiff University Enrique visited the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, under the supervision of WG2 Leader Miren Manias-Munoz and explored a ‘Wales-Basque Country collaboration’ between the two PLURILINGMEDIA leaders. Mirela Alhasani: MC member […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA at the Congress of the European Society of Translation](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-at-the-congress-of-the-european-society-of-translation/): Cláudia Martins attended the 11th Congress of the European Society of Translation in Leeds in July 2025, thanks to the Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) Conference Grant awarded by PLURILINGMEDIA. Here she shares some of her impressions. The European Society of Translation (EST) is one of the major associations for translation and interpreting scholars that organises a conference every 3 years. The 11th Congress was held at the University of Leeds and focused on the changing faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies. According to EST, the congress hosted 50 thematic panels and a general panel stream, with nearly 600 in-person presentations, posters, […]
- [Analysing hate speech towards minorities: Adrian Borka’s Short-Term Scientific Mission](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/analysing-hate-speech-towards-minorities-adrian-borkas-short-term-scientific-mission/): As part of the COST Action PLURILINGMEDIA, Adrian Borka carried out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana from 25 to 30 August 2025. The main interest of this STSM was to analyse hate speech towards national minorities in media in Slovenia. During his stay, Adrian Borka met with experts and representatives from several key institutions, including the Institute for Ethnic Studies, the Peace Institute, the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana, Radiotelevizija Slovenija and the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia. Through interviews and discussions, he explored questions such as: […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA members at NordMedia conference in Odense](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-members-at-nordmedia-conference-in-odense/): Four of PLURILINGMEDIA’s Management Committee members participated in the NordMedia conference held in Odense, Denmark earlier this month. After establishing a ‘temporary working group’ on Media and Linguistic Minorities, Maarit Jaakkola, Sergiusz Bober, Johann Roppen and Jenny Stenberg-Sirén organised three panel sessions throughout the conference. The four also held a business meeting during the conference programme, providing an opportunity to also introduce PLURILINGMEDIA to interested conference participants and discuss future cooperation around the topic of media and linguistic minorities in Nordic settings. Sergiusz Bober, in his role as Publications Manager, highlighted the future publishing plans of the Action and how new […]
- [PLURILINGMEDIA at ICCEES](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/plurilingmedia-at-iccees/): Aziz Berdiqulov attended the ICCEES XI World Congress in London in July 2025, thanks to the Young Researcher and Innovator Conference awarded by the PLURILINGMEDIA. He shared some of his impressions. The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) is one of the major platforms for researchers working on Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Baltic states to present their work. The ICCEES 2025 World Congress took place at University College London. Titled “Disruption”, the Congress aimed to address the changes and ruptures happening in the regions covered by the ICEESS and to facilitate knowledge exchange on how […]
- [Strong PLURILINGMEDIA presence at the 20th International Conference on Minority Languages in Bogotá](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/strong-plurilingmedia-presence-at-the-20th-international-conference-on-minority-languages-in-bogota/): The 20th edition of the International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML) saw it leave Europe for the first time, held at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotá between June 24th and 27th, under the Chairship of PLURILINGMEDIA’s Working Group 1 Vice-Leader, Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed. As the leading conference in its field, it is a desirable event for any researcher working on regional or minority languages and thus there were many PLURILINGMEDIA members in attendance. Due to this prominence, the ICML was identified as a priority for PLURILINGMEDIA grants and we were able to fund 6 members to attend: Laure Rutagengwa, Elin […]
- [Insights from a Short-Term Scientific Mission in Budapest](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/insights-from-a-short-term-scientific-mission-in-budapest/): Miren Manias Muñoz was given the opportunity to undertake a Short-Term Scientific Mission at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest through PLURILINGMEDIA.
- [Reflecting on ASN 2025 at Columbia University](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/reflecting-on-asn-2025-at-columbia-university/): Karolina Lendák-Kabók was awarded an ICT Conference Grant by PLURILINGMEDIA, enabling her to attend the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) convention in New York.
- [1st PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference: Media and Language Vitality](https://plurilingmedia.eu/events/1st-plurilingmedia-general-conference/): The first PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference will take place in Warsaw on 4–5 December 2025. The main theme of the conference is ‘Media and Language Vitality’, reflecting the role of Working Group 3 as the lead organisers. It will be hosted by the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences under the leadership of WG3 Leader Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska and Vice-Leader Sanita Martena. Registration is free of charge and presenting participants will have their costs reimbursed, as per COST rules.
- [PLURILINGMEDIA Ysgol Hyfforddi | Training School #1](https://plurilingmedia.eu/events/1st-plurilingmedia-training-school/): The first PLURILINGMEDIA Training School will take place from 15 to 17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth, Wales, in collaboration with the University Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Organised by Working Group 4 (Journalism), the Training School will offer early-career researchers, students, and media practitioners the opportunity to explore journalism in minority languages through a programme of lectures, workshops, field visits, and networking events.  The programme covers theoretical and practical perspectives and includes contributions from professional journalists and case studies from various European minority contexts. English will be the language of instruction.
- [What happened so far](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/what-happened-so-far/): As we launch our brand-new website, it’s time to look back at PLURILINGMEDIA's first steps.
- [Regionaluos volūdys i medeji Eiropys kulturtelpā –  PLURILINGMEDIA goes to Latgale](https://plurilingmedia.eu/news/regionaluos-voludys-i-medeji-eiropys-kulturtelpa/): 3. i 4. aprelī Rēzeknē sasatyka pietnīki nu COST projekta PLURILINGMEDIA, lai īsapazeitu ar Latgolys kulturtelpu, latgalīšu volūdys lītuojumu kasdīnā i medejūs. Ar Latgolys regionu kūpumā īpazeistynuoja Sanita Martena, ar medeju i žurnalistu dorbu latgalīšu volūdys styprynuošonai – Edeite Laime. Par latgalīšu volūdu, medejim i pietnīceibu pastuosteja Sandra Sprudzāne. Projekta daleibnīkim nu taidom valstim kai Pūleja, Angleja, Norvegeja, Zvīdreja, Sloveneja i Niderlande beja īspieja saleidzynuot latgalīšu volūdys dzeivuotspieju ar cytom Eiropys regionalojom i minoritašu volūdom. *** On 3 and 4 April, representatives of the COST project PLURILINGMEDIA gathered in Rēzekne to familiarise themselves with Latgale’s cultural landscape, the everyday use of […]

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- [Our Network](https://plurilingmedia.eu/about/our-network/): Creating an interdisciplinary network on language plurality in Europe’s changing media sphere The PLURILINGMEDIA network brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers from different disciplines and specialisations, united in the aim of strengthening minority and regional languages and their media. Our network is about sharing expertise, best practice and making connections. Please feel free to get in touch with the members of our network. Would you like to meet our 200+ members? See our list of members Would you like to become a member? Join one of our working groups How to become a member? Anyone who signs up for a working […]
- [Easy to read: About our project](https://plurilingmedia.eu/about/plurilingmedia-in-easy-language/): What is Plurilingmedia? Plurilingmedia is the name of our project. Plurilingmedia is the study of media that is created in different languages.   Media can be books, TV, radio, newspapers and social media, like Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok or X.   Plurilingmedia is a big group of people that come from different countries. These people are working together to support media created in regional and minority languages.   Regional and minority languages are not spoken by many people, but they are still important to people and their communities.   Plurilingmedia is getting funding from the European Union, from the European Cooperation […]
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