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 Uribe Jongbloed – Welsh
- Giuanna Caviezel – Romansh
- Maggie Glass – Irish
- Piotr Szatkowski – Kashubian/Masurian
- Vicent Partal – Catalan
So far, the group has held three online meetings – in January, February and March – during which each member presented their background and relevant experience or research. In the coming months, the committee will invite external experts to contribute in specific areas, before compiling a report for the Action later in 2026. Further updates will be provided, with online webinars for members also planned.
Photo by Markus Winkler
Speakers
Craig Willis
Dr. Craig Willis is a researcher at the European Centre for Minority Issues) and has recently completed his PhD at the Europa-Universität Flensburg with a dissertation titled 'Purpose and Challenges of Minority Language Media. His research focuses broadly on minority language communities, in the context of media but also in activism and civil society. He is the Action Chair of the COST Action 'Language Plurality in Europe's Changing Media Sphere' (PLURILINGMEDIA) which will run until 2028.
Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones
Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones is Professor of Linguistic Diversity and Creative Industries, and Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies at the Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She is also the current President of the European Language Equality Network. Professor Jones has worked in the field of European minority languages for three decades, focusing on media, the creative and cultural sectors, translation and language policy and practice. She is also a founder member of the Mercator Network and has written several reports for the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Enrique Uribe-Jonbgbloed
Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed holds a BA in Film and TV Studies from the National University of Colombia, an MA in World Heritage Studies from BTU Cottbus, and a PhD in Media Studies from Aberystwyth University, where he researched identity negotiations in minority language media in Wales and Colombia. He has taught at several Colombian universities and since 2018 has been researcher and lecturer at Universidad Externado de Colombia, where he heads the Recasens Research Group in Communication. His teaching spans comics, audiovisual culture and research methodology. He has served on the selection committee of the India Catalina Awards (2016–2020) and as external evaluator for the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and South Africa’s National Research Foundation. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Media Cymru project.
Guto Rhun
Guto Rhun is currently working as Young Audiences Commissioner at S4C. In this role, he is responsible for developing and commissioning a wide range of content for S4C’s 16-25-year-old audience. One of his primary responsibilities is Hansh, S4C’s online youth Service. He is currently developing Hansh to be a hub for long-form entertainment formats, scripted comedy and drama, and the place to be for emerging talent.
Gwyn Nissen
Gwyn Nissen is a journalist from the German minority in Southern Denmark with over 40 years’ experience in local and regional media. After starting at Der Nordschleswiger, he spent more than two decades at Jydske Tidende/JydskeVestkysten (now JFM Medier), later became editor-in-chief and CEO of Dansk Transport Forlag, and since 2013 has led Der Nordschleswiger. He has managed editorial teams for more than 30 years and has driven the paper’s digital transformation since 2016, introducing new formats such as video, podcasts and social media.
Iolo Cheung
BBC Cymru
Jakob Volgger
Jakob Volgger is a junior researcher at the Center for Autonomy Experience of Eurac Research. His work there focuses on issues related to autonomy and minority protection in South Tyrol. As part of his activities for the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS), he also studies the topic of minority language media. He is a member of the research network PLURILINGMEDIA.
Jenny Stenberg-Sirén
Dr Jenny Stenberg-Sirén works as a University Lecturer in Journalism and as Vice Rector for societal impact and public engagement at the Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research combines studies of media and journalism with language, with a special focus on minority language media, making her one of the few experts on the Finland Swedish media market. In addition to her research and international networks, her expertise builds on her close connection to the media field, her background as a news journalist and on her extensive teaching of courses in Journalism. She is frequently interviewed by media and commissioned for reports and analysis about media issues. She is leader of Working Group 4 Journalism in Plurilingmedia.
Ned Thomas
Ned Thomas has had a varied career as a writer and journalist, academic and publisher, language activist and researcher in the field of European minorities. He was one of the founders of the Mercator Network and its first director in Wales. He was a member of the drafting committee of the Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights. He received an Honorary Degree from the Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity Saint David and is a Fellow of the Coleg Cymraeg Cened-laethol and of the Learned Society of Wales. He received the Blue Robe of the Gorsedd at the 2018 National Eisteddfod.
Orsolya Bukovinszky-Csáki (Sarány)
Orsolya Bukovinszky-Csáki (Sarány) is a journalist and PhD student from the Hungarian minority in Romania. She studied Communication and PR, Media Communication, Diplomacy and Intercultural Studies, and is completing her PhD at the Doctoral School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Debrecen. Her research focuses on Hungarian-language print media in Transylvania, the role of local and rural media, and their influence on Romanian–Hungarian relations. Since 2016 she has worked for several Hungarian-language outlets in Romania and is currently employed at Székely Konyha és Kert magazine. She is a member of the Hungarian Journalists’ Association of Romania, serving on its Board of Directors, and also works at the WAC – Centre for Regional and Anthropological Research, contributing to various projects.
