Response: Research in languages, societies and cultures

Wren-Owens, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-4482 2023. Response: Research in languages, societies and cultures. Languages, Society & Policy

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Writing on behalf of the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) in my capacity as Vice-Chair (Research), I very much welcome the reports of the three Fellows of the AHRC Future of Languages scheme. They shine an important light on the current research landscape and its relationship to internal and external stakeholders. Building on this, they also indicate some of the research needs and gaps, as well as potential underdeveloped areas and new directions of research, as articulated by researchers and by other stakeholders who informed the Fellows’ studies. This collaborative approach of the Fellows, engaging with individuals and institutions beyond the academy, is itself a marker of the way languages research can and does make a contribution to the daily lived experience of many people. Their reports highlight ways that languages research could expand still further its impact on policy and communities, whilst also outlining some of the obstacles to realising these new research directions. This gives us a clear starting point to begin thinking about how we overcome such barriers to enable new research landscapes to thrive.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
ISSN:	2515-3854
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 June 2023
Date of Acceptance:	2 May 2023
Last Modified:	30 Nov 2024 06:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/160413

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