Research projects (past and present)
Here you can find a list of projects around plurilingual (or multilingual) living.
I will update it regularly. If you want me to add your project or a project you consider important, please mail me at info@UtesInternationalLounge.com or leave a comment with the name and link to the project site in the comments.
EU Projects
Belgium
Groupe de recherche sur le plurilinguisme de Namur
Germany
DAIMLER BENZ STIFTUNG
Sprachstandsermittlung bei Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund
DUISBURG/ESSEN
DuEPublico
UNI ERFURT
Language Acquisition and Multilingualism
KONSTANZ
Italy
BOLZANO
EURAC (Istituto di Linguistica Applicata)
CATANIA
Il Centro di Ricerca Interuniversitario POLYPHONIE – Ricerche su plurilinguismo, creatività e scrittura
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO
UDINE
Centro Internazionale sul Plurilinguismo
Luxembourg
UNIVERSITÉ DE LUXEMBOURG
Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung
Netherlands
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
The Effects of Multilingualism
UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN
AThEMEAdvancing the European Multilingual Experience
UNIVERSITY OF NIJMEGEN
Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Multilingualism
UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Norway
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ OG NTNU I TRONDHEIM
FLERE SPRÅK TIL FLERE
THE CENTER FOR MULTILINGUALISM IN SOCIETY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (MULTILING) IS A RESEARCH CENTER FINANCED BY THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY AS A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
MULTIFAM: FAMILY LANGUAGE POLICY IN MULTILINGUAL TRANSCULTURAL FAMILIES
LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN MIGRANT NARRATIVES (SKI) (COMPLETED)
Switzerland
PLURILINGUISMO IN SVIZZERA
UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
Sprachlernmechanismen bei ein- und mehrsprachigen Kindern
Spracherwerb: Erwerbssequenzen und Mechanismen des Erstsprachenerwerbs und der frühen Mehrsprachigkeit
Urbane Mehrsprachigkeit in der Schweiz: Kommunikative Praktiken und Spracheinstellungen
BERN
Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
UNIVERSITÉ FRIBOURG / UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG
Departement für Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung und Fremdsprachendidaktik
Institut für Mehrsprachigkeit
Mandats de Recherche
Portail Plurilingue (de l’Université de Fribourg)
Recherche du centre scientifique de compétence sur le plurilinguisme
PÄDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH
Datenbank Mehrsprachigkeit
United Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR
Centre of Research on Bilingualism
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Center for Research in Language Development throughout the Lifespan
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UNIVERSITY OF READING
Centre of Literacy and Multilingualism
ESRC PROJECT
USA
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
The Center for Language Science
Ute Limacher-Riebold
Ute Limacher-Riebold, PhD, is the founder of Multilingual-Families.com and Owner of Ute’s International Lounge & Academy.
She empowers internationals to maintain their languages and cultures effectively while embracing new ones whilst living “abroad”.
She grew up with multiple languages, holds a PhD in Romance Studies and has worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich (Department of Italian Historical Linguistics). She taught Italian historical linguistics, researched Italian dialects and minority languages, and contributed to and led various academic projects.
Driven by her passion for successful language development and maintenance, and personal experiences with language shifts, Ute supports multilingual families worldwide in nurturing their languages and cultural identities in the most effective and healthy way.
