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Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, hosted by Fryske Akademy.

The Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning (Mercator Research Centre in short) aims at the acquisition, circulation and application of knowledge. The Mercator Research Centre gathers and mobilises expertise in the field of language learning at school, at home and through cultural participation in favour of linguistic diversity of Europe. The Mercator Research Centre is an independent and recognised reference centre for policy makers and professional workers in the field of multilingual education and language learning. The Mercator Research Centre brings Europe to Fryslân and Fryslân to Europe.

26/10/2026

Are you looking for recommendations to support language-related decisions in vocational education? 🤔 If so, you might be interested in attending Gabriela Meier’s online Mercator Multilingualism Lecture. This researcher, affiliated with the University of Exeter, will be speaking on Thursday 26 November 2026 from 16:00 to 17:00 CET on ‘Multilingualism in vocational education and training (VET): An emerging field of inquiry’.

📅 THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
🕐 16:00–17:00 CET
📍 Online on Teams
🗣️ Language of the lecture is English
💰 Attendance is free but registration is required.
ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4sEtCoN

19/10/2026

📣 Multilingualism in vocational education: Mercator Multilingualism Lecture lecture with Gabriela Meier!

Every year, the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, part of the Fryske Akademy, organises the Mercator Multilingualism Lecture. This is a online lecture by a renowned researcher in the field of multilingualism and education. This year, Gabriela Meier (University of Exeter) has been invited as the speaker. The lecture will take place on 26 November at 4.00 pm CET.

🗓️ THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
⏰ 16:00–17:00 CET
📍 Online
🗨️ Language of the lecture is English
💰 Attendance is FREE but registration is required: https://forms.office.com/e/9FGEr0Qw6B

30/09/2026

𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗶𝘄𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝘂𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝟯 𝗼𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝘆𝗸𝘀
Wy sykje in entûsjaste studint dy't it nijsgjirrich fynt om mei te wurkjen oan wittenskiplike aktiviteiten en in grutte belangstelling hat foar de Fryske taal en taalkunde! Soe dit wat foar dy wêze kinne? 🥰
Reagearje dan dizze wike noch, de reaksjetermyn slút op 5 oktober.

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4AshXwF

30/09/2026

Have you registered yet for our free ‘𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗘𝗘: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿’ event at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden (NL) on Monday 19 October?

We look forward to seeing you there! 🤩

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3WHTHoL

29/09/2026

Yesterday, we were honoured to welcome Monika Ewa Stąpor (Oslo Metropolitan University). At the Fryske Akademy, she gave a talk on the theme ‘Bringing Home Languages to Light — Findings from a PhD project on Home Language Use and Support in Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC)’.

Monika Stąpor is an assistant professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Oslo Metropolitan University. Her research examines how children's home languages are supported and implemented in ECEC, foregrounding the perspectives of minority parents and professionals.

Thank you for sharing your interesting research with us, Monika! 👏

ℹ️ More information on Monika and her research: https://bit.ly/4ylcDtl

29/09/2026

🤔 𝗛𝗼𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗻 ú𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗶𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲? 𝗘𝗻 𝘄ê𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗗𝘂́𝘁𝘀𝗹â𝗻 𝗲𝗸 𝗙𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗸? 𝗛𝗼𝗲 𝗿û𝗸𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗹â𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮'𝘁 𝘄𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲?

🔭 Mar ek: reptielen, lânkaarten meitsje, skriuwe mei in guozzefear, wetterballet, robotfisken en f***e mear! Dit weekend (sneon 3 oktober) is it wer it Weekend van de Wetenschap. Proefkes dwaan, snuffelje, knutselje, bouwe, skriuwe... Fergees! In wykein fol wittenskip foar bern en harren âlden en pakes & beppes en wa't mar mei wol!

🐸 De iepening yn Ljouwert wurdt fersoarge troch Mátyás Bittenbinder (Klokhuis, Zin in Zappelin) mei in ferhaal oer '𝐆𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐤'.

Foar nijsgjirrige besikers fan alle leeftiden, fan 11:00 oere oant 16:00 oere yn Campus Fryslân (Beursgebou) oan de Wirdumerdyk yn Ljouwert! We sjogge jim dêr!

Programma: https://bit.ly/46UIuoO

📸Digidaan

28/09/2026

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺
Saturday 26 September is also known as the European Day of Languages. The European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (Europeesk Buro foar Lytse Talen (EBLT)) and the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning handed out ice creams on the streets of Leeuwarden that day to raise awareness of linguistic diversity. 😋

In less than two hours, Jan the Ice Cream Man handed out 176 ice creams to passers-by. 🍧 Whilst they enjoyed strawberry or vanilla ice cream, a conversation arose about languages and multilingualism: which languages do you actually speak? Did you know that about each other as friends? What’s your favourite word? What are the benefits of multilingualism?

Yung Frysk was also there to film the whole event. The result can be found on their Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/). Yung Frysk is a language promotion project run by Afûk and Omrop Fryslân to get young people aged between 16 and 22 excited about Frisian and to encourage them to use Frisian in everyday life.

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4xMLpLa

24/09/2026

𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗷𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝘂𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗮𝗿 𝟯 𝗼𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝘆𝗸𝘀 (𝗺𝗲𝗶 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴)
De Fryske Akademy siket in studintfrijwilliger dy't helpe wol by de organisaasje fan de Dei fan de Fryske Taalkunde, oare aktiviteiten fan it Taalkundich Netwurk en de redaksje fan 'Frisistyk.nl'.

Do...
🔴 ...bist studint oan in universiteit (Bachelor of Master);
🟡 ...hast belangstelling foar de Fryske taal en taalkunde;
🔵 ...hâldst fan organisearjen en gearwurkjen;
🟣 ...hast treflike kommunikative feardichheden (mûnling en skriftlik) yn sawol Frysk, Nederlânsk as Ingelsk.

De funksje is foar ien kolleezjejier. Nei ôfrin fan it kolleezjejier einiget de funksje yn prinsipe. De funksje wurdt dêrnei op 'e nij iepensteld, sadat ek oare studinten de kâns krije om ûnderfining op te dwaan binnen de Fryske Akademy.

Lês de folsleine fakatuere hjir: https://bit.ly/4AshXwF
Reagearje kin oant 5 oktober 2026.

24/09/2026

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿: a day filled with inspiration and insights on reading and multilingualism in young children!

🔬 Many children in Europe grow up in a multilingual environment, surrounded by minority, majority, refugee, and migrant languages. This brings unique challenges for parents, caregivers, and teachers. The Reading as a Superpower event explores how these challenges surface across various European countries and dives into how we can best support multilingual children and their full repertoire of languages.

🌍 The event will showcase some of latest insights into research regarding multilingual literacy as well as creative examples from practice, with speakers from Ireland, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

👋 The event is for anyone who has an interest in children’s multilingual language learning or a passion for storytelling or reading with children. Library staff, language policy officers, linguistics and pedagogy students, parents and caregivers, and any other interested parties are welcome to join the event!

📆 Go to https://bit.ly/3WHTHoL to register - we hope to see you on Monday 19 October in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden!

07/09/2026

The Dutch Provincie Fryslân, home to the Mercator European Research Centre, is increasingly establishing itself as a leading European region in the fields of innovation, sustainability and circular economy. The new edition of the provincial newsletter on European partnerships also features an article about our Erasmus+ project, ‘Read with MEE!’ 😃

ℹ️ You can read it here: https://publicaties.fryslan.frl/europa/nieuwsbrief-september-2026/

Meertaligheid & Geletterdheid
Trinity College Dublin
Fryske Akademy

Adres

Leeuwarden
8911DX

Telefoon

+31582131414

Website

http://www.mercator-research.eu/

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