Multilingualism and diversity: Impact on education, health and society

A seminar series open to education practitioners, parents, students and members of the public who have an interest in multicultural diversity and inclusion.

This Knowledge Exchange series aims to bridge science with practice in education.

All talks are free of charge and will be on Zoom, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, London time.

Register for the seminar series.

Links to individual talks will be available after registration.

2022 / 23 programme

17 October 2022

• Socioeconomic disadvantages, multilingualism and resilience in school children - Professor Ianthi Tsimpli, Chair of English and Applied Linguistics (Cambridge University, UK).

14 November 2022

• Title tbc – Professor Kenneth Paap, Director of the Language, Attention and Cognitive Engineering (LACE) laboratory (San Francisco State University, USA).

12 December 2022

• Title tbc – Professor Gabriella Vigliocco, Director of the Language and Cognition laboratory (University College London, UK).

23 January 2023

• Title tbc – Professor Cathy Price, Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Neuroimaging at University College London.

20 February 2023

• Multilinguals’ language preference for communicating emotions – Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism – Birkbeck College, University of London.

20 March 2023

• Title tbc – Professor Jubin Abutalebi, Professor of Neuropsychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

24 April 2023

• Title tbc – Professor John Schwieter, Director of the Language Acquisition, Multilingualism and Cognition Lab – Wilfrid Laurier University - Canada.