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The Role of Language in Challenging Times: Minority, Majority and Educational spectives

Welcome to the next national symposium for ASLA, the Swedish Association of Applied Linguistics, which will be held on 7–8 maj 2026 hosted by the Department of Language Studies.

Plenary speakers: TBA

Important dates

15 June 2025: Submission of abstracts begins  
1 October 2025: Final day for submission of abstracts  
15 December 2025: Decision on abstracts sent by this date  
1 January 2026: Conference registration begins  
1 March 2026: Final day for Early bird registration  
1 April 2026: Final day for registration  
7–8 May 2026: ASLA Symposium takes place  

Organising Committee

Natalia Ringblom Associate professor
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+46 90 786 59 35
Carla Jonsson Professor
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+46 90 786 61 96
Maria Levlin Associate professor
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+46 90 786 90 94
Linda Sandström Assistant professor
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+46 90 786 90 17
Jenny Bergström Associate professor
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+46 90 786 73 94
Yvonne Knospe Associate professor
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+46 90 786 76 35
Sandra Lundström Communications officer
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+46 90 786 60 83
Magnus Haney Doctoral student
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+46 90 786 54 87
Paiwei Qin Postdoctoral fellow
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+46 90 786 91 22
Lieuwe Jan Hettema Doctoral student
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+46 90 786 73 56

ASLA – The Swedish Association for Applied Linguistics

ASLA is the Swedish branch of the international association of applied linguistics, AILA (Association internationale de linguistique appliquée). ASLA’s aim is to promote research concerning practical problems to do with language, facilitate contacts between language researchers in Sweden and other countries and encourage participation in AILA’s research networks.

Latest update: 2025-05-27