Individual Research Projects (IRPs = PhD positions) in the MultiLAwa DN-JD
The individual research projects of MultiLAwa are organised in four scientific work packages (WP):
WP1: Multilingual communication and resources in the Digital Age: discourses, practices, stereotypes (Lead: University of Mannheim; Co-Lead: University of Zurich)
WP2: Dynamisms of language policy: Enhancing Language Awareness in Europe (Lead: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Co-Lead: Charles University)
WP3: Future lexicographic and terminological resources in the context of Languages for Specific Purposes (Lead: University of Milan; Co-Lead: Nova University of Lisbon)
WP4: Language learning and plurilingualism in the era of GenAI (Lead: University of Copenhagen; Co-Lead: University of Mannheim)
IRP = Individual Research Project; DC = Doctoral Candidate
IRP1 / DC1: Discourses on Language Awareness and Pluri-/Multilingualism in Digital Society: A Meta-pragmatic Analysis
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP1, with connections to WP2 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich(UZH) and University of Warsaw (UW)
Recruiting University: UZH (Switzerland – Country correction coefficient: 163,80%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Ewa Żebrowska
Planned Secondment: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS – Germany)
IRP 2 / DC2: Language Ideologies in Industry, Science and Politics
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP1, with connections to WP2, WP3 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Zurich (UZH) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Recruiting University: UZH (Switzerland – Country correction coefficient: 163,80%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Noah Bubenhofer, Prof. Florence Oloff
Planned Secondment: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI – Germany)
IRP 3 / DC3: Multilingual digital practices and digital literacy: Designing and using digital applications in the workplace and higher
education
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP1, with connections to WP2 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Recruiting University: UMA (Germany – Country correction coefficient: 101,20%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Florence Oloff, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondments: Univerbal (UVB – Switzerland), University of Copenhagen (UCPH, Denmark)
IRP4 / DC4: Stereotyped language related to gender, race and ethnicity in digital dictionaries and thesauri
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP1, with connections to WP2 and WP3
Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Recruiting University: UL (France – Country correction coefficient: 118,10%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck
Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Ordbogen (ORBG – Denmark)
IRP 5 / DC5: Multilingual gender fairness in AI-generated texts
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP1, with connections to WP3 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Université de Lorraine (UL)
Recruiting University: UCPH (Denmark – Country correction coefficient: 132,80%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Mirjam Schmuck, Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin
Planned Secondments: Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET-AI – Germany), Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS – Germany)
IRP6 / DC6: Language policy on the European level: Language Awareness and digitality from a discourse analytical approach
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP2, with connections to WP1, WP3 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University of Vienna (UNIVIE)
Recruiting University: FAU (Germany – Country correction coefficient: 101,20%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier, Prof. Eva Vetter
Planned Secondment: Charles University (CU – Czech Republic)
IRP7 / DC7: Language policies in France, Germany and Luxembourg: A Multidimensional Comparative Analysis of Institutional Actors and Critical Multilingual Language Awareness
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP2, with connections to WP1 and WP3
Joint Doctorate: Université de Lorraine (UL) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Recruiting University: UL (France – Country correction coefficient: 118,10%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Hélène Vinckel-Roisin, Prof. Henning Lobin
Planned Secondments: Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS – Germany), Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch (ZLS – Luxembourg)
IRP8 / DC8: Promoting culture and identity-building in digital contexts: Focus on indigenous regional and minority languages
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP2, with connections to WP1 and WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Warsaw (UW) and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Recruiting University: UW (Poland – Country correction coefficient: 74,10%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Ewa Žebrowska, Prof. Ludwig Fesenmeier
Planned Secondments: Ministère de la Culture (MC / DGLFLF – France), UNESCO (France)
IRP 9 / DC9: Conception of a specialised multilingual multimedia lexicographic information system for tourism language
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP3, with connections to WP1 and WP2
Joint Doctorate: University of Innsbruck (UIBK) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Recruiting University: UIBK (Austria – Country correction coefficient: 109,70%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Laura Giacomini, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondments: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW – Germany), Interhome Group (IHG – Italy)
IRP 10 / DC10: Dataset and technical design of specialised multilingual lexicographic information systems for circular economy
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP3, with connections to WP1 and WP2
Joint Doctorate: Nova University Lisbon (NOVA) and University of Milan (UNIMI)
Recruiting University: NOVA (Portugal – Country correction coefficient: 93,70%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Rute Costa, Prof. Carolina Flinz
Planned Secondment: Dudenverlag (DUD – Germany)
IRP 11 / DC11: Enhancing Language Awareness in Fintech: Terminology Translation and Harmonisation towards Cross-Cultural
Communication
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP3, with connections to WP1
Joint Doctorate: University of Milan (UNIMI) and Nova University Lisbon (NOVA)
Recruiting University: UNIMI (Italy – Country correction coefficient: 95,30%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Fabio Mollica, Prof. Rute Costa
Planned Secondment: Swiss National Bank (SNB – Switzerland)
IRP 12 / DC12: Students’ language learning motivation from a Critical Language Awareness perspective
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP4
Joint Doctorate: University of Mannheim (UMA) and University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Recruiting University: UMA (Germany – Country correction coefficient: 101,20%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé, Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen
Planned Secondments: UNESCO (France), Observatoire Européen du Plurilinguisme (OEP – France)
IRP 13 / DC13: Migration languages in foreign language education in the era of GenAI
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP4, with connections to WP1 and WP2
Joint Doctorate: University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and University of Mannheim (UMA)
Recruiting University: UCPH (Denmark – Country correction coefficient: 132,80%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Ass. Prof. Petra Daryai-Hansen, Prof. Johannes Müller-Lancé
Planned Secondment: Ernst Klett Verlag (EKV – Germany)
IRP 14 / DC14: Language Awareness and communicative ability through exposure: data-driven approaches with corpora and GenAI
Duration: 36 months – 1 Nov. 2026 – 31 Oct. 2029
Implemented in WP4, with connections to WP1 and WP2
Joint Doctorate: University of Vienna (UNIVIE) and Université de Lorraine (UL)
Recruiting University: UNIVIE (Austria – Country correction coefficient: 109,70%) – 1 doctoral contract for the full 36-month period of the IRP
Academic co-supervisors: Prof. Eva Vetter, Prof. Alex Boulton
Planned Secondment: Lexical Computing (LC – Czech Republic)
