Language, Policy and Planning

The Language, Policy and Planning PhD from Cardiff University is lead by the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit in the School of Welsh. Projects include international research on language policy and planning, language rights and politics, language variation and change, sociolinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism, and sociology of language.

The Language, Policy and Planning Language, Policy and Planning   programme from Cardiff University Cardiff University aims to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in language planning, media, government, teaching, management and research. We provide training and a high level of support to all students and the postgraduate community makes a vital contribution to the University’s international reputation for research.

Distinctive features

• Annual series of research seminars and conferences.

• Language Planning and Policy Research Unit.

• Opportunities to teach in the School and the Welsh Language Teaching Centre (Welsh for Adults).

• Collaborative research with several North American and European institutions, for instance in Canada and Ireland.

• Close links with the Welsh Government and other national institutions including the National History Museum, St. Fagans.

Research areas:

• language politics, activism and conflict resolution

• language rights and status

• language policy, governance and the State

• behaviour change

• linguistic diversity and multiculturalism

• sociolinguistic aspects of bilingualism, multilingualism, and second language acquisition

• language variation and change and dialectology