Research Area
Active Research fields
Research interests
Sociolinguistics
Geolinguistics
Language and migration
Language teaching
Research projects of the last 5 years
2014-2015 (FEI, European Found Inclusion), I Saperi per l’inclusione (www.isaperi perlinclusione.it);
2016-2018 (FAMI- Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund -AMIF), La forza della lingua.
2011-2013 LLP GRUNDTVIG, “Learning for living” (Southern Regional College (Northern Ireland), Helsinki Deaconess Institute (Finland) and Cumbernauld College (Scotland);
2014-2018, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), VERBA ALPINA (Der alpine Kulturraum im Spiegel seiner Mehrsprachigkeit), (Coordinator: Thomas Krefeld, Stephan Lucke) (SCIENTIFIC BOARD) (www.verbaalpina.it)
2017-2018, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), The protective role of language in global migration and mobility: language policies and practices in refugee settings (Coordinator University of Reading (UK), Partner: Beirut (Lebanon), Palermo (Italy), Patras (Greek));
Collaborations
Active research
Geolinguistic Lab (server with computer workstations, dedicated software, audio entry, recording tools)
Archivio delle parlate siciliane (server with computer workstations, dedicated software, audio entry, recording tools)