Basque Country

Bilingualism Matters opened in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country (Spain), in March 2015 as part of the EU funded AThEME project . The branch is hosted by the Bilingual Mind Group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The Basque Country branch aims to share evidence-based information about multilingualism through outreach work and dissemination of research results, allowing people to make informed-decisions about bilingualism in their personal and professional lives.

Edinburgh & Online
26 Mar 2025
BMS25 Master Class: Zooming in and out of the Language Policy-Making processes in Scotland and Wales

BMS25 Master Class

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Edinburgh
24 Mar 2025
Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2025

The Bilingualism Matters Symposium (BMS) is an interdisciplinary conference organised by Bilingualism Matters. It is open to researchers as well as practitioners, irrespective of their affiliation with Bilingualism Matters. The BMS aims to stimulate a productive dialogue between researchers in different academic disciplines and practitioners in different sectors of society. BMS will take place in Edinburgh from March 24-25, 2025.

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Paris / Online
13 Feb 2025
Languages Matter: UNESCO celebrations for International Mother Language Day

Professor Antonella Sorace will share knowledge and insights generated by her research on bilingualism at UNESCO celebrations for International Mother Language Day

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Projects

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Find out about our work and current projects on the Bilingual Mind website.
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People

Mikel Santesteban Insausti
Branch Director / Research Fellow, University of the Basque Country More
Itziar Laka
Full Professor and director of The Bilingual Mind research group, University of the Basque Country More
Beatriz Fernández
Professor, University of the Basque Country More
Miren Arantzeta
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Ane Berro
Associate professor, the University of Deusto More
Irene de la Cruz Pavía
Ikerbasque research fellow & JIN researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Kepa Erdozia
Research Fellow, University of the Basque Country More
Ane Odria
Teacher and Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Itziar San Martin
Associate Professor and Researcher More
Adam Zawiszewski
Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies, UPV/EHU More
Svetlana Zimnukhova
Teacher at the University of the Basque Country More
Victoria Cano
Predoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Marta De Pedis
Predoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Uxue Díez-Guiral
Uxue Diez-Guiral is finishing her PhD in Gender and Language Education at the UPV/EHU. Uxue’s research interests include the impact of social phenomena on multilingual learners and classrooms, emotional variables in multilingualism, and psycholinguistics. More
Patricia Fuente
Predoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Beatriz Gómez
Predoctoral Researcher & Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of the Basque Country More
Noèlia Sanahuja
Predoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More
Marta Sánchez
Predoctoral Researcher, University of the Basque Country More

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Bilingualism Matters Basque Country
University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU), Faculty of Arts, UPV/EHU Tomas y Valiente , s/n, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz