Regional focus: Overseas France, Caribbean and Indian Ocean, Belgium and the Netherlands, Saar-Lor-Lux region, Berlin
Linguistic focus: Romance and Germanic languages, Creole languages
Workshops and conferences
June 2021: "Sprachpolitik und ihre Grenzen: Mehrsprachigkeit an Deutschlands Rändern" - Panel discussion in cooperation with the Center B/Orders in Motion, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, 30. June 2021. (With Karolin Breda, Edgar Baumgärtner, Mariia Mykhalonok).
June 2021: "French-based Creoles: Grammar and Communication" - Panel at the Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, CNRS Paris / Online, 28.-30. June 2021. (With Evelyn Wiesinger).
June 2019 „Sprachen unter Palmen“ – Programme of IZ Europäische Sprachen at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, conception and coordination, Freie Universität Berlin..
September 2018: „Language ideologies in the media - postcolonial and Сreole discourses“ – Panel at the 2nd International Conference on Sociolinguistics, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary, 6.-8. September 2018 (with Alla Klimenkowa and Christoph Neuenschwander).
November 2017: „Szenarien europäischer Mehrsprachigkeit“ – Symposium for the introduction of the new B.A. programme Sprache & Gesellschaft (with Horst Simon and Matthias Hüning), Freie Universität Berlin.
September 2017: „Dominant and non-dominant languages II“ – Follow-up workshop in cooperation with the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu/Finland (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
June 2017: „Sprachen - Menschen - Gesellschaften“ – Programme of IZ Europäische Sprachen at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, conception and coordination (with Truus De Wilde and Matthias Hüning), Freie Universität Berlin.
March 2017: „Dominant and non-dominant languages“ – Workshop in cooperation with the University of Eastern Finland, Freie Universität Berlin (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
October 2012: „William Jones, James Cowles Prichard e l'illuminismo scozzese“ – Workshop with Roberta Pascqua Mocerino (Università La Sapienza di Roma), Universität Potsdam (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft); with M. Messling and M. Lenz.
June – July 2012: Workshop series „Reflexe und Reflexionen der Kreolistik“ – Presentations by Joseph T. Farquharson (University of the West Indies) and Silvio Moreira de Sousa (Universidade do Porto). Universität Potsdam (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
November 2011 – January 2012: Workshop series „Wissensordnungen und Philologie im 19. Jahrhundert: Geschichte und Biologie“ – Presentations by Cord Riechelmann (Biologist and publicist) and Georg Töpfer (HU Berlin). Universität Potsdam (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft); with M. Messling and M. Lenz.
May 2011: Conference „WORT MACHT STAMM – Rassismus und Determinismus in der Philologie des 19. Jahrhunderts“, Universität Potsdam (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, pearls Potsdam Research Network, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Institut français, Literaturhaus Berlin); with M. Messling, M. Lenz, and O. Ette.
November 2010 – February 2011: Workshop series „Determinismus – Rassismus – Philologie: Grundlagentexte des 19. Jahrhunderts“. – Presentations by Sarga Moussa (CNRS), Céline Trautmann-Waller (Université de Paris III / Sorbonne Nouvelle), Christopher M. Hutton (Hong Kong University), Jürgen Trabant (JU Bremen / FU Berlin) and Marcel Lepper (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach), Universität Potsdam (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft); with M. Messling and M. Lenz.
Knowledge transfer
January 2023: Talkshow 'SaarTalk', discussion about Franco-German relations and multilingualism in the border region, i.a. with Saarland's prime minister Anke Rehlinger, SR Fernsehen, 19. January 2023.
January 2023: Interview about recent developments in Saarland's France strategy 'Wir im Saarland - das Magazin', SR Fernsehen, 19. January 2023.
July 2022: Interview on the history of the study of creole languages and present-day efforts to standardise creoles around the world, Podcast 'History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences', 1. July 2022.
January 2022: Interviews in Saarländischen Rundfunk about multilingual language policy ahead of the regional elections in Saarland, 'Bilanz am Mittag' (SR2) and 'Region am Mittag' (SR3), 19. January 2022.
December 2021: Article about research on language ideologies towards Basque in Spain, daily newspaper Berria (online), 16. December 2021.
July 2021: Article about the panel discussion 'Sprachpolitik und ihre Grenzen - Mehrsprachigkeit an Deutschlands Rändern' (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder), Märkische Oderzeitung, 6. July 2021 (Print).
March 2021: Interviews for web feature of Saarländischer Rundfunk about effects of border closures during the Coronavirus pandemic.
April-June 2020: Interviews and statements on border closures and Franco-German relations in connection with the coronavirus pandemic: Saarbrücker Zeitung, SR Fernsehen, Mosaïk TV Sarreguemines, SR2 Kulturradio.
January 2019: Interview on SR 2 Kulturradio, reports in Saarbrücker Zeitung and SR Fernsehen about language policy in Saarland.
November 2018: Panel discussion about language policy in Saarland upon invitation by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Saarbrücken, 15. November 2018.
December 2017: Guest lecture about multilingualism and language conflict in Belgium, Volkshochschule Monheim/Rhein, 11. December 2017.
November 2017: Panel discussion with Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer about the research project on Saarland's language policy, Permanent Representation of Saarland with the federal authorities, Berlin, 6. November 2017.
April - October 2017: Interviews and reports about the research project on Saarland's language policy in i.a. Saarbrücker Zeitung, SR Radio and Fernsehen, Tagesspiegel, Radio Salü. (complete list)
April 2017: Panel discussion at Europa-Union Berlin: "Rechtspopulismus und die Wahlen in Europa", 6. April 2017.
March 2017: Interviews about the elections in the Netherlands and France in Tagesspiegel (FU-Beilage), Spreeradio, O Globo (Brazil).
December 2016: Interview about plurilingualism for the feature Zeitfragen, Deutschlandradio Kultur, 19.12.2016.
December 2016: Interview for the project Colonialism meets journalism at the Dekra-Hochschule für Medien in cooperation with the Deutsches Historisches Museum.
June 2016: Co-organiation of the presentation of the department of Dutch philology at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 13. Juni 2015.
February 2016: Guest column in the daily newspapers Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neuesten Nachrichten: "Sprache darf kein Grenzzaun sein". Print edition from February 15th, 2016 und online: Tagesspiegel; PNN.
June 2015: Co-organisation of the programme "Waffeleisenpolitik und Streit um Sprachen - Belgien begreifen" at Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 13. June 2015.
March 2015: Radio interview about the German loanword "Pegida" in other languages. MDR Info, 16. März 2015.
March 2015: Interview for the article "Kreolit epävarmuuden opettajina" ("What Creole insecurity teaches us") in Uljas. Itä-Suomen ylioppilaslehti 3/2015, 24-25. Online: pdf.
November 2014: Guest column in the daily newspapers Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten: "Englisch und viel mehr - für eine realistische EU-Sprachpolitik", with Matthias Hüning. Print edition from November 4th, 2014 and online: Tagesspiegel; PNN.
April 2014: Conception and organisation of the project "Sprachlandschaften" (Adaption of Linguistic Landscape research for elemantary school classes), Nürtingen-Grundschule, Berlin-Kreuzberg.
June 2013 - March 2014: Conception, organisation and evaluation of teacher trainings within the project "The Many Sides of German".
January 2014: "Es darf kein Elitenprojekt werden" – Interview about the bilingualism strategy of the Saarland regional government; Saarbrücker Zeitung (print p. B1 and online), 29. January 2014.
October 2013: "Etter valget i et lille land" – Article about the Parliamentary Electiosn in Luxemburg in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online), 21. October 2013.
June 2013 (with Heike Wiese): "Deutsch ist vielseitig / The many sides of German" – Project presentation at the 17th workshop of SFB 632, Leucorea, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. 13. - 14. June 2013.
March 2013: "Europa er en øy i Indiahavet: Mayotte to år etter départementalisation" – Article about the political situation in Mayotte in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online), 24. March 2013.
January 2013: "Fiksjonen av renhet. Kulturdebatten føres med argumenter fra 1800-tallet" – Article about the Norwegian debate on "national culture" in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online) (online), 10. January 2013.
July 2011: "Promotion in der Kreolistik" – Project presentation in the course "Französische Kreolsprachen" (Prof. Dr. Peter Stein), Freie Universität Berlin, 15. July 2011.
June 2011: Radio interview about current trends in French societal policies. MotorFM, 16. June 2011.
June 2010: "Dicke Lippen und verdorbenes Französisch: Rassismus in der Forschung zu Kreolsprachen" – Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Universität Potsdam. 5. June 2010.