International conference on globalisation/deglobalisation in languages, education, culture and communication (GLECC2025)

The past two decades have witnessed remarkable advancements in the studies into Education, Second and Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Cultural Studies, and Communication. This growth, evident in both the number of active researchers and the volume of scholarly throughput and outcomes, can be largely attributed to the forces of globalisation. Consequently, adopting the globalisation perspective is timely and provides a natural framework for connecting these diverse yet interlinked disciplines.

GLECC2025 aims to bring together researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers from the realms of education, foreign and second languages, cultural studies, translation, interpreting, and communication to disseminate research outcomes, share insights, discuss findings, exchange visions, and identify challenges and trends in an interactive and immersive multidisciplinary environment.

This conference, notwithstanding the dissemination of works within individual and traditional discipline specified scopes, endeavours to break the subject silos. Papers and other contributions in Education, Second and Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Cultural Studies, or Communication, as well as contributions crossing the borders of traditional disciplines or emerged from frontier research, are welcome.

The conference is organised by AT Publishing in association with its three journals namely, Research in Education Curriculum and Pedagogy: Global Perspectives (RECAP) [ISSN: 2977-1633]; New Perspectives on Languages (NPL) [ISSN: 3033-490X] and The International Journal of Chinese and English Translation & Interpreting (IJCETI) [ISSN: 2753-6149]. There is a “conference first” policy in place. Selected papers will be invited to further develop into full journal articles free of APCs.

Conference proceedings will be published open access with an ISBN.

General Chairs:
Dr Derek Hird, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University
Professor Zheng Wang, Professor & Chair of International Economics, School of Business, University of Dundee
Associate General Chairs:
Dr Melissa Jorge EiC Research in Education Curriculum and Pedagogy, Roehampton University
Dr Xuan Wang, EiC New Perspectives on Languages, Cardiff University
Publication Chair:
Karen Wang, Senior Editor, AT Publishing

Call for Papers and other contributions

 The conference contributions may take the forms of

• Full paper (1800-2500 words)
• Panel discussion proposal (max. 750 words)
• Workshop proposal
• Abstract (200-500 words)

Strands
All submissions should indicate the strands (Education, Second and Foreign Languages, Translation & Interpreting, Culture, Globalisation) up to 3.

Topics listed below serve as hints to provide inspiration but not restrictions. Any topic of academic, practical, or vocational interests and within the remit of the conference is welcome.

Education

• Curriculum design and development
• Applied pedagogy
• Educational psychology
• Educational systems or policies that are of global and/or comparative design focusing on functions, efficiencies, or challenges
• Interdisciplinary approaches to educational research that can be applied to practices related to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)
• Mixed methodological design and analysis that might be related to using both simple and more sophisticated approaches to building evidence or datasets
• New and emerging challenges of using technology in educational contexts for example digital technologies in learning and teaching, generative AI, and online learning
• Educational practices related to black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and from underserved communities or countries

Second and foreign languages

• Language teaching and learning
• Language acquisition and development
• Bilingualism and multilingualism
• Digital and technology-mediated language
• Critical language pedagogies
• Heritage language
• Language endangerment and revitalization
• Language policy
• Language and identity
• Language and culture
• Intercultural communication

Translation and interpreting

• Research Article in translation and interpreting
• Reflection on Professional Practice
• Reflection on Teaching Practice
• Corpus and applications
• Technologies and tools for translation and interpreting and subtitling
• AI and machine translation and interpreting

Culture

• Heritage and preservation
• Religion: Beliefs and Practices
• Identity
• Norms comparison
• Culture and society
• EDI
• Language and culture

Globalisation

• Globalisation in general from politics and economics perspectives
• Globalisation and internationalisation of education
• Human mobility in a globalised world
• Competition in a global economy and market
• Research and development globalisation
• Globalisation and culture
• Globalisation and communication

Conference Programme 

29 July 2025 Pre-conference workshops

10.30-12.00 Workshop 1: Research methods across arts, humanities and social sciences

13.30-15.00 Workshop 2: How to turn research into a journal article

15.30-17.00 Workshop 3: Effective communication in academic writing

30-31 July 2025 Main conference