LLLWeek'26 - Critical Language Awareness in Action: Changing the World One Story at a Time
Wed, 02 Dec
|European Parliament
SOLIDAR+ This conference shares CLADES materials with a wider European audience, bringing together academics, education and training practitioners, and EU policymakers.
Time & Location
02 Dec 2026, 14:00 – 17:30
European Parliament
About the event
CLADES (Critical Language Awareness, Democratic Engagement and Sustainability) is an Erasmus+ funded project running from October 2024 to August 2027, coordinated by the University of Groningen alongside SOLIDAR+, Comenius University, the University of Ghent, and the University of Gloucestershire. It responds to a context of declining civic engagement, eroding trust in institutions, and the rise of populist and extremist discourse, arguing that citizenship education has focused too much on skills and too little on the role communication itself plays in shaping democratic life and a sustainable society. Its core aim is to strengthen participants' critical language awareness, helping them understand language as a force shaping social reality and become more confident in using their own voice for positive change.
The conference builds on the materials developed under CLADES Resource Lab 1 and 2, opening them up to a wider European audience. The event aims to engage education and training stakeholders from…
