About the Research

The research is an ongoing project that acts as a collection of individual research projects carried out by students from different programs. The students carry out the research as a part of their thesis. In the project they collaborate with Margarita and get access to her network of Latin American immigrants to gather data. Margarita also acts as a translator during interviews and in the general communication to her network. The Science Shop acts as a mediator between the different parties and acts as a general sounding board during the preliminary phase of the different projects.

Students from the programmes European Language & Culture and Minorities and Multilingualism have already completed their theses within the project.

Focus areas of the research are:

• Challenges in Intercultural communication
• Developing effective language policy
• The educational offer for minorities
• Diverse language policies in the workplace
• Social justice and inequality in linguistic discrimination

In addition to their theses, the students also deliver a public end product with which they can inform Latinos in the Netherlands and provide input for follow-up projects. They do this with the support of the science shop. In this way, the research projects really contributes to improving the integration of Latinas in the Netherlands.

Contribute to the research?

Do you like to delve into complex social themes and do you want to make a social impact with your academic knowledge as an MA student? Then join the project! This is your opportunity to contribute to improving the integration of Latin American immigrants in the Netherlands with your BA or MA thesis in Minorities & Multilingualism, European Language & Culture or a related programme. An underexposed theme that requires targeted research.