Jeroen Darquennes

Jeroen Darquennes is full professor of German linguistics and general linguistics. His research focuses on linguistic contact and conflict among linguistic minorities in Europe. He is the author of dozens of publications on aspects of language policy and planning in Europe, is one of the editors of Sociolinguistica (the yearbook of European sociolinguistics published by de Gruyter) and a member of the editorial boards of international journals such as Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics (de Gruyter) and Language, Culture & Curriculum (Routledge), of which he was associate editor between 2013 and 2016. He was Head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures between 2012 and 2015. From 2016 to 2021 he directed the Institut namurois de Langue, Texte et Transmédialité (NaLTT, created in 2016). In September 2017, he was appointed chargé de mission for international development at UNamur. As academic coordinator of the international relations department, he was part of the Vice-Rector's team in charge of research policy and international positioning. In 2021-2022 he held a Francqui Chair (in multilingualism and language contact) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is currently Vice-Rector for International and External Relations.