CIP symposium 2026 
Inclusion through linguistic and cultural diversity: opportunities and challenges

CIP will host its annual symposium on Friday, 6 November 2026.

Symposium theme 

Like many other universities, the University of Copenhagen has recently made “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) a strategic priority.

While the increased focus on DEI at universities helps foreground important questions about who can participate in academic practices, the significance of linguistic and cultural resources in shaping such participation often remains backgrounded.

Serving as a platform for discussion of these issues, this year’s CIP symposium focuses on the role of language policy in supporting linguistic and cultural diversity at the university. 

Programme

Below please find the programme for the CIP symposium 2026.

09:30–10:00  Registration and coffee

10:00–10:10 

Welcome
Rector David Dreyer Lassen, UCPH

10:10-10:20  

Introduction to the CIP symposium 2026
Slobodanka Dimova, CIP

10:20-10:50

Embracing linguistic and cultural diversity in HE:
A student-staff model of social inclusion
Christian Ilbury, The University of Edinburgh

10:50-11:20

’Det bliver bare ensporet når vi kun har danske fag og engelske fag’: Plurilingual spaces in a bilingual university
Sanne Larsen, CIP, Camilla Falk Rønne Nissen, CBS and Anne Holmen, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH

11:20-11:30

Short break

11:30-12:15

Panel discussion: 
Perspectives on inclusion, language and AI
Panelists:

  • Marcus Jørgensen, MA student in German and Spanish, UCPH
  • Quyen Pham, exchange student at HUM and SAMF, UCPH/Business Analytics, University of Amsterdam
  • Klára Soupalova, exchange student at HUM, UCPH/Librarianship and Information Studies, Charles University
  • Christian Ilbury, The University of Edinburgh
  • Sanne Larsen, CIP

Facilitators: Katja Årosin Laursen and Janus Mortensen, CIP 

12:15-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:30

English for prestige, Norwegian for inclusion?
Reflections on power and privilege in Norwegian higher education (online)
Julie Katrine Flikke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

13:30-14:00

AI to the rescue?
Reflections on the use of AI-based captioning to improve accessibility at an international conference
Janus Mortensen, CIP

14:00-14:15

Coffee break

14:15-14:45

Københavns Universitets sprogpolitik i et arbejdsperspektiv /
The language policy of the University of Copenhagen from a labour perspective
Kamilla Kraft, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH

14:45-15:15

’Undskyld? Men hva’ mener du?’
Danish language adventures at KU
Kristine Harper, Department of Science Education, UCPH

15:20-15:50

Panel discussion:
Linguistic diversity at the university as a workplace
Panelists:

  • Kamilla Kraft, Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, UCPH
  • Kristine Harper, Department of Science Education, UCPH
  • Mark de Vos, HR South, UCPH
  • Sebastian Mohr-Winterberg, Centre for Changing Urban and Rural Lives (TRANSITION), UCPH

Facilitators: Slobodanka Dimova and Rafael Lomeu Gomes, CIP

15.50-16.00

Rounding off

The programme can be subject to changes.

Please note that presentations will be in English, unless otherwise mentioned.
Questions are welcome in both Danish and English. 

Registration

Online registration for the CIP symposium 2026 has now closed. Please contact CIP at cip@hum.ku.dk for late registration.

Registrered partipants can expect to receive a mail with practical information in the beginning of week 45.