Introduction: language management, ideologies and practices in scientific research

Abstract

The several challenges posed to Higher Education Institutions by globalisation and internationalisation have been highlighting language issues within scientific research that are related to the naturalisation of English-only policies. Over the last years, this naturalisation has been questioned by some researchers in the area of social sciences, arts and humanities who have discussed the constraints of monolingualism versus the potential of multilingualism in knowledge production, dissemination and circulation. This special issue aims at contributing to a growing debate on language policy and planning within research, by addressing language management, ideologies and practices in diverse key dimensions of scientific research (knowledge construction and dissemination, research assessment, multilingual collaborative research and doctoral education), and bringing together contributors from diversified academic contexts (Brazil, France, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland).