Bio

Durk Gorter, a distinguished scholar in the field of multilingualism, held the position of Ikerbasque research professor at the University of the Basque Country. He led the Donostia Research group on Education And Multilingualism (DREAM), contributing significantly to research on multilingual education, European minority languages, and linguistic landscapes.

His contributions include several books such as “A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies” (2023), “The Minority Language as a Second Language” (2024), and “Pedagogical Translanguaging” (2021), all co-authored with Jasone Cenoz. A new book “Educational Agency and Activism in Linguistic Landscape Studies” was recently published in 2024, co-edited with Edina Krompák.

He taught in the European Master in Multilingualism and Education (EMME) program and supervised various PhD theses. He also served as the editor-in-chief of the journal “Language, Culture and Curriculum”.

Gorter has been visiting scholar at various universities and he has presented at conferences worldwide. His work in the field of multilingualism earned him the Distinguished Scholar of Multilingualism award from the International Association of Multilingualism.

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