Call for papers: British Association for Applied Linguistics Language Policy Forum, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 22-23 April 2026. Deadline: 27 October 2025.
2026 marks 50 years since Joshua Fishman‘s foundational volume Bilingual Education: An International Sociological Perspective (1976), a cornerstone in establishing language policy as a distinct discipline. 2026 also marks 20 years since the publication of An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method, a collection edited by Thomas Ricento and showcasing the leading lights of what had become by then a flourishing research field.
In his volume, Fishman argued that language policy (or more specifically bilingual education) was good for majorities, minorities, language learning, and education. In this spirit, LPF 2026 invites submissions informed by this disciplinary heritage, and those which go beyond it, to examine language policy across different areas of civic and societal engagement. We take a broad approach to language policy; we welcome any submissions related to decision-making about language use.
The Language Policy Forum is international, affordable, and accessible –– a premier international meeting of specialists with extra attention to facilitating access.
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