Objective The DYLAN project addresses the core issue underlying topic 3.3.1 - whether and, if so, how a European knowledge based society designed to ensure economic competitiveness and social cohesion can be created despite the fact that, following enlargement, the European Union is linguistically more diverse than ever before. The overarching objective is to demonstrate that, with regard to the creation of a knowledge based society, the linguistic diversity prevalent in Europe is potentially an asset rather than an obstacle. To this end, the project will address the historical, political and cultural developments that have shaped the current linguistic situation in Europe, before assessing communicative situations involving speakers of different languages in a variety of relevant contexts. The project intends to show in what ways different modes of thinking and different forms of behaviour, carried by different languages can promote the creation, transfer and application of knowledge, provided citizens are enabled to understand and exploit these different ways of thinking and acting. One of the preconditions for this to occur is that citizens become multilingual.The project will provide support for the EU's language education policy, notably for the view that foreign languages constitute one of the most important "new basic skills" citizens need to acquire if they are to take an active part in the creation of a European knowledge based society. Fields of science humanitieslanguages and literaturegeneral language studiessocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiespublic policieshumanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticssocial sciencespsychologypsycholinguisticssocial scienceslawhuman rights Keywords Multilingual communication and knowledge strategic aspects of multilingualism working languages Programme(s) FP6-CITIZENS - Citizens and Governance in a knowledge-based society: Thematic Priority 7 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research Programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) CITIZENS-2004-3.1.1 - Linguistic diversity in a European knowledge based society CITIZENS - Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society Call for proposal FP6-2004-CITIZENS-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IP - Integrated Project Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE LAUSANNE EU contribution No data Address Dorigny, batiment Unicentre LAUSANNE Switzerland See on map Total cost No data Participants (19) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SCIPROM - SCIENTIFIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Rue du Centre 70 ST-SULPICE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address 24 Rue du General Dufour GENEVE 4 See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET BASEL Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Petersplatz 1 BASEL See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - DELEGATION RHONE-AUVERGNE France EU contribution No data Address 2 avenue Albert Einstein VILLEURBANNE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN Germany EU contribution No data Address Forsthausweg 2 DUISBURG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution No data Address Campus UAB BELLATERRA (CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES) See on map Total cost No data FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Germany EU contribution No data Address Kaiserswertherstrasse 16-18 BERLIN See on map Total cost No data GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Cowcaddens Road 70, City Campus GLASGOW See on map Total cost No data LANCASTER UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Bailrigg LANCASTER See on map Total cost No data SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3 France EU contribution No data Address 17 rue de la Sorbonne PARIS See on map Total cost No data SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address Campusvej 55 ODENSE M See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI Romania EU contribution No data Address Mihail Kogalniceanu 1 CLUJ-NAPOCA See on map Total cost No data HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution No data Address Yliopistonkatu 4 HELSINKI See on map Total cost No data LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO - FREIE UNIVERSITAT BOZEN Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Raffaello Sernesi 1 BOLZANO (BOZEN) See on map Total cost No data UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, FILOZOFSKA FAKULTETA Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Askerceva 2 LJUBLJANA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET WIEN Austria EU contribution No data Address Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1 WIEN See on map Total cost No data VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL Belgium EU contribution No data Address Pleinlaan 2 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA Latvia EU contribution No data Address Laukums 1 RIGA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG France EU contribution No data Address 22, Rue Descartes STRASBOURG See on map Total cost No data