Evaluating Linguistic Justice in Europe ( ELIN )

This project aims to evaluate and compare the degree of linguistic justice of language policy in European countries. At the practical level, language policy can influence the degree to which people can access and benefit from publicly provided language-related goods and services. At the symbolic level, it affects the degree of recognition of a language in society. The range of language policies and their objectives is broad, and so are their potential political effects on social stability and national cohesion. The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) of OSCE showed that the more a language policy is perceived as fair, the less likely it is to create political tensions around language issues. Starting from the index presented in the article 'Towards an Index of Linguistic Justice' (2023), this project aims to test its applicability to the countries of the Council of Europe and produce a ranking of countries.