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S P E A K E R S
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L E C T U R E R S
LEIGH OAKES
Leigh Oakes is Professor of French and
Linguistics at Queen Mary University
of London. His research focuses broadly on
language policy and planning (LPP),
language and identity, and language
attitudes and ideologies, especially in the
contexts of Quebec, France and Sweden. In
recent years, he has become particularly
interested in the linguistic justice debate in
political theory/philosophy, arguing for the
integration of normative and
interdisciplinary approaches into
mainstream LPP research.
His publications include Normative
Language Policy: Ethics, Politics,
Principles (with Yael Peled, 2018), Language,
Citizenship and Identity in Quebec (with Jane
Warren, 2007) and Language and National
Identity: Comparing France and
Sweden (2001). He is co-editor of
Sociolinguistica: European Journal of
Sociolinguistics and the Multilingual Matters
book series.
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VELLO PETTAI
Vello became Director of the ECMI in March
2020, after serving as a Professor of
Comparative Politics at the University of
Tartu. His research, focused on ethnic
politics, democratization, and transitional
justice, has been published in leading
academic journals, and he co-authored
Transitional and Retrospective Justice in the
Baltic States (Cambridge University Press,
2015). From 1997 to 1999, he chaired
Estonia’s Roundtable on National Minorities,
leading efforts on minority protection and
stateless children.
Pettai's leadership experience includes roles
as acting dean and department head at the
University of Tartu, Vice-Chair of the
European Consortium for Political Research,
and member (and Chair) of the High Council
of the European University Institute. He
holds a PhD in Political Science from
Columbia University and has been a DAAD
Guest Professor twice. He speaks six
languages, including Estonian, German, and
Russian.
