We invite paper submissions for the panel “ Co-creating knowledge in linguistically-diverse educational settings: amplifying the voices and agency of teachers, pupils and caregivers ” to be held at the IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026 in Girona, 29 June – 2 July 2026 .
In today’s interconnected world, shaped by migration, mobility, globalization, and digital technologies, multi- and plurilingualism have become everyday realities. These dynamics are increasingly evident in educational settings, where classrooms are home to a rich diversity of linguistic and cultural backgrounds. However, despite this complexity, the languages and knowledges of minoritized and migratized stakeholders, including teachers, pupils and caregivers/parents, often remain marginalized or unheard.
This panel explores how participatory, arts-based, and critical methodologies may help legitimize and incorporate these voices by fostering the co-creation of knowledge, thereby decentering and enriching our understandings of multilingualism, agency, and epistemic justice. We aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue around how co-created knowledge can contribute to greater social cohesion, linguistic inclusion, and educational equity in postmigrant societies.
We invite papers that address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Methodologies of Co-production: Participatory, arts-based, critical and interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge creation in linguistically-diverse educational settings.
- Linguistic and epistemic Justice: Strategies to recognize, legitimize, and center the languages and epistemologies of underrepresented or minoritized communities in educational research.
- The ethical dimension of co-producing knowledge: the ethical needs and relationships in engaging with and amplifying the discursive, bodily and emotional voices and agency of teachers, pupils and caregivers
- Failures and Refusals: Reflections on instances where co-creation efforts failed, as participants resisted or declined, and institutions rejected or even co-opted co-creation attempts. What can we learn from these experiences?
- Transnational and Comparative Perspectives: Empirical studies from diverse contexts that offer global insights into co-created knowledge in linguistically-diverse educational settings.
We welcome contributions from researchers, practitioners, and community members across disciplines such as education, sociolinguistics, anthropology, cultural studies, migration studies, and the arts. Both theoretical reflections and empirical studies are encouraged.
Submission Guidelines
This panel strongly supports multilingualism as a way to further decenter migration studies. We therefore invite contributions written both in English and in a language different than English, if the author(s) so wish. All languages are welcome. Given IMISCOE‘s commitment to enhancing linguistic diversity in all its activities, we will ask the organising committee if multilingual presentations will be possible during the conference (e.g. talking in English, with slides in another language - or viceversa), and we will promote a functional and flexible use of language in the Q&A section of this panel, too.
Please submit an abstract of 250 words (excluding references), including title, author affiliation(s), to
Contact: Johanna Mitterhofer (