LIFELANGS Living Observatory

LIFELANGS A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities

Bring yourself and friends! Message us with any queries. Full details at www.lifelangs.com

@lornacarson.bsky.social @aislingoboyle.bsky.social

🎊If you are in the neighbourhood today or tomorrow, you are warmly invited to help us celebrate the start of the new Lifelangs Living Observatory North South research project!

✅ Wed 7 Jan - 3pm, Belfast, QUB Canada Room. ISL & BSL 🧏‍♂️

✅Thurs 8 Jan - 4pm, Dublin, Alex Hotel. ISL 🧏‍♀️

📍 Belfast
🗓 Wed 7 January 2026
⏰ 3–4pm
📌 Canada Room, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast

📍 Dublin
🗓 Thurs 8 January 2026
⏰ 4–5pm
📌 Odyssey Room, Alex Hotel, Dublin 2

👉 Please register in advance via www.lifelangs.com
We look forward to welcoming you!

You’ll meet the LIFELANGS team and hear more about our vision and plans ahead.

✨ LIFELANGS Project Launches – January 2026 ✨

We’re delighted to share details of our in-person launches of the LIFELANGS Living Observatory of Shared Languages & Identities, taking place in Belfast and Dublin in the new year.

These events will mark the beginning of an exciting four-year journey.

How to apply:
📩 For full details, application links, and eligibility criteria, visit www.lifelangs.com/vacancies
🗓️ Deadlines vary by post, please check our website.
Please share widely, or tag someone who might be interested!
We look forward to welcoming new members to our team. 🌟

What we offer:
✨ Supportive and dynamic research environment
✨ Opportunities for publications, mobility, and skills training
✨ A chance to contribute to an ambitious, high-impact project

We’re seeking applicants who are passionate about advancing knowledge and understanding of languages and identities in Ireland, eager to work in a collaborative environment, and ready to contribute to the aims of our project.

🚀 We are recruiting! Join the LIFELANGS Research Team!

3 new opportunities within our LIFELANGS Living Observatory of Shared Languages & Identities:

📚 1 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow position at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
📚 2 Fully-Funded PhD Studentships at @tcdeconomics.bsky.social

Online Launch of LIFELANGS A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities

Missed our online launch yesterday? Catch up here and learn what our Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities is setting out to do over the next 4 years in this new NSRP-funded Emerging Hub of Excellence. And meet the team! CC available.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Efv...

Welcome to LIFELANGS - A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the island of Ireland. An ambitious new large-scale collaborative research project from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social, led by @aislingoboyle.bsky.social & @lornacarson.bsky.social.

Register for our Online Launch!

🗓️ Date: Thursday, 4 December 2025
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM (Irish Standard Time)
💻 Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
🧏‍♀️ ISL and BSL interpretation provided

🔗Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71e94c...

We're a Strand II Emerging Hubs of Excellence project (2025 – 2029) funded under the North South Research Programme. NSRP is a collaborative scheme under the Government’s Shared Island Fund, administered by the HEA for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science.

We'll gather evidence about how people use different languages and live in different cultural settings. With local communities and external partners, we'll collect data on how people of all ages learn and use languages—both 🗣️and🧏‍♀️— in places like homes, schools, workplaces, and social spaces.