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Swiss Federal Administration and the representation of language communities

An analysis of processes and strategies for recruiting personnel
Team

In cooperation with the University of Zürich (UZH)

In Switzerland’s political dialogue, an adequate representation of Swiss language communities in the Federal Administration is considered to be a vital expression of multilingualism in Switzerland. Diverse legal bases and directives have been created and issued in the interest of reaching this goal.

Team

Vera Prosdocimo, Julia Valle, Yohan Bühler

In collaboration with the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)

Italianità in the Internet: from cardboard suitcases to the web

A social history of the Italian language in German and French-speaking Switzerland
Project management

Sandro Cattacin, UniGE

Team

Irene Pellegrini, Toni Ricciardi
Scientific partner: Bruno Moretti, UniBE

This project aims to present a socio-historical reconstruction of the processes, characteristics and modalities that the Italian language (in its varieties) has undergone in the context of its linguistic contact and integration with German and French-speaking Switzerland.

Project management
Team

Scientific partner: Sylvia Nadig PH Zug

This project aimed to gain empirical knowledge about how learners deal with multilingual teaching approaches in the foreign language classroom and to acquire a better understanding of the potential and the functioning of different types of multilingual teaching activities.