Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS) Research Center

Next Gen Literacies Research reflections

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

Editor’s note: The 2026 Hamburg International Summer School "Literacies for Social Participation" has come and gone. For those of us fortunate enough to attend, it was an epic learning opportunity with…

Language on the MoveAugust 12, 2026

Language in education Next Gen Literacies

Kurdish Heritage Language Education

Ez li welêt mamoste bûm. Lê piştî 12 Îlonê em ketin hepsê. Hepsê de em hinek kurdî elimîn. (Mamoste Mesud, Kurdish language teacher in Germany, pseudonym) This testimony comes from…

Martin Serif DerinceApril 15, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Language learning

Older adults learning English in Berlin

In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast Dr Hanna Torsh talks to Katharina Gensch (University of Hamburg) about her new paper "English language education for older adults in a multilingual…

Hanna TorshApril 8, 2026

News Next Gen Literacies

Summer school and conference: Literacies for Social Participation

University of Hamburg (Image credit: UHH/Ohme) The Literacy in Diversity Settings Research Center (LiDS) at the University of Hamburg will host a summer school and conference devoted to "Literacies for…

Language on the MoveMarch 6, 2026

Next Gen Literacies

Shared Reading Day 2025

(Image credit: © Gert Albrecht für DIE ZEIT, Stiftung Lesen, Deutsche Bahn Stiftung) Editor's note: Shared reading - the practice where adults read to children - has many benefits: it…

Larissa CosynsNovember 21, 2025

News

Introducing the Humboldt Professorship team

The president of University of Hamburg, Prof Dr Hauke Heekeren, welcomes the new members of Ingrid Piller's Humboldt Professorship Team Attentive readers will remember that in May this year we…

Ingrid PillerNovember 11, 2025

News Next Gen Literacies

Literacy in Multilingual Contexts

The international research network "Literacy in Multilingual Contexts" builds on the "Next Generation Literacies" network The World Education Research Association (WERA) recently announced the launch of seven new International Research Networks…

Language on the MoveOctober 22, 2025

Research reflections

Dr Loy Lising spreads a multilingual mindset

Attending the Humboldt Professorships 2025 Awards Ceremony in Berlin with members of the LiDS-Team (Image credit: Loy Lising) Editor's note: The Language-on-the-Move Research Team at Macquarie University and the Literacy-in-Diversity-Settings…

Larissa CosynsJuly 15, 2025