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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another reading tip: This open-access chapter was written by our colleague Martin Klatt. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What are the online breathing spaces and why are they important for minorities? In Q&A#11, Viktoria Aygül, researcher at the ECMI, interviews Dr. Maggie Glass. www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The European Centre for Minority Issues expresses public support for the call by the Council of Europe`s Safety of Journalists Platform for the Government of Serbia to release information about the expulsion of Massimo Moratti from Serbia. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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The European Centre for Minority Issues expresses public support for the call by the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform for the Government of Serbia to release information about the ex...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our latest online talk focuses on minority languages and documentary media. Watch the entire talk here: www.ecmi.de/online-talks...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What are the biggest challenges for Catalan? In Q&A#10, we interview Dr. @jameshawkey.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Linguistics and Catalan Studies at the University of Bristol/ UK). www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Join us for the upcoming ECMI Research Seminar ‘Operationalising Virtual Breathing Spaces: a revised approach to an old idea’ featuring Maggie Glass on September 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM (CEST) us06web.zoom.us/j/8978540033... Meeting-ID: 897 8540 0338 Kenncode: 847954

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ECMI RESEARCH SEMINAR: Maggie Glass · Luma

Maggie Glass is a postdoctoral researcher in English Linguistics at TU-Dortmund University, Germany (Ph.D. 2021, University of Limerick, Ireland). Her…

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dr. Andreea Cârstocea, Senior Researcher and Head of the Equality and Inclusion Cluster at ECMI, has dedicated her career to social justice. In her interview, she reflects, among other things, how her personal background shaped her academic path. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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Minorities & Social Justice an Interview with Dr. Andreea Cârstocea

Dr. Andreea Cârstocea, Senior Researcher and Head of the Equality and Inclusion Cluster, has dedicated her career to social justice. In this exclusive interview, she shares how her personal background...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Der Landesbeauftragte für politische Bildung Schleswig-Holstein has produced a film about the minorities in Schleswig-Holstein. Our colleague Martin Klatt contributed to the film with an interview on the Danish minority. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNmf...

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Minderheiten in Schleswig-Holstein

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The 16th Annual Summer School on National Minorities kicked off in Flensburg on August 23, 2026. Co-organised with the Coppieters Foundation and hosted by the Danish library this year's intensive program focuses on "Europe's Non-Kin-State Minorities: Profiles and Realities".

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🌍 A New Benchmark for Minority Rights in Europe! We are thrilled to announce that we will be a key partner in the pioneering EU Twinning project: the “National Minority Policy Index” (NMPI), set to launch in January 2027. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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A New Benchmark for Minority Rights: EU Twinning Project NMPI to Launch in 2027

Starting in January 2027, the ECMI will serve as a key partner in a pioneering EU Twinning project: the creation of the “National Minority Policy Index” (NMPI). This three-year initiative aims to prov...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Great news! Our Head of the Minority Issues in the Denmark–Germany Border Region cluster, Assoc. Prof. Martin Klatt, has been appointed to the Management Committee of the COST Action European Democracies, Geographies, Ecologies, and Societies (EDGES). www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...

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European Democracies, Geographies, Ecologies, and Societies

Europe’s liberal civic identity and emphasis on procedural democracy has offered only a thin solidarity, fostering limited cohesion, affective bonds, and collective attachment. Many have turned ...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Call for Contributions: National Minorities in Moldova & the Path to EU Accession ECMI Headquarters, Flensburg, Germany/ 13 November 2026 www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How do minorities participate in economic life, and what structural barriers stand in their way? ECMI’s Business and Minority Rights workshop explored the links between business, economic participation, and minority rights. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

ECMI Researchers at IPSA Research Committees Colloquium 2026 in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, which brought together scholars from around the world to discuss "Minorities Under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges." ipsarc14.bsky.social ipsa.org #ipsarc14bz

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

What is Elfdalian? In Q&A#9, Dr. Andreea Cârstocea, senior researcher at the ECMI, interviews Dr. Yair Sapir (Associate Professor of Scandinavian Linguistics at the Kristianstad University, Sweden, and the co-author of A Grammar of Elfdalian published by UCL Press). www.youtube.com/shorts/PIKFf...

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Q&A#9: What is Elfdalian?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

How do minority language restrictions lead to violent civil conflict? Watch the follow-up discussion to Q&A#7 with Matthias vom Hau. www.youtube.com/shorts/D21RR...

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Q&A#8: How do minority language restrictions lead to violent civil conflict?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In Q&A#7, we interview Dr. Matthias vom Hau (associate professor of comparative politics at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. He served as the Principal Investigator for @ethnicgoods.bsky.social - an ERC-funded project on global nation-building. www.youtube.com/shorts/nHkn6...

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Q&A#7: What were the key goals and targets of the ERC Ethnic Goods project?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Read the newest blogpost from our colleague, senior researcher Dr. Andreea Carstocea, head of the Equality and Inclusion Cluster, published on the The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) blog.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We were delighted to host Matthias vom Hau (@ibei.org ), who presented his research from the ERC @ethnicgoods.bsky.social on the “Politics of Cultural Exclusion: Language Status Loss and the Persistence of Ethnic Conflict”.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Call for papers: We invite research articles, commentaries, and book reviews for our Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) more info here: www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us for the upcoming ECMI Research Seminar featuring Matthias vom Hau on May 19, 2026, at 10:00 AM (CEST) Registration: To sign up and find further details, please visit the event page here: luma.com/yyszgbi4 Online Access: lnkd.in/diyGHR_9 Meeting ID: 885 0728 8410 Passcode: 935301

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In der neuesten Ausgabe unseres dänisch-deutschsprachigen Magazins DISKURS interviewen wir Dr. Kyriaki Topidi, Leiterin des Bereichs Kultur & Diversität am ECMI. Sie erklärt, warum Frauen in Minderheitengruppen oft von einer „doppelten Verwundbarkeit“ betroffen sind. www.ecmi.de/de-/-dk

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Are you ready to dive deep into the world of European minorities? We invite you to the 16th Annual Summer School on National Minorities! Where? Flensburg, Germany When? 23–28 August 2026 www.ecmi.de/teaching/sum...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Why is this Summer School a game-changer for researchers and practitioners alike? We asked Olga Jerjomina, alumna of the 2025 Annual Summer School on National Minorities. 👉 www.ecmi.de/teaching/sum...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

On 11 May, ECMI researcher Aziz Berdiqulov will give a lecture on Russian media discourse on the Latinisation of the Kazakh language. Organizer: Center for the Study of War, Language, and Memory (MALVA)/ Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. uni-mainz-de.zoom.us/j/6640823749...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) team is very proud and excited to present the new JEMIE website! Our first 2026 General Issue is now available at our new website - please enjoy reading. www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Crimean Tatars are a central focus of our centre’s work. Dr. Mieste Hotopp-Riecke (Institute for Caucasica, Tatarica, and Turkestan Studies, ICATAT), together with our in-house expert on Crimean Tatars, Dr. Elmira Muratova. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This week, we had the opportunity to share our research on minority issues with a group of journalists and influencers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. From the complex history of our border region to the power of digital activism, it was an inspiring exchange of ideas.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Q&A#6: What has changed since you published your study on Virtual Communities as Breathing Spaces? Dr. Craig Willis (ECMI) sits down with Dr. Maggie Glass to discuss her work in minority language revitalisation. www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New Research: What radicalises independence movements? 💥 @felixschulte.bsky.social, Matthias Scantamburlo, and Maria Ackrén investigate the power of symbolic shock moments in their new study, "Lost autonomy triggers and the rise of secessionism". 🔓 Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S175...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Are Indigenous Peoples "Minorities"? Noémi Nagy explores in the ECMI Minorities Blog a legal paradox: while many indigenous communities reject the "minority" label, the legal framework for minorities remains one of their most effective tools for protection. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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ECMI Minorities Blog. Are Indigenous Peoples Minorities? Reflections from an International Human Rights Law Perspective

This blog post examines how the long-standing conceptual debate on the distinction between indigenous peoples and minorities plays out in practice, focusing on the judicialization of rights under inte...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Call for Papers: Business and Minority Rights Workshop We invite scholars to submit their abstracts for our upcoming workshop in Flensburg. Send your abstract (max. 300 words) to Dr. Andreea Cârstocea (carstocea@ecmi.de) by 20 April 2026.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

⚽️🗣️ Football & Minoritised Languages: Next Stop, Barcelona! Following the success of last year’s SGÔR symposium in Cardiff, we are proud to be a collaborating partner for the 2nd International Symposium on Minoritised Languages and Football. 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/d3N_huPt

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

New article on "Current Challenges of Minority Language Media in the Context of the Council of Europe" Authors: Noémi Nagy and ECMI consultant Craig Willis The article is available open access: tudasportal.uni-nke.hu/xmlui/handle...

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Research Seminar at the ECMI: Nevena Trnavčević (University of Belgrade) presented her analysis of Serbia’s ethno-statistical data and its effects on minority policy, arguing that census figures—shaped by self-identification and political change—require more holistic data-collection approaches.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Minorities in Borderlands – An Underused Resource?! In a recent publication, Dr. Martin Klatt, Senior Researcher at ECMI and Head of the Cluster Minority Issues in the Denmark–Germany Border Region, examines their potential as 🌉 bridge-builders.

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Languages policies and minoritized languages: In Q&A#4, Dr. @craigwillis.bsky.social, ECMI, interviews minority languages expert Prof. Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones (Professor at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David). www.youtube.com/shorts/ZD_6R...

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Q&A#4: What do you mean by the 3rd sector of media creators and how does it relate to the other two?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

What are some of the greatest advantages that AI can offer in minority language contexts? In Q&A#3, Dr. Craig Willis (ECMI) interviews Dr. Aleksandra Oszmianska-Pagett, Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. www.youtube.com/shorts/1zubD...

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Q&A#3: How does the Committee of Experts deal with Article 11 (ECRML) in its monitoring practices?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What are some of the greatest challenges that AI models pose to minority languages? ECMI colleague Dr. Pavlína Heinzová interviews Dr. Iria de-Dios-Flores (Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. www.youtube.com/shorts/5nhKO...

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Q&A#1: What are some of the greatest challenges that AI models pose to minority languages?

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Women and girls from national minorities often face double discrimination. The new Conversations with Experts episode digs deeper into how gender issues can be mainstreamed in minority protection through the Advisory Committee’s monitoring work. www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

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Felix Schulte @felixschulte.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

📖 Paper out @epsrjournal.bsky.social (w/ @mscanti.bsky.social/ Maria Ackrén) ➡️ Why do secessionist waves erupt at a specific point in time? We argue that timing often hinges on highly symbolic events signalling a loss of autonomy.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 17/12/2025

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Lost autonomy triggers and the rise of secessionism - cup.org/4pIcbBn - @felixschulte.bsky.social, @mscanti.bsky.social & Maria Ackrén #FirstView

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