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Iker Erdocia Iniguez

Contact Details

C2120
T:Ext. 5311

E:Iker.Erdocia@dcu.ie

C2120

T:Ext. 5311

E:Iker.Erdocia@dcu.ie

Assistant Professor

Iker Erdocia is Assistant Professor and Director of Research at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS). He also serves as Research Integrity Advocator of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Before joining Dublin City University, he held the position of Invited Lecturer at Université de Montréal (2013-2016).

Iker is President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics. He is a Funded Investigator in the Science Foundation Ireland ADAPT Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology. He is a member of the Linguistic Justice Society and working group member of the COST Action CA19102 'Language in the Human-Machine Era' (LITHME). He is also a member of the Institute for Future Media Democracy and Society (FuJo), the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies and the Applied Linguistics Research Group in DCU. He was executive committee member of the Language Policy group, British Association for Applied Linguistics. Iker is involved in public engagement activities as Chair of the Board of Directors of the NGO New Communities Partnership (NCP).

Iker's research has been published in high-ranking journals within the fields of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, including Language Policy (2018), Current Issues in Language Planning (2019 & 2021), Language Problems and Language Planning (2020), Linguistics and Education (2020), Journal of Sociolinguistics (2022 & 2024), Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (2022), Journal of Language and Politics (2022), Multilingua, Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication (2023), Higher Education (2024), The Language Learning Journal (2024) and Language, Culture and Society (2024), among others. He has also published a book (2018) on language teacher education. This investigation was awarded the ASELE (Association of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language) prize for the best PhD in 2017.

Iker's research projects have been funded by EU's Horizon Europe, the Irish Research Council, Royal Irish Academy/British Academy, DCU Research Initiative Scheme, and DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS Fellowship). He is currently involved in the Horizon Europe FOSTERLANG research project, which aims to have a transformative effect on how minoritised languages are protected, used and promoted in Europe. Iker is leading the Work Package ‘Counteracting digital exclusion: IT tools and resources for lesser used languages’.”

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Erdocia, I., Schneider, B., & Migge, B. (2024) 'Language is Not a Data Set – Why Overcoming Ideologies of Dataism is 大发体育在线_大发体育-投注\|官网 Important Than Ever in the Age of AI'. Journal of Sociolinguistics, .
	2024	Soler, J., Erdocia, I., & Savski, K. (2024) '(Im)possible change: Criticality and constraints in the infrastructures of the academic knowledge economy'. Language, Culture and Society, . https://doi.org/10.1075/lcs.00040.sol
	2024	Bruen, J., & Erdocia, I. (2024) 'Formal and informal foreign language learning at university: blurring the boundaries'. THE LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNAL (ONLINE), . [DOI]
	2024	Erdocia, I., & Soler, J. (2024) 'In pursuit of epistemic authority in public intellectual engagement: the case of language and gender'. MULTILINGUA-JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERLANGUAGE COMMUNICATION, . https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2023-0115
	2024	Erdocia, I.; Soler, J. (2024) 'English language and the career progression of academics in Anglophone universities'. Higher Education, 88 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Erdocia, I., Nocchi, S., & Ruane, M. (2022) 'Ideas, power and agency: Policy actors and the formulation of language-in-education policy for multilingualism'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, .
	2022	Erdocia, I. (2022) 'Language and culture wars: the far right’s struggle against gender-neutral language'. Journal of Language and Politics, .
	2021	Erdocia, I. (2021) 'Participation and deliberation in language policy: the case of gender-neutral language'. Current Issues in Language Planning, .
	2022	Erdocia, Iker; Soler, Josep (2022) 'Sociolinguists and their publics: Epistemological tension and disciplinary contestation over language in Catalonia'. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 26 (1). [DOI]
	2020	Erdocia, I. (2020) 'The politics of plurilingualism: Immersion, translanguaging, and school autonomy in Catalonia'. Linguistics and Education, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2020.100865
	2020	Erdocia, I. (2020) 'Language rights and groups of immigrant origin: the case of language claims in the Spanish cities in North Africa'. Language Problems and Language Planning, . https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.19025.erd
	2020	Erdocia, I., Nocchi, S., & Ruane, M. (2020) 'Language policy-making in Ireland: A preliminary study of the consultation process of 'Languages Connect''. JOURNAL OF THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 27 :98-127. https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v27i.224
	2020	Soler, J. & Erdocia, I. (2020) 'Language policy and the status of languages in contemporary Catalonia: A public debate'. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE POLICY, 12 (2):215-234. https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2020.11
	2019	Erdocia, Iker (2019) 'Medium of instruction ideologies: accommodation of multilingualism in the bilingual regime of Navarre'. Current Issues in Language Planning, 20 (3). [DOI]
	2018	Bruzos, A.; Erdocia, I.; Khan, K. (2018) 'The path to naturalization in Spain: Old ideologies, new language testing regimes and the problem of test use'. Language Policy, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Erdocia, I. (2016) 'Dimensión contextual y autonomía del aprendiente de lenguas'. . [DOI]
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) 'Autonomía y aprendizaje de lenguas'. .

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2023	(2023) Language in public participation: Understanding and overcoming language and culture barriers in the political participation of people of migrant origin. Dublin City University, . [Link]

Book

	Year	Publication
	2018	Erdocia, I. (2018) Agencia y complejidad en la formación inicial de profesores de espa?ol como lengua extranjera: la emergencia de la competencia docente. Madrid: Asociación para la Ense?anza del Espa?ol como Lengua Extranjera.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2018	Fondo, M., Jacobetty, P., & Erdocia, I (2018) 'Foreign language anxiety and self-disclosure analysis as personality traits for online synchronous intercultural exchange practice' In: Future-proof CALL: language learning as exploration and encounters. Voillans, France : Research-publishing.net. [DOI]
	2018	Fondo, M., & Erdocia, I. (2018) 'Exploring foreign language anxiety and self-disclosure relationships in task design for e-tandem speaking practice' In: Future-proof CALL: language learning as exploration and encounters. Voillans, France : Research-publishing.net. [DOI]
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) 'Autorregulación y autonomía en el discurso de las competencias' In: Nuevo impulso educativo: Actualización de los nuevos sistemas educativos. Madrid : Visión Net.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2012	Erdocia, I. (2012) 'El aprendizaje autónomo de lenguas a través de las redes sociales' .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) AATSP-Ontario Annual Congress Proceedings. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese *El aprendizaje autónomo de lenguas a través de las redes sociales* University of Ottawa,

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2024	Erdocia, I. (2024) Symposium of the Research Group Economics, Policy and Language (REAL) Voices unheard? Linguistic and political capital in the struggles for recognition of migrant people in the political realm Universitat de Tarragona, .
	2024	Erdocia, I. (2024) Racism, Antiracism and Forced Displacement Language and Cultural Challenges in the Political Engagement of People of Migrant Origin in Ireland Dublin City University, .
	2023	Erdocia, I. (2023) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Conference Language-related barriers in the political participation of people of immigrant origin Maynooth University, .
	2023	Soler, J., Erdocia, I. & Savski, K. (2023) Research Seminars, Department of English, Stockholm University (Im)possible change: Criticality and constraints in the infrastructures of the academic knowledge economy University of Stockholm, .
	2023	Erdocia, I. (2023) Democratization, Roles, and Discourse Language and legitimation in the political participation of people of migrant origin University of Bonn, .
	2023	Erdocia, I. (2023) Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity (AMLI) Understanding and overcoming language-related barriers in the political participation of people of immigrant origin University of Zurich, .
	2023	Erdocia, Iker, Migge, Bettina, & Dippold, Doris (2023) Language in the human-machine era summer school Social approaches to language University of Pristina (Kosovo), .
	2023	Erdocia, I. & Soler, J. (2023) Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication Language and career progress of English as an Additional Language scholars in Anglophone universities University College London, .
	2023	Erdocia, I. (2023) Launch of Research Cluster: Language: cognition, practice, policy and ideology Applied Linguistics in times of global challenges: tensions and opportunities University of Cork, .
	2023	Erdocia, Iker, Kelly-Holmes, Helen, Migge, Bettina, & Schneider, Britta (2023) Language in the human-machine era Conference 2023 The privatisation of language: Commercial language management and its effects on standard language ideologies University of Groningen, .
	2022	Erdocia, I. (2022) Conference of the Linguistic Justice Society Democratic deliberation, language regulation and language policy development Univesity of Limerick, .
	2022	Erdocia, I., & Soler, J. (2022) Sociolinguistics Symposium 24 Linguistics as ‘science’ in a language-and-gender debate. Struggles over language and epistemic authority Ghent University, .
	2022	Erdocia, I., Nocchi, S., & Ruane, M. (2022) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference ?Ideas, power and agency: Policy actors and the formulation of language-in-education policy for multilingualism Munster Technological University, .
	2021	Erdocia, I. (2021) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference Is gender-neutral language another front in the culture wars of the far right? University College Dublin, .
	2021	Erdocia, I. Soler, J. (2021) Language Policy Forum Sociolinguists and their publics: Disciplinary tensions and professional contestation in the publics of sociolinguistics Bishop Grosseteste University, .
	2021	Erdocia, I. (2021) Language Policy and Planning Conference Far right and gender neutral language: is language a new front in the culture wars? McGill University, .
	2021	Erdocia, I., Nocchi, S. & Ruane, M. (2021) AILA World Congress Agency and power in foreign language policy-making: The case of “Languages Connect” in Ireland Groningen, .
	2020	Erdocia, I. Soler, J. (2020) Centre for Research on Bilingualism The role of ‘science’ in (socio)linguists’ engagement in language-in-society debates Stockholm University, .
	2019	Erdocia, I. (2019) Postgraduate Research Seminar Postgraduate Research Students SIG: How important for wider networking and academic work? Dublin City University, .
	2019	Erdocia, I. & Soler, J. (2019) Language Policy Forum Manifest Koiné: The politics of language in a language ideological debate in contemporary Catalonia University of Edinburgh, .
	2019	Erdocia, I., Ruane, M., & Nocchi, S. (2019) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Language policy-making in Ireland: A study of the consultation process of the Languages Connect Strategy NUI Galway, .
	2018	Erdocia, I. (2018) Simposio Internacional de Espa?ol como Lengua Extranjera Formación de profesores de espa?ol y desarrollo docente: Perspectivas, retos y crítica University of Galway, .
	2018	Erdocia, I. (2018) Doctoral course La política lingüística normativa, el multilingüismo y la naturaleza del lenguaje: Implicaciones para los derechos lingüísticos Universidad de Alcalá, .
	2018	Erdocia, I. (2018) Language, identity and education in multilingual contexts From Bilingualism to Multilingualism: Medium Instruction Ideologies in Navarre and Valencia Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, .
	2018	Erdocia, I. (2018) Language Policy Forum (BAAL group) Diversity and Language Recognition: The challenging case of Melilla University of Sheffield, .
	2017	Erdocia, I. (2017) Human Rights and the Humanities: Culture and Critique (RIA) What is the place of human rights in teaching, research and the public arena? Royal Irish Academy, .
	2017	Erdocia, I. (2017) SALIS research seminar Language testing: From migrant to Spanish citizen Dublin City University, .
	2017	Erdocia, I. (2017) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics English-medium instruction and minority language policy: Language ideologies and dispute in Navarre University of Limerick, .
	2017	Fondo, M. & Erdocia, I. (2017) EuroCALL Task design for online speaking practice: Effects on learners' Foreign Language Anxiety and Self-disclosure University of Southampton, .
	2016	Erdocia, I. (2016) Québec-Ontario Dialogues on Acquisition and Spanish VSO-VOS processing in L2 Spanish by L1 Polish and L1 French speakers Université de Montréal, .
	2016	Erdocia, I. (2016) Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Complex dynamic systems and second language acquisition Trinity College Dublin, .
	2016	Erdocia, I. (2016) Congreso de Espa?ol Lengua Extranjera El desarrollo de la expresión escrita en hablantes de espa?ol como lengua de herencia Université de Montréal, .
	2016	Erdocia, I. (2016) Congreso Internacional en Lingüística Aplicada a la Ense?anza de Lenguas: En camino hacia el plurilingüismo La complejidad sintáctica en el desarrollo de la expresión escrita de los hablantes de espa?ol como lengua de herencia Universidad Nebrija, Madrid, .
	2015	Erdocia, I. (2015) CEDELEQ Espa?ol a través de contenidos McGill University, Montreal, .
	2015	Erdocia, I. (2015) CEDELEQ Autonomía, una competencia bidimensional entre el aprendizaje de L2 y el desarrollo profesional docente McGill University, Montreal, .
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) Congreso Internacional de ense?anza de espa?ol como lenguas extranjera Rountable: Language teacher education Université de Montréal, .
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) Congreso Internacional de ense?anza de lenguas extranjeras De la adquisición de las competencias docentes en L2/LE al desarrollo profesional Universidad de Santiado de Cali, Colombia, .
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) Seminarios de posgrado De la ense?anza del vocabulario al uso del enfoque léxico McGill University, .
	2014	Erdocia, I. (2014) Congreso Internacional de ense?anza de lenguas extranjeras La gramática pedagógica y cognitiva en el aula de L2/LE Universidad de Santiado de Cali, Colombia, .

Honors and Awards

	Date	Title	Awarding Body
	01/01/2013	Spanish Lecturer Grant	Ministery of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain
	01/01/2017	ASELE award for the best PhD	ASELE (Asociación para la Ense?anza del Espa?ol como Lengua Extranjera)

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics - IRAAL	President	19/01/2022 -
COST Action CA19102 ‘Language In The Human-Machine Era' (LITHME)	Working Group Member	01/11/2021 -
COST Action CA19102 ‘Language In The Human-Machine Era' (LITHME)	Management Committee member	01/09/2020 - 01/11/2021
Language Policy SIG of the British Association for Applied Linguistics - BAAL	Treasurer	04/03/2019 -
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics - IRAAL	Secretary	30/11/2019 - 19/01/2022
Irish Association for Applied Linguistics - IRAAL	Member of the National Executive Committee	25/11/2017 - 30/11/2019

Research Interests

Iker is committed to interdisciplinarity and adopts an eclectic approach to methodology. His research sits at the interface of language, policy and politics and aims to promote debate on language matters between academic and non-academic stakeholders. Iker's areas of interest include:

- Language in education;
- Language policy;
- Language and politics.

Two PhD students have completed their research projects under Iker's supervision and four are currently in progress. The topics of the projects are related to language policy in education, language teacher training, language teaching and learning, corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. Research students interested in working in any of these areas are encouraged to get in touch.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
How does speaking English as an Additional Language shape the career progression of scholars in Ireland?	PI	01/09/2022	31/05/2023
Understanding and overcoming language and cultural barriers in the political and civic participation of people of immigrant origin	DCU PI	16/12/2022	15/09/2023
Effects of Language Ideologies on the Learning and Use of a Minoritised Language: the Case of Potential New Speakers of Catalan in Mallorca (Catalina Amengual Ripoll)	DCU PI	01/09/2023	31/08/2026

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	Amengual Ripoll ,Catalina	PhD-track	Supervisor
	Aliman ,Rodica	PhD-track	Supervisor