Research Themes

Daniel Strogen is an ESRC-funded doctoral researcher and senior teaching assistant in Applied Linguistics at Swansea University. One of the key questions that guides Daniel's research is: how can minoritised languages be revitalised in ways that are sustainable? His work focusses on the experiences of new speakers of Welsh, particularly young people. As such, it explores the factors that shape language maintenance in the years immediately following the end of compulsory education. Drawing on sociolinguistics, language policy, and language rights research, Daniel explroes how individuals navigate language and identity. Much of his research is concerned with understanding what success in language revitalisation means, challenging narrow measures based solely on speaker numbers. He is particularly interested in how communities, insitutions, and governments can create the conditions that enable minoritised languages to flourish as meaningful parts of society. Through this work, Daniel seeks to contribute to wider debates about linguistic diversity, cultural sustainability, and the future of minoritised languages in an increasingly globalised world. As such, Daniel's work sits at the intersection of sociolinguistics, language rights research, language policy and planning, and applied linguistics.

Themes

A full publication list is available here and brings together a wide range of work spanning academic and public-facing writing. This includes peer-reviewed conference proceedings, public scholarship, magazine articles, and blog posts that engage with themes relating to language, education, and policy in accessible formats. Daniel's work has been published in outlets such as Babel Magazine and Gwerddon Fach, among others, reflecting a commitment to communicating research both within academia and to wider public audiences.