Call for Papers

Conference Theme:

Attitudes towards languages: Multilingualism, plurilingualism and language education for a democratic, just and sustainable world

The 2026 Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL) Annual Conference welcomes abstracts (max. 250 words) for theoretical and empirical presentations in any area of Applied Linguistics, broadly defined, including, but not confined to the following:

• Bilingualism

• Multilingualism & Plurilingualism

• Translanguaging

• Interculturality

• Language Policy & Language Planning

• Language Education & Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Second Language Acquisition

• Psychology of Language Learning

• Pragmatics

• Corpus Linguistics

• Historical Linguistics

• Translation & Interpreting

We welcome abstracts for presentation in any of the following formats:

1. 20-minute paper, with 5 minutes for questions and discussions

2. 60-minute thematic panel or roundtable discussion (3-4 contributors)

3. Poster presentations

Abstracts that specifically address the conference theme, Irish-language contributions and abstracts from postgraduate students and early-career researchers are all welcome.

This year, as we are hosting the AILA-Europe Junior Researchers Meeting (JRM), we invite contributions from early-career researchers who are members of AILA Europe affiliate associations, eligible for the reduced registration rate. 

Acceptance of abstracts: May 2026

Queries should be directed to iraalconference2026@ul.ie