O IMISCOE SC EduSocial & CIES-Iscte, em colaboração com a Eurac Research e o CESSMIR (Ghent University), têm o prazer de o/a convidar para a quarta sessão do ciclo de webinars “Language, Power, and Social Boundaries: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion Across Social Spaces”.

Este ciclo reúne investigadores/as e profissionais de diferentes partes do mundo para debater projetos inovadores sobre as relações entre linguagem, poder e dinâmicas de inclusão e exclusão social.

O quarto webinar será dedicado ao tema "Linguistic Discrimination among Women from Cald Backgrounds in the Context of Higher Education and Academia" e contará com a participação de:

• Prof. Sender Dovchin (Профессор Сэндэр Довчин) - Senior Principal Research Fellow and Dean International at Curtin University, Australia;
• Comentadora: Dr.ª Nashid Nigar - Docente e Investigadora na Monash University, Austrália

O evento terá lugar no dia 5 de junho de 2026, às 10h00 (hora de Lisboa/GMT), em formato online, via Microsoft Teams (11h00 em Bruxelas; 17h00 em Perth)

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BIOGRAFIAS
Sender Dovchin is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and Dean International at Curtin University, Australia. She is also an Australian Research Council Fellow and a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow. Previously, she worked at the University of Aizu in Japan and the National University of Mongolia. She currently holds the position of Editor-in-Chief for Critical Inquiry into Language Studies, an international Q1 journal. As a world-leading applied linguist, Professor Dovchin has been recognized by The Australian Research Magazine in 2021, 2024, and 2025 as the top linguist in the nation and among the top 250 researchers across all fields in Australia. She is also ranked in the top 2% of the most cited scholars globally, according to the Stanford University citation database. Proud of her Mongolian heritage, Professor Dovchin actively incorporates Southern theories, including Indigenous perspectives, into her work. She has led multiple high-impact research projects focused on empowering people from Indigenous, refugee, and migrant backgrounds in Australia and beyond. Professor Dovchin has authored numerous research monographs and edited volumes with prestigious international publishers such as Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Additionally, she has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, widely regarded as benchmarks of scholarly excellence in the discipline.

Nashid Nigar teaches in the Faculty of Education at Monash University and specialises in English language and literacy education, academic writing, and teacher education. She completed her PhD at Monash University, where her thesis was awarded an Exceptional grade and the Mollie Holman Medal. Her research draws on sociocultural approaches to learning and focuses on language, identity, and power in education, particularly in relation to migrant professionals, teacher professional identity, and ethical and inclusive language and literacy practices. Her work explores how educational and professional environments shape participation, recognition, and inclusion, with an emphasis on equity in teaching, assessment, and learning contexts.