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...

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

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/...

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

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...

Q&A#9: What is Elfdalian?

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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...

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

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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...

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

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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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Could Moldova join the EU by unifying with Romania? ✍ @acarstocea.bsky.social @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

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”.

Pomak Minority Women and the Fallout of Male Migration. 📖 Read the full ECMI Minorities Blog post here www.ecmi.de/infochannel/... Author: Marta Averof

ECMI Minorities Blog. Pomak Minority Women and the Fallout of Male Migration

After decades of strict movement restrictions, socioeconomic and political isolation, widespread male migration has profoundly transformed the lifestyles of the Pomak minority in North-Eastern Greece....

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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....

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

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

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...

In the latest contribution to the ECMI Minorities Blog, the authors analyse how Catalan language and identity are manifested in the sociolinguistic practices of three football clubs, both at the institutional level and among their fans. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

ECMI Minorities Blog. More than one club: Catalan language and identity in sociolinguistic practices at Atlético Baleares, Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu, and Villarreal CF

In this blog post, the authors analyse how Catalan language and identity are manifested in the sociolinguistic practices of three football clubs, both at the institutional level and among their fans. ...

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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...

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...

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....

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/...

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.

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...

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...

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/...

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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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.

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...

⚽️🗣️ 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

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...

Q&A#5: What is the added value of census data for researchers interested in national minorities? www.youtube.com/shorts/mySl_...

Q&A#5: What is the added value of census data for researchers interested in national minorities?

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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.

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.