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Dr Rhian Hodges

Uwch Darlithydd Cymdeithaseg a Pholisi Cym / Dirp Gyf Add a Dysgu (Cyf Cymraeg)

r.s.hodges@bangor.ac.uk

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Dr Rhian Hodges

View Dr Rhian Hodges’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Dr Hodges is originally from Bargoed, Cwm Rhymni ac is a past pupil of Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni. She graduated with a First Class Honours in Sociology and Social Policy from Bangor University in 2005 before being awarded an ESRC 1+3 Studentship to study an M.A and PhD within the same institution. Dr Hodges completed an M.A Social Research and Social Policy in 2006 and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy in 2009. Her thesis examined parents' incentives for choosing Welsh-medium education for their children in Cwm Rhymni.

Since 2009, Dr Hodges is a Sociology and Social Policy Lecturer (Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol funded until 2017) and is also an Associate Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Lecturer. Since 2011 she is Director of the M.A Language Policy and Planning and her research interests include key language planning topics such as new speakers of minoritized languages, minority language education, language transmission and language use within the community and the workplace.

Dr Hodges is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a WISERD Research Associate, a member of GWERDDON Editorial Board, a member of COST New Speakers Network and a member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. She has been on several Erasmus exchanges to the Basque Country where she lectures on Language Planning in Wales in Donostia Univeristy.

Additional Contact Information

Position: Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy

Email: r.s.hodges@bangor.ac.uk

Phone Number: 01248 383034

Location: Room 335, Professors Corridor, Main Arts

Qualifications

  • Other: Posgraduate Certificate in Higher Education - Distinction
    Prifysgol Bangor, 2014
  • PhD: Towards the Light:Welsh-medium education in Cwm Rhymni- parents' incentives for choosing Welsh-medium education for their children
    College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2010
  • MA: The Welsh Valleys- Language Use Post Education: A Study of Young People in Cwm Rhymni
    College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2006
  • BA: B.A Sociology and Social Policy
    College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2005

Teaching and Supervision

Undergraduate

SCS1004 Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes

SCS2018 Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest

HAC2002 Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes

HAC3002 Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes

Postgraduate

SCS4008 Cynllunio Ieithyddol

Research Students

Ifor Gruffydd (PhD - awarded in 2018, first supervisor) Rheolaeth Strategol ar hyfforddiant iaith mewn gweithleoedd sector cyhoeddus 

Siôn Aled Owen (PhD - awarded in 2018, second supervisor) Factors Influencing Welsh Medium School Pupils’ Social Use of Welsh

Eileen Tilley (PhD, second supervisor) Adult Welsh learners in Gwynedd

Shân Pritchard (PhD, second supervisor) Y Gymraeg yn y byd digidol – Profiadau ac agweddau siaradwyr Cymraeg yng Ngwynedd o ddefnyddio apiau Cymraeg neu ddwyieithog (KESS Scholarship with Cwmni Da)

Natalie Lloyd Jones (PhD, second supervisor) Patrymau Gwylio S4C (KESS Scholarship with S4C)

Research Interests

Research Interests

Dr Rhian Hodges' research interests include the following fields:

  • New speakers of minoritized languages
  • Minorty language education
  • Language transmission and language use in the community

Dr Rhian Hodges' research:

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Strategic Grant/Grant Strategol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (£37,893) (2017-2019): Prys, C a Hodges, Rh. Pecyn Adnoddau Aml-gyfrwng Cymdeithaseg (PAAC) (Multi-Medium Sociology Resources Pack)

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (£11,396) October 2016- September 2017: A Toolkit for Promoting the Welsh Language in the Community (partnerhship with Mentrau Iaith Cymru)

Welsh Government Commission: (£69,753.29) Tachwedd 2014: An Evaluation of the Minister's Welsh Language Strategy: A living language a language for living: Welsh Language Use in the Community (Hodges et al 2015)

 Welsh Language Commissioners Grant Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (£18,000) 2013: Gwirfoddoli a’r Iaith Gymraeg (Volunteering and the Welsh Language) (Ail ymchwilydd, Prys et al 2013)

Hodges, Rh. (2010) Tua’r Goleuni: Addysg Gymraeg yng Nghwm Rhymni – rhesymau rhieni dros ddewis addysg Gymraeg i’w plant. PhD heb ei gyhoeddi. Bangor: Prifysgol Bangor.

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Dr Rhian Hodges welcomes PhD applications in the following fields:

  • Language policy and planning
  • New speakers of minoritized languages
  • Minority language education
  • Transmission and language use

Publications

2025

  • PublishedPam fod pobl ifanc Cymru yn troi at y Saesneg?
    Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 14 Mar 2025, BBC Cymru Fyw.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2024

  • PublishedDefiance within the decline? Revisiting new Welsh speakers’ language journeys
    Hodges, R., 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 2, p. 306-322 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • E-pub ahead of printDefining economic impact on minority languages: The Case of Wales
    Bonner, E., Prys, C., Mitchelmore, S. & Hodges, R., 21 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLanguage, Education and COmmunity in a Digital Age: A Welsh Digital Resources Case Study
    Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 16 Apr 2024, Heritage Languages in the Digital Age: The Case of Autochthonous Minority Languages in Western Europe. Ahrendt, B. & Reershemius, G. (eds.). Multilingual Matters, p. 103-127
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedMigration through a language planning lens: A typology of Welsh speakers' migration decisions
    Bonner, E., Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Mitchelmore, S., 7 Aug 2024, In: Current issues in language planning. 25, 4, p. 394-415 22 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPecyn Recriwtio Gweithlu Dwyieithog
    Prys, C., Bonner, E. & Hodges, R., 12 Dec 2024, 63 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • PublishedThe Role of Psychological Reactance in Learning Minority Languages and its Implications for Language Policy – A Case of International Migrants Learning Welsh
    Hodges, R. & Rosiak, K., 7 Nov 2024.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2023

  • PublishedAddysg: Pecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg
    Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 24 Mar 2023, (Pecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg)
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedAnghydraddoldebau Cymdeithasol: Pecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg
    Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 24 Mar 2023, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedDefnyddio'r Gymraeg mewn Cymunedau yn Ynys Mon
    Hodges, R., Prys, C., Bonner, E. (Contributor), Orrell, A. (Contributor) & Gruffydd, I. (Contributor), 28 Jul 2023, 85 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • PublishedLanguage ideologies and beyond: the motivations of migrant new speakers of Welsh to learn, use and live the Welsh language in Wales
    Hodges, R. & Rosiak, K., 25 Jul 2023.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedStrategic management of Welsh language training on a macro and micro level
    Gruffydd, I., Hodges, R. & Prys, C., Sept 2023, In: Current issues in language planning. 24, 4, p. 380-399 20 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • PublishedCyfrifiad 2021: Pam bu gostyngiad yn nifer y siaradwyr Cymraeg?
    Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 9 Dec 2022, BBC Cymru Fyw.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
  • PublishedNumber of Welsh speakers has declined – pandemic disruption to education may be a cause
    Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 15 Dec 2022, The Conversation.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

2021

  • PublishedRhetoric and reality: critical review of language policy and legislation governing official minority language use in health and social care in Wales
    Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Roberts, G., 13 Aug 2021, In: Linguistic Minorities & Society Journal/Revue Minorités linguistiques et société. 15-16, p. 87-110
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Role of Language Policy, Planning and Legislation in Social Welfare in Wales
    Hodges, R., 16 Mar 2021, Social Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales . 3 ed. BASW
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2020

  • PublishedCynllunio ieithyddol a pholisi iaith
    Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 15 Dec 2020, Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, p. 163-169 7 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Cyflwyniad i Gymdeithaseg
    Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H. (Illustrator), 1 Jul 2020, 1 ed. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 30 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2019

  • PublishedGwerthusiad Proses o'r Rhaglen Cymraeg i Blant: Process Evaluation of the Cymraeg for Kids Programme
    Lewis, S., Thomas, H., Grover, T., Glyn, E., Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Roberts, E., 12 Feb 2019, Welsh Government.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • PublishedThe community as a language planning crossroads: macro and micro language planning in communities in Wales
    Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 27 May 2019, In: Current issues in language planning. 20, 3, p. 207-225
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Dulliau Ymchwil
    Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H. (Illustrator), 2018, 44 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
  • PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Y Teulu
    Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H. (Illustrator), 1 Oct 2018, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 37 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedRhetoric or Reality? Is Welsh really a living language and a language for living? Language use of new Welsh speakers in Cwm Rhymni, south Wales
    Hodges, R., 1 Mar 2018, Eastern European Perspectives on Celtic Studies. Hornsby, M. & Rosiak, K. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 58-88 30 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2017

  • PublishedCreative Collaboration in Higher Education: A Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol case-study
    Ifan, G. & Hodges, R. S., 31 Mar 2017, Academic Biliteracies : Multilingual Repertoires in Higher Education. Palfreyman, D. M. & van der Walt, C. (eds.). Multilingual Matters
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedPecyn Cymorth Hybu'r Gymraeg yn y Gymuned: A Toolking for Promoting the Welsh Language in the Community
    Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 7 Aug 2017, ISSUU. 152 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2015

  • Published“They come out of School and switch straight over to English”: New Welsh speakers in Cwm Rhymni, south Wales, from a parent’s perspective
    Hodges, R., 2015, Dominated Languages in the 21st Century: Papers from the International Conference on Minority Languages XIV.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  • PublishedWelsh Language Use in the Community: A research study undertaken as part of the Evaluation of the Welsh Ministers' Welsh Language Strategy: A living language: a language for living
    Hodges, R., Prys, C., Orrell, A., Williams, S. & Williams, E., 7 Oct 2015, Welsh Government. 172 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2014

  • PublishedCaught in the middle: Parents’ perceptions of new Welsh speak‑ ers’ language use: The case of Cwm Rhymni, south Wales
    Hodges, R., 2014, In: Zeszyty Łużyckie. 40, p. 93-114
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Welsh language and volunteering: Y Gymraeg a Gwirfoddoli
    Prys, C., Hodges, R., Mann, R., Collis, B. & Roberts, R., 2 Oct 2014, Welsh Government.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2012

  • PublishedWelsh-medium education and parental incentives – the case of the Rhymni Valley, Caerffili
    Hodges, R. S., 31 Jan 2012, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 15, 3, p. 355-373
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedWelsh-Medium Education and Parental Incentives at the Start of the Twenty-First Century: The Case of the Rhymni Valley, Caerffili
    Hodges, R. S., 1 Dec 2011, In: Contemporary Wales. 24, 1, p. 1-27
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • Published'Tua'r goleuni': rhesymau rhieni dros ddewis addysg gymraeg I'w plant yng nghwm rhymni.
    Hodges, R. S., 1 Jul 2010, In: Gwerrdon. 6
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • PublishedWelsh language use among young people in the Rhymney Valley.
    Hodges, R. S., 1 Nov 2009, In: Contemporary Wales. 22, 1, p. 16-35
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Activities

2025

  • Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania

    International teaching on the Blended Intensive Programme (Erasmus student and staff exchange). I have been invited as an active UniNet member to present my work on language use and facilitate student discussions on this topic.

    30 Mar 2025 – 5 Apr 2025

    Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)
  • Cynllunio Ieithyddol yn y Llysoedd: Rhai Rhwystrau Defnyddio'r Gymraeg

    Darlith wadd yng Nghynhadledd y Gymraeg y Coleg Barnwrol, Llysoedd EMH, Gwesty St George, Llandudno

    5 Mar 2025

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Dignity Language and Care Conference (Social Care Wales)

    Siaradwr Gwadd: Pecyn Recriwtio Gweithlu Dwyieithog

    5 Mar 2025

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)
  • Panel discussion on Impact and Engagement. Lessons learnt from REF 2021 case studies. Guest speaker

    4 Mar 2025

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Invited speaker)
  • Working with Government

    Working with Government : Impact Workshop (Prifysgol Bangor)

    31 Jan 2025

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Invited speaker)
  • Paratoi Cais Grant

    Sgwrs gwadd i'r CCC fel rhan o hyfforddiant ymchwil Cwrs Sgiliau Ymchwil

    28 Jan 2025

    Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
  • Hyfforddiant Ymchwil - Sut i gynnal grwpiau ffocws

    Hyfforddiant ymchwil, sut i gynnal grwpiau ffocws

    10 Jan 2025

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Speaker)

2024

  • Taith Iaith i Wlad y Basg

    Erthygl i Gwerddon Fach ar Golwg 360 https://golwg.360.cymru/gwerddon/2167096-taith-iaith-wlad-basg

    24 Dec 2024

    Links:

    • https://golwg.360.cymru/gwerddon/2167096-taith-iaith-wlad-basg
    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)
  • Bilingual Workforce Recruitment Pack

    Presentation to the Welsh Language Programme Board (Welsh Government).

    20 Nov 2024

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Bilingual Workforce Recruitment Pack

    Presentation to the Welsh Council Partnership Board (Welsh Government). Chaired by Mark Drakeford, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language.

    18 Nov 2024

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Dulliau Ymchwil yn y Celfyddydau

    Hyfforiddiant i fyfyrwyr ol-radd fel rhan o gyfres o weithdai ol-raddedig gan y CCC

    17 Oct 2024

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Llywodraeth Cymru (External organisation)

    Aelod o Gomisiwn Cymunedau Cam 2 Ardaloedd Dwysedd Isel y Gymraeg, gwahoddiad gan Brif Weinidog Cymru

    1 Sep 2024 – 1 Sep 2026

    Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

2023

  • Rhian Hodges and Cynog Prys ‘Defnyddio’r Gymraeg ar Ynys Môn’ / ‘The use of the Welsh language in Anglesey’

    International Conference of Minority Languages (ICML) University of Trinity St Davids

    6 Dec 2023

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Language use and language progression: some examples from a Welsh Context

    Presentation with Dr Cynog Prys, Dr Rhian Hodges and Llywela Haf Owain at the University of the Basque Country.

    8 Nov 2023

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2022

  • UniNet (Research and Networking Group of the NPLD across Europe (External organisation)

    Member of UniNet (research group of the NPLD) to encourage networking and strategic partnership amongst universities in Europe.

    1 Sep 2022 →

    Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)
  • Y gymuned LHDTC+Cymdeithaseg a'r Gymru Gyfoes

    Gwahoddiad i gynnig papur ar Gymdeithaseg a'r gymuned LHDTC+ a Chymru wedi ei noddi gan Brifysgol Bangor a'r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

    3 Feb 2022

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Uses of Oracy Roundtable: “What speech styles do young people use?”

    Gwahoddiad i gyfrannu i drafodaeth bwrdd gron yn trafod defnydd ieithoedd lleiafrifol. Trafodaeth benodol ar fathau gwahanol o dafodieithoedd, acenion a 'mathau' o ieithoedd lleiafrifol sy'n gysylltiedig gyda'r Gymraeg ac ieithoedd eraill.

    17 Jan 2022

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2020

  • Language, Education and Community in the Digital Age: A Welsh Case Study

    Invited speaker to present at an international conference, Minority Languages in the Digital Age. Usage, Maintenance and Teaching, Grieswald, Germany

    11 Dec 2020

    Links:

    • https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiko-greifswald.de%2Fen%2Fprogram%2Fgeneral-overview%2Fcalender-of-events%2Fveranstaltung%2Fn%2Fminority-languages-in-the-digital-age-usage-maintenance-and-teaching-59039%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cr.s.hodges%40bangor.ac.uk%7C47cf2136f33444f9df6b08d8a1a38a97%7Cc6474c55a9234d2a9bd4ece37148dbb2%7C0%7C0%7C637437071074987985%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=E1AuVznXxywFch98ef1BXUxNV600oVHnYRdH5pKUWcc%3D&reserved=0
    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Y Gymraeg a Thechnoleg: Cyflwyniad Cynllunio Ieithyddol

    Cyfraniad fel siaradwr gwadd i Bopdy Trafod Iaith, Menter Iaith Bangor (cyflwyniad a phanel trafod wedi'u ffrydio'n genedlaethol)

    30 Nov 2020

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • O Covid 19 i BLM: Anghydroddoldebau Cymdeithasol yng Nghymru

    Cyflwyniad Gwyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithas, ESRC Festival of Social Sciences

    12 Nov 2020

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

  • Shifft ieithyddol mewn chwe chymuned yng Nghymru, WISERD, Bangor, Gorffennaf 2017

    Papur yn cyflwyno prif ganlyniadau ymchwil a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru o'n hastudiaeth ymchwil, Defnyddio'r Gymraeg yn y Gymuned, 2015

    5 Jul 2017

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Panel discussion: Language, community and civil society in Wales today, AHRC Research Network - Language Revitalization and Social Transformation 22-23 May (2017), Aberystwyth University,

    Panel discussion: Language, community and civil society in Wales today, AHRC Research Network - Language Revitalization and Social Transformation 22-23 May (2017), Aberystwyth University

    22 May 2017

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

2016

  • Menter Iaith Bangor (External organisation)

    Menter Iaith Bangor - Director

    3 Sep 2016

    Activity: Membership of board (Director)

2014

  • ‘Gwthio Ffiniau a Chydweithio Creadigol: Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru’ ‘Pa Le i’n Hiaith mewn Addysg Uwch’ , Cynhadledd Rhyngwladol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, (gyda Dr Gwawr Ifan) Gorffennaf 2014’

    Cyflwyno papur yn seiliedig ar ein modiwl Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth yng nghynhadledd ryngwladol y CCC, Caerdydd/ paper presentation based on an inter-disciplinary module, Sociology of Music, CCC, Cardiff

    1 Jul 2014

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2013

  • ‘Gwirfoddoli a'r Iaith Gymraeg' Donostia Lecture Series, University of the Baque Country

    Gwahoddiad i drafod canlyniadau ' Gwirfoddoli a'r iaith Gymraeg', Cyfres Darlithoedd Donostia, Prifysgol Gwlad y Basg, Donostia /An invitation to discuss research findings of 'Volunteering and the Welsh Language’ Donostia Lecture Series: University of the Basque Country, Donostia San-Sebastian.

    14 Nov 2013

    Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
  • ‘Y Gymraeg a Gwirfoddoli' Cynhadledd Genedlaethol CGGC/ 'Volunteering and the Welsh Language’ National Conference Presentation: WCVA Conference

    Gwahoddiad i gyflwyno canlyniadau cychwynnol ymchwil ar y Gymraeg a gwirfoddoli yng nghynhadledd genedlaethol Cyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru / Invited presentation to discuss the prelimary findings of research on the Welsh language and volunteering at the Wales Council for Voluntary Action national conference

    18 Sep 2013

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • ‘An Educational Phenomenon? New Welsh Speakers in the Rhymni Valley: Learners or Users? A Parental Perspective. International Minority Language Conference (ICML) Graz, Awstria, September 2013

    Cyflwyno paper ar ymchwil siaradwyr newydd yn ICML, Prifysgol Graz, Awstria/ paper presentation on new Welsh speakers data, ICML Graz, Austria

    7 Sep 2013

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • TU HWNT I’R DOSBARTH – Dyfodol Cynllunio IeithyddolBEYOND THE CLASSROOM – the future of Language Planning

    Symposiwm Cynllunio Ieithyddol rhyngwladol yn trafod yr angen i gynnwys strategaethau cynllunio ieithyddol holistig y tu hwnt i'r ystafell ddosbarth er mwyn hyrwyddo defnydd cymdeithasol fwy eang o ieithoedd lleiafrifol fel y Gymraeg

    An International Language Planning Symposium discussing the need to include holistic language planning strategies beyond the classroom to faciliate wider social use of minoritized languages such as Welsh

    8 Mar 2013

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
  • Cynllunio Ieithyddol: Ddoe, Heddiw ac Yfory’/ Language Planning: Yesterday, today and tomorrow

    Cynhadledd Genedlaethol Mentrau Iaith Cymru/ National Mentrau Iaith Cymru Conference

    13 Feb 2013

    Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

2012

  • ‘Music touches my Welsh soul’: Music, identity and social well-being in Wales’ Sociology of Arts Conference, Vienna September 2012 (joint paper with Dr Gwawr Ifan, School of Music)

    Cyflwyno paper ar y cyd â Dr Gwawr Ifan yn trafod pwysigrwydd Cerddoriaeth i iechyd a lles yng Nghymru/ paper presentation with Dr Gwawr Ifan discussing the importance of music for social well-being in Wales

    5 Sep 2012

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • New Speakers: Parental Incentives and Welsh-medium Education in south Wales, ICLASP (International Conference on Language and Social Psychology) Leeuwarden, June 2012

    Cyflwyno paper yn ICLASP, Leeuwarden, yr Iseldiroedd/ paper presentation in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

    20 Jun 2012

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • ‘Our Own Language? New Welsh Speakers and Language Use in the Rhymni Valley, South Wales’. New Speakers of Minority Language: A Dialogue, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

    Cyflwyno papur ym maes siaradwyr newydd y Gymraeg/ paper presentation - New Speakers of Minority Languages: A Dialogue, Prifysgol Caeredin

    Mar 2012

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2011

  • ‘Towards the Light’:Why do non-Welsh-speaking parents choose Welsh-medium education for their children? The Case of Cwm Rhymni, Caerffili’, WISERD Conference, 2011.

    Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD yng nghynhadledd haf WISERD, Caerdydd 2011/ paper presentation at WISERD Summer Conference, Cardiff

    Jul 2011

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Welsh-medium education for the non-Welsh-speaking in South Wales: A Parent’s Choice’. International Minority Language Conference (ICML) 2011, Flensburg a Sonderborg.

    Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD ICML, Prifysgol Flensburg a Phrifysgol Sonderborg/ paper presentation on PhD findingd ICML, Universities of Flensburg and Sonderborg

    Jun 2011

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • ‘Burghers or Spiralists? Integrative or Instrumental Incentives? Welsh-medium Education and parental incentives- Rhymni Valley’. Cyfres Ymchwil Ieithoedd Celtaidd,SOILLSE, Prifysgol Caeredin.

    Gwahoddiad i roi papur yn y Gyfres Ymchwil Ieithoedd Celtaidd, SOILSSE , SOILLSE, Prifysgol Caeredin

    15 May 2011

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2009

  • ‘Towards the Light/ Tua’r Goleuni: Welsh Medium Education for the non-Welsh speaking in south Wales: A Parent’s Choice’ International Conference of Minority Languages (2009), Tartu, Estonia

    Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD yn ICML Prifysgol Tartu, Estonia/

    Paper presentation on PhD findings ICML Conference, Tartu University, Estonia

    May 2009

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2007

  • ‘Minority Language Education chosen by majority-language Speakers: The Case of the Rhymni Valley, South Wales’ International Conference of Minority Languages, Pecs, Hungary

    Cyflwyno papur ymchwil ar ganlyniadau cychwynnol PhD (ICML) 2007, Pecs, Hungari/ Paper presentation on initial PhD findings, ICML, Pecs, Hungary

    5 Jul 2007

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

Projects

  • Ynys Mon Language Research Project

    01/04/2022 – 07/12/2023 (Finished)

  • Welsh Language Strategy

    01/11/2014 – 30/11/2015 (Finished)

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