CCCS has the following primary aims:
- To promote research within socially and culturally based approaches to language and communication in contexts of diversity and change
- To become a key player in research on language and new media in Denmark and wider afield
- To establish and develop research in the area of business and cultural negotiation
- To strengthen links between teaching and research across the degree programmes offered by the Department of Language and Communication and the Department of Design and Communication
- To promote links between research and relevant actors
The strategies that will be adopted to achieve these aims include
- Pursuit of external funding (national and EU) in relation to research projects, doctoral and postdoctoral positions
- A project on language and aggression/discourses of hate is under development
- Exploration of existing resources, e.g. bilateral exchange agreements, to finance research and teaching visits and exchanges
- Identification of potential areas of cooperation with
- other research centres at the Department of Language and Communication and the Department of Design and Communication as well as other departments and faculties at SDU
- colleagues from national and international institutions and networks
- external stakeholders (e.g. private and public organisations)
- Organisation of symposia, conferences on research areas of relevance
- A symposium on new media and language use in Scandinavia has already been organized in April 2014
- Consistent publication of research in acknowledged publication outlets (e.g. authorised journals)
- Stimulation of interest for research among undergraduate and MA students by
- providing them with a space for discussion and feedback from peers and research staff
- involving them in actual research projects through developing activities that can give them ECTS credits
- spotting talent and supporting student participation in national and international conferences
