In November 2025, the publishing of the monographic In search of sociolinguistic justice: Mobilizing transformative agency through action research was completed. It was coordinated by researchers Lara Alonso (MIRCo member) and Jone Goirigolzarri-Garaizar and published in the Language Policy journal.
This monographic digs deep in how agency is mobilized to tackle inequalities mediated by language within the field of Critical Language Policy and Planning (CCPL). It is based on the results and lessons from EquiLing (Agencia Estatal de Investigación), a coordinated project focused on the sociolinguistic analysis of the Spanish State official languages. In Equiling, numerous debates on the current linguistic context between researchers from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de Deusto, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Unversidade de Santiago de Compostela were had, and numerous transformative actions were taken in different spaces (in Catalunya, Galicia, Madrid and Basque Country).
Many MIRCo members have actively contributed to this monographic, and, from the center, we encourage its reading and discussion. This special issue can be accessed for free here, with articles listed below:
- Goirigolzarri-Garaizar, J. & Alonso, L. [MIRCo member] (2025). In search of sociolinguistic justice: mobilizing transformative agency through action research. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09753-7
- Urla, J. [MIRCo member] (2025) Commentary: In search of sociolinguistic justice: mobilizing transformative agency through action research. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09752-8
- Grad, H. [MIRCo member], Tudela-Isanta, A. [MIRCo member] (2025) Agency mobilization applying an ethnography-based questionnaire of critical sociolinguistic incidents. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09742-w
- Otxotorena-Aranguren, M. [MIRCo member], Martín Rojo, L. [MIRCo director] (2025). “Como no me convierta en Pedro Sánchez”/“If I don’t become Spain’s president”: enhancing agency against sociolinguistic injustice through an interactional conscientization process. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09740-y
- Hernández, J.M., Altuna, J. (2025). Assembling agencies on a website: interactions among language, sports and knowledge. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09741-x
- Alonso, L. [MIRCo member], Rojo, L.M. [MIRCo director] (2025). Transformative actions for sociolinguistic equity: mobilizing students’ agency at university. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09738-6
- Prego-Vázquez, G. [MIRCo member], Zas-Varela, L. (2025). ‘Contra el Arteijo de Google’: political agency in secondary school adolescents within the framework of a participatory research study in Galicia. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09732-y
- Goirigolzarri-Garaizar, J., Ortega, A. & Amorrortu, E. [MIRCo member] (2025). Agency in muda processes: transforming subjectivities and linguistic practices in the Basque context. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-025-09730-0
