The Leuven Interdisciplinary Language Institute (LILI) is a recently established platform for the development and support of interdisciplinary research and education around language. By bringing together researchers from KU Leuven's three science groups, LILI aims to put language firmly and sustainably on the agenda of interdisciplinary research and public debate on major societal challenges, such as the role of language in a hyper-diverse society, the relationship between language and power, the use of large language models, etc. In addition, the institute also wants to build a strong impact network with societal actors from different domains in order to respond to questions from practitioners and set up a process of knowledge co-creation. With the establishment of LILI, KU Leuven aims to take a leading position internationally and become a strong pole of attraction for scholars and students engaged in the interdisciplinary study of language.

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