Rafael Lomeu Gomes

Rafael Lomeu Gomes serves as Assistant Professor at the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP) within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen, with concurrent guest researcher appointments at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Oslo. His scholarly work critically examines language's role in perpetuating or challenging social inequities across gender, class, and nationality in multilingual immigrant contexts.

His educational trajectory culminates in a PhD in Sociolinguistics from the University of Oslo (2020), where his dissertation investigated

• Language practices and ideologies in Brazilian-Norwegian multilingual families
• Family multilingualism through decolonial frameworks

Dr. Lomeu Gomes' research program spans four interconnected domains: language ideologies in multilingual households, media representations of youth language in urban spaces, multilingual practices in digital higher education, and language's impact on immigrant-background students' educational pathways. His scholarship is fundamentally anchored in decolonial and Southern epistemological approaches that challenge Eurocentric paradigms in sociolinguistics, emphasizing collaborative knowledge production with marginalized communities.

Analysis of his 2022-2024 publications reveals a pronounced scholarly trajectory toward decolonial applications in language studies, with recurring themes including the intersection of coloniality and language policy, critical examinations of media discourse on migration, and innovative investigations into AI's impact on academic literacies. His work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical implications for equitable language education and policy.

As an academic supervisor, he actively engages in doctoral examination processes and workshop leadership, notably through the AI-UNI research project examining student AI usage in higher education. His collaborative network spans Norwegian institutions and international decolonial research collectives, supported by ongoing institutional affiliations and research grants focused on multilingualism in educational contexts.

Dr. Lomeu Gomes operates within the Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use (CIP) at the University of Copenhagen, maintaining dynamic research teams with UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Oslo. His current projects involve interdisciplinary collaborations exploring AI-mediated academic practices, decolonial approaches to family language policy, and critical analyses of media discourse on migration, with particular emphasis on creating translanguaging-friendly educational environments.