Andrea Young is Professor of English and Language Education at the Faculty of Education and Lifelong Learning (INSPÉ) at the University of Strasbourg and member of the Language(s) and Society unit of the LiLPa (Linguistique, Langues, Parole, UR1339) research group. Her research and teaching interests include teacher education for the support of plurilingual learners, home/school educational partnerships, teacher language awareness and plurilingual and intercultural education. Within ACTIN, she is coordinating WP5 as well as activities at UNISTRA.

Peiru Bai holds a joint PhD in Sociolinguistics from University of Strasbourg and University of Luxembourg. She is currently a member of the LiLPa (Linguistique, Langues, Parole, UR1339) Research Group at University of Strasbourg. Her research focuses on language policy, plurilingual and intercultural education, as well as language and identity development in multilingual, multicultural and transnational contexts. Within the ACTIN project, she is involved in WP1, WP2, WP4, WP5 and WP7, contributing to the activities designed and implemented by the UNISTRA team.

Maria Zerva is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Strasbourg. Her research focuses on multilingualism, diversity, stances towards languages, linguistic ideologies and the construction of identities and otherness in discourse. She is the director of the Department of Modern Greek Studies and a member of the steering committee of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute LIRIC Language, Inclusion, Remediation, Interculturality, Communication. Within ACTIN, she works with the Strasbourg team on WP2 and WP5 and activities at UNISTRA and especially on developing evaluation questionnaires, interviews as well as focus groups’ guides.

Latisha Mary is full professor of English and language education at the Faculty of Education and Lifelong Learning et the University of Strasbourg, France and member of the Language(s) and Society unit of the LiLPa (Linguistique, Langues, Parole, UR1339) research group. Her research interests include teacher knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about language, home-school partnerships and teacher education for plurilingual language acquisition. Within the ACTIN project, she is a member of the UNISTRA team.

Karina Al-Katauneh is a PhD student in Educational Sciences at the University of Strasbourg, affiliated with the LiLPa – UR 1339 (Linguistique, Langues, Parole) research laboratory. Her research interests include game-based language learning (ludopédagogie), innovations in language didactics, plurilingualism, sociolinguistics, and pedagogical translanguaging. Within the ACTIN project, she is a member of the UNISTRA team and contributes primarily to the work of WP2, WP5, and WP7.

Justine Holtzweiler is a PhD student in Educational Sciences at the University of Strasbourg, affiliated with the LiLPa – UR 1339 (Linguistique, Langues, Parole) research laboratory. As a former teacher in a welcoming class, her research interests include the consideration of plurilingual children in classrooms, the inclusion of emerging bilingual students in the education system, co-teaching and pedagogical translanguaging. Within the ACTIN project, she is a member of the UNISTRA team and contributes primarily to the work of WP2, WP5, and WP7.

Stéphanie Paul is a teacher, trainer and coordinator (primary level) at the Academic Centre for the Education of Newly Arrived Allophone Children and Children from Traveller Families (CASNAV) in Strasbourg (France). She is responsible for training courses on the inclusion of these pupils in schools and works with INSPE students, teachers in mainstream schools and teachers specialising in teaching French as a second language, for whom she draws up an annual training plan. Her thinking on this subject was formalised in a thesis, supervised by Professor Jean-Christophe Pellat and defended in 2016, on Teaching French as a second language/language of schooling (FLS/FLSco) to newly arrived non-native speakers enrolled in mainstream primary school classes.          As a member of the Linguistique Langue Parole (LiLPa) laboratory at the University of Strasbourg, she continues her work on issues relating to the teaching/learning of FLS/FLSco and adapted teaching materials.

Maria Siemushyna is a posdoctorate member of the French team of ACTIN project. Maria did her Ph.D in Social Sciences at the University of Strasbourg with a focus on the role of languages (heritage language, language of the host country, and other languages) for migrant families in different domains of their lives, and more specifically in the field of parenting. Maria was also member of the Erasmus + LoCALL project on language landscapes and global education in the school context. She has also given several classes within the “Ouvrir l’école aux parents” (Open our school for parents) government initiative which aims to encourage parents with migrant backgrounds to improve their knowledge of French, to get to know the French school system better, to learn about how the French state functions and discover other aspects of French culture and everyday life. These different experiences enabled Maria Siemushyna to discover different perspectives around her domains of interest: migration, education, families and languages. 

​Sonia Cadi is a secondary school teacher of French and Latin. She became interested in French as a Foreign Language / French as a Second Language (FLE/FLS) in order to better meet her students’ needs and earned a Master’s degree (Research track) in Linguistics from the University of Rouen. Currently teaching at two middle schools in Molsheim, she also works as a teacher trainer. From 2019 to 2022, she played an active role in the LoCALL Erasmus+ project on linguistic landscapes, in partnership with the University of Strasbourg. By involving members of the educational community and students’ families, she was able to further develop the lines of inquiry of her research thesis on the perception of family languages in the school environment and to bring the school community together—goals she continues to pursue through the ACTIN project.