Event on Bilingualism by the Psychology Department

On 8 December 2017 the Psychology Department of the International Faculty successfully organised a public engagement event on bilingualism together with NGO ‘ZOI’ – JETA and more generally, the members of the Albanian-Greek community in Thessaloniki and Northern Greece. 

The Head of the Psychology Department, Professor Ana Vivas and Dr Elisavet Chrysochoou, lecturer at the Psychology Department, both coordinators of the Bilingualism research group at the Psychology Department, were the speakers of the event and discussed with the public their research findings on the effects of bilingualism on a person’s life (at the cognitive, emotional and health levels), as well as the impact that relevant research can have for policy making in the education and health domains.

Special thanks

The Psychology Department of the University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College would like to especially thank NGO “ZOI” – “JETA” for supporting the organisation of the event and for participating in the bilingualism studies conducted at the department. Their participation has been crucial to the research, and thus it was important to communicate the findings back to the community.