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Research and academic Institute of Modern Languages, Intercultural Communication and Migration
Research and academic Institute of Modern Languages, Intercultural Communication and Migration
The research and academic Institute of Modern Languages, Intercultural Communication and Migration deals with issues of language identity and ethno-cultural dynamics in the context of globalization. The key activities of the Institute are:
● development of innovative models for teaching foreign languages, including Russian as a Foreign Language;
● training of professional translators, including simultaneous interpreters for international organizations;
● study of global migration processes and their social, cultural and communicative contexts;
● development of practical approaches to social and cultural adaptation and integration of migrants, as well as principles of migration security.
Director
Svetlana Moskvicheva
Contacts
moskvicheva-sa@rudn.ru
News All news
Science
12 Feb
“Fluorine, light, and the life of a molecule”: Alexander Dilman awarded RUDN Prize in Chemistry

The RUDN Prize for Scientific Achievements in Chemistry for 2025, with a monetary award of 2 million rubles, was awarded to Alexander Davidovich Dilman, Deputy Director of the N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The researcher received the award during the celebration marking RUDN’s 66th anniversary.

Science
25 Aug 2025
A Victory in Numbers: RUDN University Awards 5 Million Rubles to First Mathematics Laureate

Sergey Ivanov, a scholar from St. Petersburg, has been named the first winner of RUDN University’s International Prize for Scientific Achievements in Mathematics, worth 5 million rubles.

Science
21 Mar 2025
Microalgae: an innovative tool for bioeconomy

Products derived from microalgae represent a cutting-edge development in the field of bioeconomy. The potential of this biological resource was discussed at the international research seminar “Foundations for a Green Sustainable Energy”, part of the BRICS Network University’s thematic group on “Energy”. The event was organized by the Institute of Ecology at RUDN University.

Main areas of research All areas
Linguistics and intercultural communication
Research projects All projects
Functional dynamics and representation of languages and cultures of internal and external migration in an urbanized environment

Project leader

Svetlana Moskvicheva

migration languages language contacts language representation language biography bilingualism diglossia language loyalty language need motivation language practices language preservation
Linguistic and cultural identity and communication style in various social and cultural contexts

Project leader

Tatiana Larina

romance languages variantology onomastics linguistic personology toponymy
Onomastic dominants of the Pacific Alliance

Project leader

Olga Tchesnokova

romance languages variantology onomastics linguistic personology toponymy
Laboratories and centers All laboratories
linguistics
sociolinguistics
language contacts
minority languages

French - Russian scientific laboratory “Dynamics of languages in a minority situation”

The laboratory brings together specialists in linguistics, sociolinguistics, social psychology and ethnology for a comprehensive study of the dynamics of languages in a minority situation.

TypeLaboratory

Events All events
2022
24 Mar
Seminar «Matters on dual and second language acquisition»
The lecture will discuss critical issues of dual and second language acquisition.
Direction: Science
Event format: Seminar
2021
20 Oct
Firsovskiye Readings V: “Modern Languages, Communication and Migration in a Globalized World
Direction: Education
Event format: Сonference
2020
27 - 28 Oct
III International Conference on Migration «Migration and Global Challenges of the Third Millennium»
The international conference "Migration and Global Challenges of the Third Decade of the 21st Century" has been held at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia every year since 2018. with the expert support of the Council of Europe.
Direction: Science
Event format: Сonference