This article sets out from the observation that internationalization and contextualization of scientific knowledge increasingly appear to be in conflict, raising the question of the part played by language in the construction, transmission and dissemination of such knowledge. We will start by emphasizing the importance of considering language not…

This article examines Language Policy documents within higher education institutions in Sweden. Its main focus is on how national language policies and policies for internationalization of the higher education are reinterpreted as local language policy. The analysis of ideologies surrounding the prescribed language(s) in meetings of decision…