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Robert PhillipsonRobert Phillipson is British, with degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and Leeds, and a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam. Before emigrating to Denmark in 1973 he worked for the British Council in four countries. He taught for many years at the University of Roskilde, Denmark, which has specialised in multi-disciplinary, student-centred learning. He is currently a Research Professor at the Department of English of Copenhagen Business School. Among his books are Learner language and language learning (with Færch and Haastrup, Gyldendal and Multilingual Matters, 1984), Linguistic imperialism (Oxford University Press, 1992), also published in China, Rights to language: equity, power and education (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000), an edited volume with over 50 contributors, and English-only Europe? Challenging language policy (Routledge, 2003). He has also edited several books with Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, among them Linguistic human rights: overcoming linguistic discrimination (Mouton de Gruyter, 1994), and Language: a right and a resource. Approaching linguistic human rights (with Kontra and Várady, Central European University Press, 1999). For details, see http://www.cbs.dk/staff/phillipson
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