 My name is Anna-Christina Hofgren and I am a socio-linguist. My fellowship aims to find out why European universities are increasingly teaching their courses in English rather than in the local language, whether this is French, Dutch or Swedish. Intriguingly, there is evidence to suggest that the switch to English happens unintentionally as an unforeseen consequence of the implementation of specific forms of governance that centre on competition and metrics. So what we'll be doing is to bring together conceptual tools from linguistics and political science in new ways that will enable us to understand how specific forms of academic governance might have unintended linguistic consequences. On a more practical note, we'll also be developing a best practice framework to ensure that teaching and learning in English does not have adverse effects on individuals, institutions and nations. By doing so, we'll be engaging in knowledge exchange between the UK and the EU, thus strengthening post-Brexit collaboration.