Prof. Dr. Halyna Shumytska is a sociolinguist and has been affiliated with Uzhhorod University since 2005, where she held various positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Philology (2013–2021). In 2022, she became a professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work & the Head of the Research Center for Sociology of Language.

Prof. Dr. Shumytska’s research contributions include her PhD thesis on word formation in the North Lemko dialects (2001) and her habilitation on the language situation in Zakarpattia (Transcarpathian region) (2021). Prof. Dr. Shumytska has co-authored school textbooks on the Ukrainian language for classes taught in Hungarian.

Her advanced training includes internships in journalism at the BBC in London, the FOJO Media Institute in Sweden, and the Free University of Bolzano, among others. She has also managed and participated in various international projects addressing language diversity and minority languages, notably the “Contested Language Diversity – Dealing with Minority Languages in post-Soviet Ukraine” project (Germany, 2020 – 2023).

Her expertise extends to sociolinguistics, Ukrainian dialectology, social communications, and multilingual education. Prof. Dr. Shumytska has also served as an expert for the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities since 2020 and is a member of the Sociolinguistic Commission at the International Committee of Slavists (since 2022).

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