Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-3293) is Full Professor of Romance Language Teacher Education (Universität Hamburg, Germany). Her main research interests relate to pluralistic and arts-based approaches to language learning and teaching, in teacher education and in research. She coordinated the Erasmus Plus Projects LoCALL (LOcal Linguistic Landscapes for global language education in the school context) and CoMMiTTEd (Covid, Migrants and Minorities in Teacher Education - A Fake News Observatory to promote Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy in Times of Crisis), and is currently leading the project BOLD (Building on Linguistic and Cultural Diversity for social action within and beyond European universities).