crealang. research & innovation (CRI) is an internationally operating research institute based in Tampere, Finland. CRI represents a multisectoral co-creation house that brings together scientific research,  creative & cultural industries (CCI) and frontline information technology development as to tackle challenges and to pursue innovation linked to languages and communication in education and working life – through tailored research and development initiatives and a wide range of accompanying measures such as lectures & workshops, consulting & advisory services,  documentation & evaluation activities and digital materials’ production.

As an academic spin-off emerging from in-depth language acquisition research, and positioned today at the exciting crossroads between research, practice and decision-making, CRI passionately follows its mission in designing and conducting innovative, high-quality research & development work and making the findings and “output” thereof as widely usable as possible for diverse settings of institutional language education, professional development and context-relevant decision-making. In so doing, and last but surely not least, CRI also strives to contribute to an evidence-based development and an inspirational, genuinely future-oriented innovation work of the corresponding research sector itself.