Iliana Genew-Puhalewa’s ongoing research focuses on neologisms and lexical strategies used to express the concept of care in institutional and public discourse in selected Slavic languages, with particular attention to care for the climate and care for gender equality. During her STSM in Athens, the grantee extended this study by exploring Greek materials, aiming to introduce a comparative perspective. Incorporating specific naming practices, purist tendencies, and the Greek language’s rich derivational and semantic productivity—combined with its historical role as an etymological source for many European neologisms, particularly in specialized domains—offered a valuable contrast to the Slavic material and enriched the study’s overall framework.

The research was based at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with access to two key libraries: the School of Philosophy Library and the Political Economy Library. The grantee worked extensively with original Greek-language materials as well as with recent translations of international scholarly works into Greek (mostly from the last five years). These resources are currently being reviewed and organized into a working corpus, which will inform the next phase of her comparative research on lexical innovation in the domains of care, climate, and equality.

In parallel, Iliana Genew-Puhalewa engaged with local discourse practices through informal field conversations in fire-affected areas (Mati and Rafina) and documented language use and public messaging in the politically active Exarcheia district. She also held consultations with scholars from the Department of Slavic Studies in Athens to strengthen the comparative foundation of her project.

The material collected will feed into two planned ENEOLI WG3 presentations and into a comparative paper to be presented at the International Slavic Congress in Madrid (October 2025). The grantee also plans to present findings at BASEES 2026 in Birmingham as part of the ENEOLI panel, and to develop a peer-reviewed article based on this research (currently in preparation).