Prof. Dr. Habil. Yan Kapranov is a linguist at VIZJA University (Poland) and Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University (Ukraine). He earned his PhD and Doctor of Sciences degrees at Kyiv National Linguistic University and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Oulu (2023–2025). His research spans bilingualism and multilingualism, language contact, language ideologies, migration, and the relationship between language, religion, and identity. He uses discourse-analytic and corpus-based approaches to investigate language choice, belonging, and religious rhetoric, alongside work in historical linguistics and translation studies. His publications include “Wartime Language Choice Among Ukrainians in Ukraine and Finland: Stance-Taking and Self-Positioning” (International Journal of Bilingualism, 2026) and “Imago Dei and Peoplehood: Comparative Rhetorics of Racialization in Orthodox and Jewish Public Discourse” (Religions, 2026). He coordinates Erasmus+ Jean Monnet projects and received the Prize of the President of Ukraine for Young Scientists in 2021.