ACADEMIC POSITIONS
01/2020 – 01/2023 Postdoctoral Researcher in Language Education, Hamburg University, Germany
09/2019 – 08/2021 Research Fellow in Applied Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
09/2015 – 08/2019 Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
03/2015 – 08/2015 External Lecturer in English Linguistics, Department of English and American Studies, Vienna University, Austria
10/2009 – 08/2015 Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute for English Business Communication, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2009 – 2014 Ph.D. in English Linguistics (with distinction), Vienna University, Austria
2008 – 2009 Graduate Teacher Programme, CILT (The National Centre for Languages), London, UK
Teaching Qualification for Modern Foreign Languages (German and Spanish)
2002 – 2007 Mag. phil. (equivalent to MA) in English and Spanish Linguistics, Vienna University, Austria
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 – 2009 Secondary School Teacher of German and Spanish, The Priory (Church of England aided) School, Dorking, UK
2008 – 2008 Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, Traineeship at the Department for Regional and Minority Language Policy
2007 – 2008 SPIDI Language Institute, Vienna, Austria, Freelance Consultant and Trainer for Business and Legal English
