Anja Becker

Anja Becker is a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, affiliated with the Lise-Meitner-Gruppe 'BirthRites' within the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture. Her work focuses on multilingualism, sociolinguistics, and cultural anthropology, utilizing interdisciplinary methods such as mathematical modeling, data-driven mapping, and GIS analysis.

Research Interests:

• Social and demographic dynamics of multilingualism
• Contemporary and historical multilingual milieux
• Local attitudes and ideologies toward multilingualism
• Combining qualitative, quantitative, and experimental approaches

She is based at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, with contact details at anja_becker@eva.mpg.de.