Robert Borges

Robert Borges serves as a Research Engineer at Uppsala University's Department of Statistics and holds a Visiting researcher position at the Department of Political Science. His interdisciplinary work bridges statistical methodology with linguistic analysis, focusing on endangered language contexts and political discourse.

His research centers on sociolinguistics and language revitalization, particularly examining creole languages of Suriname, Wilamowicean language preservation, and computational analysis of political corpora. Key interests include morphophonological innovation in new speaker communities, ritual language formation, and the role of literature in language reclamation efforts. His methodology combines fieldwork with corpus-based quantitative approaches.

Recent publications demonstrate a shift toward computational linguistics, including the 2024 Swedish Parliament Corpus covering 155 years of political discourse. His work on Surinamese Maroon communities reveals complex language contact dynamics, while Wilamowice studies pioneer automated proficiency assessment for endangered languages.

Borges collaborates extensively across disciplines, contributing to edited volumes like Integral Strategies for Language Revitalization (2016). His technical role in statistics supports large-scale linguistic data processing, though no formal advising or grant activities are documented.