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Professor Alexander Ilin-Tomich serves as an Acting Professor at the Institute of Egyptology within the Department of History and Cultural Studies at the Free University of Berlin. His academic career spans multiple prestigious institutions including Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His educational background includes: 2022: Habilitation in Egyptology at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz with thesis "Egyptian name scarabs from the 12th to the 15th Dynasty: Geography and chronology of production" 2007-2011: Doctoral studies at Lomonosov University Moscow, earning "kandidat istoriceskich nauk" (equivalent to PhD) 2002-2007: Undergraduate studies in Ancient History (including Egyptology) at Lomonosov University Moscow Professor Ilin-Tomich specializes in Egyptian stelae, offering tables, scarabs, personal names, prosopography, and administration during the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period. His research combines philological, archaeological, and historical approaches to examine ancient Egyptian society, with particular focus on administrative structures, material culture, and regional variations. His work on scarab production and distribution has established him as a leading expert in this specialized field. His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on Middle Kingdom administration, with recent expansion into material analysis of Egyptian blue pigment and methodological approaches to studying small archaeological finds. He has developed significant digital resources including the open-access "Personen und Namen des Mittleren Reiches" database. Professor Ilin-Tomich has secured multiple competitive research grants: Fritz Thyssen Foundation project "Ancient Egyptian titles in official and familial contexts, 2055-1352 BC" (2021-2024) Fritz Thyssen Foundation project "Transformation and variability in the corpus of ancient Egyptian personal names 2055-1550 BC" (2017-2021) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation postdoctoral fellowship (2015-2017) Russian Foundation for the Humanities research grant (2013-2015) He actively contributes to the academic community through editorial work, including co-editing the 2023 Festschrift "Schöne Denkmäler sind entstanden. Studien zu Ehren von Ursula Verhoeven," and has established himself as a key researcher in Middle Kingdom studies through his monographs and numerous journal articles.

• Stelae
• Offering Tables
• Scarabs
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Prof. Dr. Kianoosh Rezania is a Professor of West Asian Religious History and Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Dynamics of Religious History at Ruhr University Bochum. His research focuses on Zoroastrianism, Iranian religions, and the history of religions, with a particular emphasis on ancient Iranian languages and interreligious dynamics. He holds a Ph.D. from Georg-August University Göttingen and has conducted extensive research on topics such as Zoroastrian cosmology, Sasanian-Zoroastrian interactions, and the transmission of religious texts. His work combines philological analysis with historical and cultural studies approaches. Rezania's academic career includes roles as a research associate at Göttingen University and his habilitation project on spatial concepts in early Zoroastrianism. He has directed major research initiatives like the Graduate School of Metaphor and Religion (GSMR) and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg. His publications span monographs, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles exploring themes such as religious economics, Middle Persian lexicography, and cross-cultural exchanges between the Safavid and Mughal empires. His current projects include the 'Zoroastrian Middle Persian: Digital Corpus and Dictionary' initiative and studies on Pahlavi literature's interreligious context. He collaborates internationally, leading interdisciplinary teams and contributing to digital humanities efforts in religious studies.

• Zoroastrian Studies
• History of Religions
• Iranian Religions
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Bistra Andreeva is a full Professor of Phonetics and Phonology at Saarland University, Department of Language Science and Technology. She is also a principal investigator of the DFG-funded project “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation” (2022-2025) and leads or co-leads several other externally funded projects on prosody, information structure, and language contact. She teaches and has taught at Saarland University, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and other European universities. Education & Academic Background Habilitation (kumulative Habilitationsschrift): “Contrastive Prosody: Bulgarian vs. German”, Saarland University, 2016. PhD (Dr. phil.): “Zur Phonetik und Phonologie der Intonation der Sofioter-Varietät des Bulgarischen”, Saarland University, 2007. Research Interests Andreeva’s research focuses on the phonetics and phonology of intonation and rhythm, cross-language and individual differences in the production and perception of syllabic prominence, the relation between intonation and information structure, minority languages (especially Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria), and the interaction between information density and prosodic structure. Her methodological expertise includes experimental phonetics, corpus-based studies, and acoustic analysis. Major Projects SFB 1102 C1: “Information Density and the Predictability of Phonetic Structure” (DFG, 2014-2026) JuSpa: “Judeo-Spanish in Bulgaria: a contact language between archaism and innovation” (DFG, 2022-2025) Prosodic aspects of Bulgarian compared to other languages with lexical stress (Bulgarian National Science Fund, 2019-2024) Prosodic manifestations of focus in French and English from a Bulgarian point of view (DAAD & Sofia University, 2021-2023) Scientific Awards & Recognition While no major named prizes are listed, Andreeva’s work has been continuously supported by competitive grants from the German Research Foundation (DFG), DAAD, and Bulgarian National Science Fund. Her publications appear in top-tier journals and conference proceedings (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Interspeech, Speech Prosody, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences). Teaching & Supervision She offers a broad spectrum of courses including Experimental Phonetics, Prosody, Phonetics & Phonology of Slavic Languages, Introduction to Instrumental Phonetics, and seminars on language contact. She has supervised numerous BA, MA, and PhD theses and regularly teaches at the PhD School of Sofia University. Labs & Teams She is affiliated with the Phonetics Laboratory at Saarland University and collaborates closely with the Institute for Bulgarian Language (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), working in interdisciplinary teams involving phoneticians, computational linguists, and field linguists.

• Phonetics and phonology of intonation and rhythm
• Cross-language and individual differences in syllabic prominence
• Intonation and information structure
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Prof. Dr. Pia Knoeferle is a leading academic at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , where she serves as a Professor in the Department of German Language and Linguistics . She is a principal investigator in the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 1412) focused on register phenomena and leads the Reaction Time, Eye-tracking, and EEG Laboratories . Her research spans psycholinguistics , cognitive neuroscience , and computational modeling of language , with a central interest in how real-time language comprehension interacts with social context , formality-register congruence , and morphosyntactic processing . Appointments: Professor at Humboldt-Universität (2024), CRC 1412 member Methodologies: Eye-tracking, EEG, Visual World Paradigm, ERP Her work investigates lifespan language processing (children, adults, older adults) through contextual cue integration , including emotional , spatial , and social context such as gender cues , eye gaze , and facial expressions . Key questions include: How do pragmatic and contextual factors modulate lexical and grammatical processing ? What representations underlie register sensitivity in spoken and written comprehension ? Recent articles (2022-2024) focus on register congruence effects in German sentence processing, age-related differences in formality-register anticipation , and interactions between register and morphosyntactic knowledge . Using eye-tracking and visual world paradigms , her team examines incremental integration of socially-situated context with verb-argument relations and grammatical constraints . Findings suggest subtle late-stage register effects and interference between pragmatic and syntactic processing . Her lab collaborates with researchers like Katja Maquate , Valentina Nicole Pescuma , and Camilo Ronderos , contributing to the Frame text of the Second Phase Proposal for CRC 1412 (2020) and subsequent reviews in Frontiers in Psychology (2023). The work emphasizes complementary methods to model register variability across languages , modalities , and cultural contexts .

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Processing
• Register Studies
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Marcin Wągiel is a semanticist affiliated with Masaryk University's Department of Czech Language and the Centre for Corpus and Experimental Research on Slavic Languages at the University of Wrocław. As an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), he researches mereotopology across linguistic domains. His work focuses on compositional semantics, quantification, and morphologically complex expressions. Research interests include: Parthood and mereotopological structures Subatomic quantification Cross-linguistic analysis of Slavic languages Semantic change and event semantics He received the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize for his work on subatomic quantification. Current projects explore classifier constructions and additive numerals across languages.

• Compositional Semantics
• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Quantification
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Joakim Nivre is a Professor at Uppsala University's Department of Linguistics and Philology. He is a leading researcher in computational linguistics, with a focus on dependency parsing, Universal Dependencies (UD) framework development, and multilingual NLP applications. His recent work explores LLMs in climate change discourse analysis, pharmacovigilance explainability, and historical text processing. Key research areas: Dependency parsing theory, Universal Dependencies standardization, LLM evaluation Collaborations: SweSAT-1.0 benchmark development, ClimateEval project, PARSEME integration His 2025-2023 publications demonstrate expertise in explainable AI for healthcare, synthetic data generation for idioms, and multilingual benchmark design. Notably, he co-developed SweSAT-1.0 to evaluate Swedish LLMs and contributed to typology-informed UD revisions. Despite extensive work in NLP, no scientific awards are mentioned in available texts.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Dependency Parsing
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Dr. Stefanie Jannedy is a senior researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) in Berlin, where she has been employed since 2008. She is a Principal Investigator of the DFG project C02 "Variation in Situated Interaction" within the Collaborative Research Center 1412 (CRC 1412) on "Register: Language-Users' Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation." As a member of the Laboratory Phonology Group, her work focuses on sociophonetic aspects of language variation. Dr. Jannedy's research centers on language register, phonetic variation, and sociolinguistic patterns in speech. Her work particularly examines how situational contexts influence phonetic detail in speech production, with a focus on intra-individual variation. She has developed innovative experimental methods, including smartphone applications like "Plapper" for self-recording speech data in controlled conditions. Her research spans formal and informal speech contexts, examining speech rate, vowel dispersion, filler particles, and other phonetic features that vary systematically across different communicative situations. Analysis of her publication record shows a strong focus on register variation, particularly how speakers systematically adjust their speech across different social contexts. Her work combines experimental methods with corpus-based approaches to investigate fine phonetic detail in relation to situational factors. Recent publications demonstrate increasing interdisciplinary connections between phonetics, sociolinguistics, and cognitive science in understanding register knowledge. Dr. Jannedy has advised several students including Schüppenhauer, Gediminas, Witt, Johannes, and Hong, Nhung-Le. Her research is primarily supported through the CRC 1412 framework, which represents a major collaborative effort in register studies. Her laboratory work involves experimental setups that simulate tele-conference interactions to systematically manipulate social contexts while measuring subtle phonetic differences. This methodological innovation allows for controlled examination of register variation that would be difficult to capture in naturalistic settings.

• Sociophonetics
• Language Register
• Phonetic Variation
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Jonas Kuhn is a professor at the Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS) at University of Stuttgart. He is working at the interface between language and computers, combining linguistics and computer science. Kuhn's research interests span a wide range of computational linguistics topics including: Language models and spatial reasoning Analysis of large language models (LLMs) through linguistic theories Political text analysis and discourse networks Computational approaches to literature and cultural studies Retrieval-augmented language modeling Semantic change detection Dependency parsing and syntactic analysis His recent publications (2023-2025) focus on the intersection of neural language processing with fields as diverse as spatial reasoning, literary analysis, and political discourse. This reflects his interdisciplinary approach that bridges fundamental language research with practical technology development. As a faculty member at one of Germany's largest computational linguistics centers, Kuhn contributes to both fundamental research and technological development in language processing systems.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Large Language Models
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Slava Jankin is a Professor of Data Science and Government at the University of Birmingham’s School of Government, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Institute for Data and AI and Founding Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Government. He is concurrently a Fellow and Founding Director of the Data Science Lab at the Hertie School in Berlin. Previously, he held a Professorship at the University of Essex and has worked at University College London (UCL) and the London School of Economics (LSE). His research bridges computational methods, governance, and climate policy, with a focus on AI applications in public institutions, climate-health surveillance, and misinformation resilience. Jankin earned a PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin (2009), a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics (2006), and a BSc from Belarus State Economic University (2002). **Education**: • PhD in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin (2009) • Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (2006) • BSc Econ with Distinction, Belarus State Economic University (2002) **Research Interests**: Jankin’s work integrates AI and computational methods with governance challenges, including climate policy, health surveillance, and institutional effectiveness. He leads initiatives like the Lancet Countdown’s climate-health monitoring and the CATALYSE project on climate impacts. His research also explores digital twins for governance systems and the role of cultural diversity in societal resilience against misinformation. **Grants & Collaborations**: He advises the UN and EU on AI and data science, co-leads the Lancet Countdown, and collaborates with institutions like the Alan Turing Institute. His applied work includes developing AI tools for public service optimization and policy simulations. **Labs & Teams**: Directs the Centre for AI in Government (University of Birmingham) and the Hertie School’s Data Science Lab, fostering interdisciplinary teams to advance computational methods in public policy.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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Prof. Robert Fuchs holds the Frommann Professorship of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Bonn, leading the Chair of Bonn Applied English Linguistics (BAEL) within the Department of English, American and Celtic Studies. His research focuses on World Englishes, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and the impact of artificial intelligence on linguistic analysis. He actively supervises PhD students in topics aligned with his research group's interests, emphasizing empirical work and data science. Recent research explores language change in varieties like Hong Kong English, Trinidadian prosody, and intensifier usage across cultures. Fuchs frequently presents at international conferences, including ISLE, ICAME, and Sociolinguistics Symposium, and publishes extensively in journals like World Englishes and Language and Speech . His teaching includes advanced courses on corpus linguistics and language in culture, with a focus on climate change discourse analysis. He maintains an active academic presence through ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and LinkedIn. Research Interests: Fuchs investigates sociolinguistic variation, AI applications in linguistics, and the structural features of postcolonial Englishes. His work addresses topics such as vowel mergers in Hong Kong English, lexical stress perception in Indian English, and the role of gender in language use. He also explores diachronic changes in aspects like stative progressives and the perfect-past alternation across Asian Englishes. Advising & Grants: Fuchs oversees PhD student recruitment through research associate positions and self-funded scholarships, prioritizing applicants with strong empirical and analytical skills. His funded projects include studies on pandemic discourse (DisCOVIndUK) and linguistic trends in Caribbean English. His lab, BAEL, collaborates internationally, with ongoing work on Trinidadian prosody and Northeast Indian linguistic ecology. Labs/Teams: The Bonn Applied English Linguistics (BAEL) group, part of the University of Bonn's IAAK institute, focuses on cutting-edge research in global Englishes and computational linguistics, hosting international workshops and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

• World Englishes
• Corpus Linguistics
• Gender and Language
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Prof. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Regensburg since 2022, where he is affiliated with the Department of English and American Studies within the Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Cultures. Previously, he served as Substitute Professor at the University of Freiburg (2020-2022) and Lecturer at the University of Basel (2018-2022). His academic journey includes a Habilitation in English Philology from the University of Freiburg (2018), a DPhil in English Language from the University of Oxford (2009), and a Licence ès lettres in English Linguistics from the University of Fribourg (2005). Leimgruber's research centers on World Englishes with particular focus on East and Southeast Asia, sociolinguistics, language planning and policy, linguistic landscapes, language contact phenomena, language variation and change, indexicality, and authenticity. His work employs empirical approaches including corpus linguistics, fieldwork, and eye-tracking methodologies to investigate multilingual contexts across Singapore, Montreal, Taiwan, and the UAE. He has made significant contributions to understanding Singapore English, linguistic landscapes in multilingual cities, and language variation in postcolonial contexts. His publication record demonstrates consistent research output across multiple high-impact journals in linguistics, with a strong focus on empirical studies of language variation in specific contexts. Recent work shows increased attention to East Asian Englishes beyond Singapore, including Taiwan, and expanding investigations into the linguistic landscapes of global cities like Dubai. His research often employs collaborative approaches with international scholars across multiple institutions. Leimgruber has been active in academic service through numerous conference presentations including invited talks at institutions worldwide, participation in research workshops, and contributions to edited volumes on World Englishes and multilingual cities. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in language policy and education. As an academic leader, Leimgruber has directed research projects examining multilingualism in global contexts, with particular attention to the role of English in shaping linguistic landscapes and identity construction. His recent work has increasingly focused on comparative approaches across different multilingual settings, examining common patterns and context-specific variations in how English functions in diverse sociolinguistic environments.

• World Englishes
• Sociolinguistics
• Language planning and policy
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Prof. Dr. Gisela Zifonun is a retired University Professor of German Linguistics at the University of Mannheim and former Head of the Grammar Department at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) until July 2011. She holds a doctorate (1971) and habilitation (1994) in German Linguistics. Her career includes roles as a scientific employee at the IDS (1973–1995), Head of the Grammar Department (1986–1995), and professorships at the Free University of Berlin (1995–1998) and the University of Mannheim (1998–2011). Her research focuses on grammar theory, German syntax/semantics/morphology, language typology, and comparative linguistics. Key projects include the Grammar of German in European Comparison (GDE-N) and the EuroGr@mm initiative. She has authored/co-authored over 130 works, including monographs and edited volumes on German linguistics. Notable publications include Das Deutsche als europäische Sprache (2021) and Grammatik des Deutschen im europäischen Vergleich (2017). Her work emphasizes cross-linguistic analysis and corpus-driven research. Research interests span syntax, morphology, and typological comparisons across German, Romance, and Slavic languages. Recent contributions address gender-inclusive language reform and corpus-based studies. She has supervised numerous academic projects and serves as a key figure in German linguistic infrastructure, including IDS initiatives. No explicit awards are listed, but her extensive bibliography reflects significant scholarly impact. Professional roles include managing the IDS’s Grammar Department and coordinating international collaborations. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied research, contributing to both academic discourse and language policy discussions.

• German Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
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Stefania Degaetano-Ortlieb is an Associate Professor of English Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics at Saarland University's Department of Language Science and Technology. She serves as Principal Investigator for the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1102) 'Information Density and Linguistic Encoding,' leading Project B1 on diachronic information density in English scientific writing (17th century-present). Her interdisciplinary work bridges computational methods with sociolinguistics, focusing on register variation, language change, and digital humanities. Research interests center on text mining, data analytics, and probabilistic modeling of language variation. Key areas include: Diachronic evolution of scientific registers and linguistic densification Information-theoretic approaches to language efficiency Computational sociolinguistics and register diversification AI applications in humanities education (e.g., ChatGPT integration) Her publications show a strong trend toward quantitative diachronic analysis, with recent work emphasizing: interpretable AI models for linguistic change detection; propagandistic narrative analysis in conflict zones; and multi-word expression dynamics in scientific discourse. Cross-disciplinary collaborations frequently intersect with history, psychology, and media studies. Awards include the Fellowship Excellence Program for Young Female Scientists (2015-2018). Current grants: EU Horizon MSCA Doctoral Network 'CASCADE' (€521K to UdS, 2024-2027) Data-Pin Project for AI in education (€50K, 2023-2024) SFB 1102 Project B1 (€595K, 2022-2026) Advises PhD candidates in the EU CASCADE project on computational semantic change. Leads a research team exploring Russian media narratives, personality modeling in LLMs, and multi-word expressions. Directs teaching modules integrating AI tools for humanities students.

• Computational Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
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Dr. Tyll Robin Lemke is a researcher at Saarland University in the Department of Modern German Linguistics (Neuere deutsche Sprachwissenschaft). He serves as a scientific staff member in Project B3 of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1102. His academic focus includes experimental linguistics, syntax, and psycholinguistics, with specialized expertise in ellipsis phenomena and fragment analysis. Lemke's research explores the cognitive underpinnings of language production and comprehension, particularly investigating how predictability, context, and information theory shape linguistic structures. His work employs diverse methodologies including corpus analysis, psycholinguistic experiments, computational modeling, and gamified experimental paradigms to examine ellipsis, fragments, and syntactic phenomena in German. Analysis of Lemke's recent publications reveals consistent themes: the role of predictability in language production, constraints on ellipsis resolution, information-theoretic approaches to language efficiency, and experimental validation of syntactic theories. His research bridges theoretical linguistics with cognitive science through innovative experimental designs. In the upcoming 2025/26 winter semester, Lemke is teaching courses on Experimental Linguistics and Ellipsis in Theory and Experiment. He maintains an active research program within the SFB 1102 collaborative framework and regularly presents at international linguistics conferences.

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Ellipsis
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Prof. Anna Bonifazi holds a Professorship in Discourse Studies at the Department of Linguistics, University of Cologne. Her research spans Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Multimodal Communication with a focus on Ancient Greek Linguistics and Oral Epic traditions. She investigates phenomena like anaphoric cohesion in long texts, multimodal storytelling in film and oral traditions, and ancient Greek particles' discursive functions. Her work explores how multimodal elements (e.g., visual, musical, gestural) interact in communication, particularly analyzing films (e.g., mystery genres), ancient texts (e.g., Homeric epics), and South Slavic oral narratives. She examines cross-modal iconicity, viewpoint blending, and the cognitive underpinnings of discourse structures. Recent publications address topics like anaphoric strategies in crime stories and syntactic patterns in ancient Greek conversational frameworks. Prof. Bonifazi's research often bridges classical philology and modern cognitive theories, emphasizing embodied cognition and the interplay between language and other semiotic systems. She collaborates internationally on projects involving gesture analysis in storytelling and ancient papyrological studies. Her interdisciplinary work integrates linguistics with musicology, film studies, and cognitive science. Administratively, she oversees the Discourse Studies research group at Cologne and mentors assistants like Dr. Sandra Debreslioska and Madeleine Frings. Her lab focuses on multimodal discourse analysis using experimental and corpus-based methods.

• Discourse Analysis
• Pragmatics
• Cognitive Linguistics
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