Daniel Recasens

Daniel Recasens is a Full Professor in the Department of Catalan Philology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 1995 and Director of the Phonetics Laboratory at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans in Barcelona since 1990. His academic career spans roles as Professor (Profesor Titular) at the same department (1987-1994), Assistant Professor at Yale University (1981) and University of Connecticut (1979-1980), and Research Assistant at Haskins Laboratories (1980-1984).

His educational background includes dual doctoral degrees: Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Connecticut (1983) and Ph.D. in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona (1984).

Recasens's research centers on Sound change, Dialectology, Historical linguistics, and Experimental phonetics and phonology, with emphasis on Romance languages and Catalan. His work integrates theoretical frameworks with empirical methods to analyze phonetic-phonological processes across diachronic and synchronic dimensions.

His accolades include:

• ICREA Academia Awardee by the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (2012-2017)
• Postdoctoral fellowship from the Hispanic North American Joint Committee (1988-1989)
• Fulbright-Hays doctoral fellowship (1978-1979)

As Principal Investigator for nine Spanish Government-funded projects on experimental phonetics and sound change since 1989, Coordinator of the Generalitat-funded 'Experimental Phonetics Group' since 1994, and Spanish partner in European ESPRIT projects, he has authored 9 books, 70 high-impact journal papers, and 16 book chapters while co-editing 5 volumes and reviewing 150+ journal submissions. His leadership includes Presidency of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2003), Vice Presidency of the International Phonetic Association (2007-2011), editorial board membership for Phonetica and Journal of the International Phonetic Association since 2004, and organization of five international workshops.

He directs the Phonetics Laboratory at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, driving experimental research in speech production and perception through cross-linguistic collaborations.