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Dubravka Papa serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Sociology, Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Employed since 2006, she teaches German, English, English for Social Workers, International Legal English Certificate, and Translation of Legal Texts courses. She concurrently works as a permanent court interpreter for English and German at Osijek County Court since 1994.
Her academic credentials include:
- Graduation in English and German language/literature from Faculty of Education Osijek (1988)
- Advanced studies in German, English, and phonetics at Albertus Magnus University Cologne (1993-1994)
- PhD in humanities/philology from Faculty of Philosophy Osijek University (2017)
Her research centers on sociolinguistics, legal linguistics, and translation within law/economics, with significant contributions to applied linguistics, language policy, multilingualism, and minority languages. She has co-authored a scientific monograph and published numerous papers focusing on legal English/German terminology and cross-cultural communication in judicial contexts, particularly through her involvement in EU-funded projects examining language-law intersections.
No specific scientific awards or fellowships are documented in available sources.
She has mentored undergraduate and graduate theses at the Faculty of Law while leading major research initiatives:
- Tempus project "Foreign Languages in the Field of Law" (2007-2009) for language teacher training
- Jean Monnet LEULEX project (2020-2023) on EU legal terminology
- IP-PRAVOS-20 project (2020-2025) examining German linguistic heritage in Osijek
She chaired the Department of Foreign Languages for two terms (2013-2015, 2019-2021), presented at 15+ international conferences across Europe, and serves as abstract reviewer for Pravni vjesnik journal while evaluating teaching manuals for higher education language programs.
