Francisco Moreno-Fernández

Francisco Moreno-Fernández is a Professor of Ibero-American Linguistic, Cultural, and Social Studies at Heidelberg University since 2019, holding the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship. His research focuses on sociolinguistics, language demographics, and the dynamics of Spanish in Europe and the Americas. He leads projects like PRESEEA (sociolinguistic analysis of Spanish) and CORPEEU (corpus of US Spanish). He is affiliated with the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS).

Key research areas include heritage language education, sociolinguistic variation, and the integration of migrant populations. His work bridges interdisciplinary perspectives, emphasizing the societal role of language through projects like INMIGRA (immigrant integration in Spain) and VARILEX-R (global Spanish lexical variation).

Publications span topics from AI language bias to environmental discourse analysis in Spanish. Awards include the Humboldt Professorship, reflecting his contributions to linguistics and Ibero-American studies. He actively collaborates with international networks and institutions, shaping policies for language education and migration studies.