Gitte Kristiansen

Gitte Kristiansen is an Associate Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, affiliated with the Department of English Studies, Linguistics and Literature. Her research focuses on Cognitive Sociolinguistics, language perception, and experimental methods. She has extensive experience supervising 6 doctoral theses (with 4 currently in progress), including grants from FPUs, UCM-Harvard, and China's Research Council. She actively promotes linguistic diversity through educational projects like parent-oriented bilingualism programs.

Her work emphasizes bridging cognitive and sociolinguistic frameworks, with notable contributions to language variation analysis and experimental methodologies. Supervised students include Dr. María Ángeles Jurado Bravo, Inés de la Villa Vecilla, Dr. Daniel Martín González, and Dr. Liqin Xiong. She is reachable at gkristia@ucm.es.