Kinga Kozminska

Dr Kinga Kozminska is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London. She holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford (2016) and has previously held positions at the University of Oxford (2019-2021, 2014-16) and the University of Brighton (2017).

Her research focuses on theoretical linguistics, sociophonetics, and voice AI technologies, particularly examining how scale-making practices and language ideologies influence transnational communication. She uses data-driven approaches with tools like Praat, R, and Python to analyze speaking styles among transnational actors through ethnographic audio-visual recordings.

• Principal investigator for a 2017-2019 family language project involving Polish, Somali, and Chinese families in the UK
• Published Soundings and the Politics of Sociolinguistic Listening for Transnational Space (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024)
• Active speaker on voice AI ethics at Birkbeck's Critical AI lecture series and University of Vienna seminars

Her methodological approach combines phonetic analysis with anthropology of the senses, using discourse analysis and statistical software to study linguistic norm adherence/innovation in transnational contexts. She serves as Programme Director for the BA English and/with Linguistics program and School Education lead for Postgraduate Taught Degrees.