Martin Stokhof

Martin Stokhof is a Full Professor in Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam (since 1998). Previously held positions include Full Professor at Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (1996-1998), Associate Professor (1988-1998), and Assistant Professor roles in philosophy of language and computational linguistics at the University of Amsterdam (1976-1998). He has published over 100 papers focusing on semantics, logic, and Wittgenstein’s philosophy, and supervised 23 PhD students and over 100 Master’s students.

• Founder (1991) and Scientific Director (1998-2004) of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), Amsterdam.
• Current roles include Vice-President (since January 2017) and Domain Co-ordinator for Social Sciences and Humanities at the European Research Council (ERC); member of the ERC Scientific Council (since 2014).
• Administrative roles: Chair of the Humanities division of NWO (Dutch Organization for Scientific Research) and involvement in European research organizations (ESF, HERA).

Research Interests include formal semantics and pragmatics of natural language, Wittgenstein’s philosophy, philosophical logic, and the intersection of logic and linguistics. His work explores dynamic approaches to semantics, theoretical foundations of linguistic structures, and methodological aspects of formal sciences.

• Key Article Trends: Focus on dynamic semantics (1991-2014), Wittgenstein’s influence on formal approaches (2008, 2011), interdisciplinary applications in computational linguistics (1990), and theoretical debates in semantic frameworks (1984-2011).

Scientific Awards:

• Elected member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW), May 2006.
• Elected member of the Institut International de Philosophie, September 2007.

Academic Leadership: Instrumental in establishing the ILLC, a leading interdisciplinary research institute. As of 2017, holds influential European-level roles at the ERC, shaping funding and strategic directions for humanities and social sciences research.