Paweł Korpal

Paweł Korpal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Translation Studies, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His interdisciplinary research bridges psycholinguistics, conference interpreting, and emotional language processing, employing psychophysiological methods like galvanic skin response (GSR), eye-tracking, and heart rate monitoring.

• BA in English (2010) and Danish (2012), Adam Mickiewicz University
• MA in Conference Interpreting (2012), Scandinavian Studies (2014), and Psychology (2017), Adam Mickiewicz University
• Ph.D. in English Linguistics (2016) and D.Litt. in Linguistics (2023), Adam Mickiewicz University

His research focuses on stress and emotion in simultaneous and community interpreting, particularly how traumatic content affects interpreters' mental well-being and how psychophysiological indicators (e.g., stress, emotional arousal) correlate with performance. He investigates numerical data processing, coping strategies, and the impact of remote interpreting settings through grants like the National Science Centre's 'The compassionate interpreter' (2021–2024) and AIIC Research Grant (2021–2022).

The 15 most recent publications highlight trends in cognitive load during simultaneous interpreting, bilingual emotional processing, and methodological advancements in eye-tracking and physiological measurement. These works span journals like Perspectives, Target, and Polish Psychological Bulletin, reflecting his expertise in stress indicators, interpreter training, and emotional contagion.

• START scholarship (2018)
• Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship (2019)
• Fulbright Senior Award (2020/21)
• POLITYKA Science Awards finalist (2022)

Korpal actively participates in academic outreach, organizing thematic panels at conferences (e.g., IATIS 2021, 10th EST Congress 2022) and serving on the Young Academy of Europe's board (2019–2022). He peer-reviews for journals such as The Interpreter and Translator Trainer and Translation Research and Practice.