Raquel de Pedro Ricoy

Professor Raquel de Pedro Ricoy holds the Chair of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Stirling. Her academic career spans over two decades, with notable roles as a Visiting Professor at the University of Bologna (2009), Universidad de La Habana (2007), and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2016). She has served as an External Examiner for translation programs at institutions like the University of Leeds, Newcastle University, and University College London.

Her research focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of translation, particularly in public-service settings involving minoritised communities and the translation of multimodal texts. Key projects include the AHRC-funded Translating Cultures (2014-2016) and Improving Women's Lives Through Female Social Interpreters in Rural Peru (2018-2019), which explore the role of indigenous interpreters in upholding human rights in Peru’s Andean regions. She also contributes to the MELINCO project on interlingual mediation in development cooperation.

Her work highlights intercultural justice, language rights, and the sociological underpinnings of mediation. Trends in her publications (44+ outputs) emphasize indigenous language policy, prior consultation processes for extractive industries, and the intersection of translation with postcolonial theory. Awards include the Translating the Revolution project by the Carnegie Trust (2007).

She actively supervises doctoral research in translation sociology and has collaborated with institutions such as the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, Red Cross, and Doctors Without Borders. Her expertise informs global initiatives on community interpreting, including advisory roles in drafting Peru’s Indigenous Languages Act regulations and training frameworks.