Sarah Steinsiek

Sarah Steinsiek is a researcher at the Institute of German Studies of the University of Duisburg-Essen since November 2020. She is actively engaged in projects like digGer|net and Digital Humanities Ruhr, focusing on corpus linguistics, digital communication, and language didactics in hybrid learning environments.

• Education: MA in German Studies: Language and Culture and Anglophone Studies (2020, with distinction), BA in German Studies and Anglophone Studies (2018).

Her research explores linguistic practices in digital and hybrid teaching/learning environments, examining temporal conditions, punctuation as interactional resources, and data-driven approaches to language variation. She has contributed to 15 recent publications and presentations, emphasizing corpus-based studies and open educational resources (OER).

Scientific awards and formal recognition are not explicitly mentioned. She has presented at international conferences like the GAL Annual Conference (2024) and the International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corpora (2023).

Steinsiek co-designed Moodle-based OER courses and workshops for digital teaching, including collaborations with institutions in Russia and the USA. Her work bridges language didactics, digital literacy, and corpus linguistics.