Hedvig Skirgårdمشاهده پروفایل
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Hedvig Skirgård is a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in language diversification and computational methods at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. As project coordinator for the Grambank database (2,000+ languages), her work examines macro-scale linguistic variation using ancestral state reconstruction and statistical modeling. Educational credentials include: PhD in Linguistics (2021) - Australian National University MA in Linguistics (2013) - Stockholm University BA in General Linguistics (2011) - Stockholm University Research focuses on Remote Oceanic languages, with methodological contributions to phylogenetic reconstruction and typological database design. Public engagement includes co-hosting the 'Because Language' podcast and developing educational resources for linguistic typology.








