Kyle Rawlins is a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), where he heads the Semantics Lab located in Krieger Hall 105. His research focuses on semantics, pragmatics, syntax, and their intersections, often collaborating with labs like the Van Durme Lab in Computer Science. The Semantics Lab facilitates weekly meetings for discussing research, structured as seminars or traditional lab sessions, and co-organizes projects such as the Decomp Project and MegaAttitude Project . Current lab members include PhD students Karl Mulligan and Natalia Talmina. Notable collaborators: Ilaria Frana (University of Enna), Barbara Landau (JHU), Ben Van Durme (JHU CS), and Aaron Steven White (Rochester). His research spans topics like: Questions Under Discussion (QUD) frameworks Evidentiality and bias in language Multimodal semantic parsing Decompositional semantics Pragmatic particles in Italian Recent publications analyze polar questions, neural network representations, and discourse particles. The lab maintains a mailing list for event announcements, emphasizing collaborative research in semantics and computational linguistics.
Daniel Hardt serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School. His interdisciplinary research bridges computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and social analysis, with particular focus on natural language processing applications and theoretical linguistic phenomena. His primary research domains include Computational Linguistics (specializing in ellipsis resolution and sluicing phenomena), Natural Language Processing (developing methods for psychographic classification and sentiment analysis), and Artificial Intelligence (examining large language model capabilities and limitations). Recent work analyzes travel behavior during crises, gender effects in evaluations, and GDPR policy comprehension through NLP techniques. His publications span top venues including Linguistic Inquiry , Tourism Management , and ACL proceedings. Hardt actively engages with practical business applications through 27 media contributions discussing AI implementation, ChatGPT transparency, and data-driven leadership strategies. His academic service includes organizing events like the 2019 "Fake News" conference at CBS and presenting at international venues including JSAI 2024. With 28 supervised academic works documented, he maintains substantial mentoring activity while contributing to public discourse on digital transformation challenges.
Sam Griffiths is an Associate Professor in Spatial Cultures at University College London's Bartlett School of Architecture, where he has been a key member of the Space Syntax Laboratory since 2002. He holds a PhD from UCL (2008), preceded by studies in History at Sheffield (1994), International Relations at LSE (1996) with ESRC scholarship, and postgraduate work at Oxford (1997-8). His academic progression includes Research Fellow (2006), Teaching Fellow (2008), Lecturer (2009), and Associate Professor (2018). Dr. Griffiths' research focuses on the intersection of space syntax methodology and urban social history, particularly examining how spatial configurations shaped nineteenth and twentieth-century urban life. His scholarly interests include the socio-economic organization of industrial cities, processional culture, high street development as social spaces, spatial morphology as everyday heritage, and Bakhtin's chronotope of encounter. He has published extensively on these topics, with recent work exploring spatial heritage in post-socialist Tirana, high street longevity, and the spatial dimensions of literary narratives. His publications reveal a consistent scholarly trajectory examining spatial configurations across historical periods and geographical contexts, with increasing attention to interdisciplinary applications of space syntax methods. Recent works demonstrate sophisticated integration of spatial analysis with cultural, historical, and social dimensions of urban environments. ESRC scholarship for International Relations studies EPSRC-sponsored PhD research EPSRC Inclusions award (2012) for ethnographic research on suburban walking tours As an educator, Griffiths leads core modules on the MSc Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities programme, including Investigations in Spatial Morphology and Spatial Cultures. He previously served as Course Director (2009-2014) and edited Urban Design International (2011-2013). Currently, he serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Urban Morphology and continues to supervise doctoral students researching urban spatial cultures and spatial-morphological heritage.
Prof. Dr. Sofia Rüdiger currently holds a Visiting Professorship at the Institute of English Philology , Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on World Englishes , Computer-Mediated Communication , and Language and Food studies. She co-organizes the BæFoLa (Bayreuth-Berlin Food and Language) lecture series. Her academic journey includes a Habilitation (2020) and 6 years as an Akademische Rätin a. Z. (2018-2024) at Universität Bayreuth. Research Areas include: World Englishes (particularly Asian Englishes, Korean English, English as Lingua Franca) Pragmatics (complaints, persuasive language, historical pragmatics) Computer-Mediated Communication (YouTube discourse, social media corpora) Corpus Linguistics (spoken corpora, non-canonical syntax) Language & Food (digital ethnography, BæFoLa project) Her publication trends show sustained engagement with digital communication (YouTube, social media), English variation (Korean, Taiwanese), and pragmatic markers (like, expressives). She serves on editorial boards and has received DFG funding (RU 2369/3-1) for digital food discourse research.
Kajsa Djärv is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and the department of Linguistics and English Language. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania (2019), and previously served as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on formal semantics and pragmatics, exploring interactions between syntax, semantics, and discourse. Key areas include attitude reports (e.g., belief/knowledge representations), clausal complementation strategies, factivity, and embedded main clause phenomena. She employs experimental methods to investigate grammatical constraints and cross-linguistic variation in meaning representation. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate courses in semantic theory and guided research. She currently supervises PhD and MSc students in formal semantics and pragmatics. Notable awards include the Humboldt Research Fellowship (2020–2022). Collaborative projects involve scholars like Donka Farkas (UC Santa Cruz) and Deniz Özyıldız (University of Konstanz), addressing topics such as argument-structure alternations and meaning-driven syntactic restrictions. Djärv is an affiliate member of the MECORE research project on cross-linguistic clausal embedding patterns.
Holly Branigan is a Professor of Psychology of Language and Cognition at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Her research focuses on language production, dialogue, child language development, and bilingualism. She holds a Personal Chair and has led numerous grants including projects on conversational alignment in children with autism, language experience effects on development, and syntactic priming in dialogue. Her teaching includes undergraduate courses on Psychology of Language and postgraduate modules on Dialogue. She supervises PhD students in topics like syntactic processing, bilingualism, and interactional linguistics. Branigan has secured over £10M in research funding from bodies like the ESRC and EU, leading projects such as 'How does language experience support language development?' (2018–2023) and 'AThEME: Advancing European Multilingual Experience' (2014–2019). Her work explores how speakers adapt language based on social context, interlocutor traits, and cognitive factors. Key achievements include a 7-year ESRC fellowship (1999–2006), and recognition for contributions to understanding syntactic processing mechanisms. She currently leads research on child language imitation in social contexts and bilingual syntactic representation.
Jeffrey T. Runner is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Rochester, where he has been teaching since 1994. He has held significant administrative roles, including Dean of the College (2017–2024), Vice Provost and University Dean for Undergraduate Education (2021–2024), and Chair of the Department of Linguistics (2014–2017). His academic service includes roles as Faculty Development and Diversity Officer for Arts, Sciences and Engineering (2011–2017), and editor of the Syntax and Semantics book series (2011–2016). He is a Faculty Associate of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies since 2003 and served as Director of the Center for Language Sciences (2009–2014). Runner’s research focuses on experimental syntax and psycholinguistics, employing eye-tracking to study language comprehension. Key areas include binding theory, ellipsis, and the interplay between linguistic structure and visual/discourse context. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation since 2002, with publications in top journals like Linguistic Inquiry , Cognition , and Cognitive Science . Recipient of the 2006 Goergen Award for Undergraduate Education, Runner teaches courses on linguistic analysis, syntax, and experimental methods. His research lab, the Lattimore Eye Tracking Lab, explores real-time language processing mechanisms. Collaborations include work with institutions like Brown University, Universite Paris-Diderot, and Stanford University. Scientific contributions include groundbreaking studies on anaphora resolution, reflexive interpretation, and VP ellipsis. His edited volumes and conference proceedings reflect deep engagement with syntax-semantics interfaces and theoretical linguistics.
Robyn Creswell is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of Graduate Admissions at Yale University. He specializes in Modern Arabic Literature, Translation Studies, and Modernist Poetry, with a focus on the intersection of literature and politics in the Middle East. Creswell holds a Ph.D. from New York University (2011) and a B.A. from Brown University (1999). His research explores Cold War intellectual movements, pan-Arabism, and the role of translation in preserving literary heritage. Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University, 2011 B.A., Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1999 (Magna cum laude) Research Interests: Creswell’s work spans Modernist Poetry, Arabic literature, translation theory, and the politics of Middle Eastern cultural production. He has written extensively on 20th-century Arab poets like Nazik al-Mala’ika and Adonis, analyzing how literary forms reflect broader sociopolitical shifts. His current project, The Ruins: Arabic Poetry in an Age of Extremes , examines post-WWII Arab intellectual history through poetic analysis. Publications: His book City of Beginnings: Poetic Modernism in Beirut (2019) won the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize. He has translated works by Iman Mersal, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Abdelfattah Kilito, including the National Translation Award-winning The Threshold (2022). His essays appear in The New York Review of Books , Daedalus , and Critical Inquiry . Awards and Fellowships: Guggenheim Fellowship (2021) National Translation Award (2023) Berlin Prize (American Academy in Berlin, 2015–16) Cullman Center Fellowship (2011–12) Teaching and Service: Creswell has taught courses on Arabic poetry, literary translation, and the global history of sports writing. He directed Yale’s Comparative Literature Department (2021–23) and served as poetry editor for The Paris Review (2011–18). He has organized academic symposia such as Translation/Tarjama (2018), exploring Arabic literary translation’s political dimensions.
Dirk Meyer is a Professor of Chinese Philosophy at the University of Oxford and Fellow of The Queen's College. He directs the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC) and the Centre for Study of Excavated Manuscripts at Nanjing University. His research focuses on early Chinese thought, manuscript cultures, and the interplay between material conditions and intellectual production. He leads projects such as Silent Argumentation: Philosophy as Performance in Early China and collaborates on the Songs of the States multi-volume study of Warring States manuscripts. Director of the Journal of Manuscript and Text Cultures (MTC), a diamond Open-Access journal Senior co-editor of Library of Sinology (De Gruyter) and editor of Text Cultures (Fenghuang Press) Recipient of the Mei-an Chair Professorship (Nanjing University) and Bernhard Karlgren Fellowship (SCAS) Key research interests include the relationship between writing technologies and philosophical discourse, reinterpreting Chinese thought on its own terms, and analyzing excavated texts like the Guodian and Tsinghua manuscripts. Recent publications include Songs of the Royal Zhōu and the Royal Shào (Brill, 2022) and Philosophy on Bamboo (Brill, 2012). He supervises numerous doctoral students in Chinese philosophy and has organized conferences on topics such as manuscript ethics, gender in text cultures, and the legacy of Guodian manuscripts. His work bridges Sinology with global comparative approaches to manuscript studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
Ludovic Vetea Mompelat is an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami 's College of Arts and Sciences . His research focuses on linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), and computational analysis of creole languages such as Martinican and Haitian Creole. He specializes in integrating artificial intelligence into language education and exploring syntactic typology, ellipsis constructions, and linguistic barriers in healthcare. Research Interests Dr. Mompelat investigates: POS tagging and error analysis in creole languages AI-driven solutions for linguistic barriers in healthcare Computational approaches to ellipsis constructions and syntactic finiteness Corpus development for discourse analysis (e.g., conspiracy theories) and event sequencing Publications & Trends Recent articles highlight his work on NLP for under-resourced creole languages, contrasting classical NLP with modern LLMs, and leveraging AI to address linguistic challenges in healthcare and education. His studies often involve comparative syntax analysis across Martinican, Haitian, and French languages, alongside creating annotated corpora for machine learning applications.
Erik Zyman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 2018. His research focuses on theoretical syntax, particularly the principles governing syntactic structure formation, crosslinguistic variation, and the cognitive foundations of syntactic operations. His work explores elementary operations like Merge (external and internal), constituency, selection, projection, adjunction, phases, and antilocality, with case studies in English, Latin, and P’urhepecha. His recent publications analyze phase constraints, argument/adjunct distinctions, and movement phenomena. He teaches foundational and advanced courses in syntax, including Introduction to Syntax (LING 20201), Advanced Syntax (LING 20202), and a graduate seminar on derivationalism vs. representationalism. His research integrates empirical data with theoretical frameworks to address universal and language-specific syntactic properties.
Lív Maria Róadóttir Jæger serves as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature, University of the Faroe Islands. Holding a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen, she is an influential contemporary poet whose experimental works bridge academic philosophy and artistic practice through innovative multimedia formats and public interventions. Her academic background includes: Master of Arts (mag.art.) in Philosophy, University of Copenhagen (awarded March 5, 2012) Jæger's creative practice centers on poetry and phenomenology, manifested through radical experimentation with form and medium. She pioneers techniques including xerographic poetry, pergament manuscripts, lithographic texts, and multimedia installations that transform philosophical concepts into tangible artistic experiences. Her work consistently engages with urgent contemporary issues—from Gaza conflict commentary to social media critique—while celebrating the expressive potential of the Faroese language through fragmented syntax, multilingual elements, and material innovation. Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals a cohesive trajectory toward interdisciplinary collaboration and expanded poetic forms. Through the SUPERVISJÓN collective, she has systematically dismantled poetry's traditional boundaries, producing street interventions, textile art, sound installations, and digital works that challenge conventional distinctions between literature, visual art, and public space. This body of work demonstrates remarkable thematic consistency in addressing political power structures, psychological states, and environmental concerns while maintaining deep roots in Faroese linguistic and cultural identity. No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the available information. In her academic capacity, Jæger teaches creative writing within the Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts program and has co-edited student anthologies like RITLIST II: Antologi (2023). She has contributed to institutional development through consultancy work on sustainability recommendations for the University of the Faroe Islands (2021), demonstrating engagement beyond traditional academic boundaries. While formal graduate students aren't listed, her editorial work indicates active mentorship of emerging Faroese writers. Jæger's primary creative ecosystem is the SUPERVISJÓN collaboration, which functions as both artistic laboratory and cultural platform. This collective enables her poetry to transcend the page through annual Ólavsøkuframsýningin exhibitions, transforming public spaces with wall poems, textile installations, and multimedia performances that engage the Faroese community in contemporary artistic discourse.
Kaius Sinnemäki is a Professor of Quantitative and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Department of Languages under the Faculty of Arts. Since 2025, he has directed the strategic profiling action Diversity in Society and Life (DIVSOL) , funded by the Research Council of Finland, and previously led the ERC Starting Grant project Linguistic Adaptation (2019-2024). His research focuses on large-scale comparative linguistics, integrating language typology with sociolinguistics. Key areas include core argument marking, statistical methods in typology, linguistic complexity, language contact, and the interplay between language and religion. He teaches courses spanning language typology, evolution, sociolinguistics, and quantitative methods. Recent publications address replication in linguistic research, adaptation in contact ecologies, and complexity measures across phonological, morphosyntactic, and syntactic domains. His work often bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical data analysis, utilizing open datasets and computational tools. Scientific Awards: Prize for the Humanities (2021) He actively supervises academic theses, serves on editorial boards (e.g., Linguistic Typology ), and participates in international collaborations, peer reviews, and media engagements on linguistic diversity and secularism.
Dr. Jasmin Hodžić is Director of the Institute of Language at the University of Sarajevo (since 2021) and teaches at the University of Novi Pazar. In April 2025 he was promoted to Scientific Advisor. His expertise spans syntax, sociolinguistics, accentology, and cognitive linguistics, with a central focus on the Bosnian language. Education 2017 – Ph.D. in Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar 2013 – M.Sc. in Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar 2009 – B.A. in Bosnian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Džemal Bijedić University of Mostar 2003 – Electrical Engineering Diploma, High School of Electrical Engineering, Mostar Research Interests Hodžić’s work integrates formal syntactic analysis with sociolinguistic inquiry. He investigates syntactic ambiguity, accentual variation in Neo-Štokavian standards, and the historical status of Bosnian. Cognitively oriented studies explore metaphor and conceptual framing in literary and religious texts, while sociolinguistic projects examine language policy, education, and identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Sandžak region. Recent publications reveal intensified attention to language ideology during the 1990s conflict, the codification of orthoepic norms, and the use of Ottoman-era sources to reconstruct linguistic history. Together, these strands position him as a leading voice in Bosniak linguistic scholarship. Scientific Awards Special Mention at the 36th Sarajevo Book Fair (2025) University of Sarajevo Council for Science & Art Award (2020) Designation “Publication of Special National Interest” (2020) Grants, Advising & Teams While specific grant identifiers are not detailed, Hodžić’s continuous appointment as Senior Research Associate (2021–2025) and now Scientific Advisor presumes sustained national research funding. He has organised or delivered keynote lectures at more than 60 conferences, indicating leadership of multiple collaborative projects. Media engagements (TV Sarajevo, Hayat TV, BIR) further extend his role as public intellectual and mentor. Laboratory & Institute Leadership As Director of the Institute of Language at the University of Sarajevo, Hodžić oversees a national centre for linguistic research, standardisation, and public policy consultation, coordinating teams working on accentuation, syntax, and sociolinguistic atlas projects.
Dr Marieke Meelen is an Associate Professor in Historical Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. She serves as a Fellow, Tutor, and Director of Studies at Trinity Hall. Research Interests: Historical Linguistics, Comparative Syntax, Information Structure, Grammaticalisation & Pragmaticalisation, NLP for low-resource languages, Celtic & Tibeto-Burman languages Projects: PI for ELDP-funded endangered language documentation in Nepal; collaborator on ERC-funded 'PaganTibet' and AHRC-funded 'Emergence of Egophoricity' Key Contributions: Development of ASR and HTR models for Tibeto-Burman languages; historical treebank of Welsh; computational approaches to Celtic and Tibeto-Burman syntax Publications & Grants focus on syntactic reconstruction, corpus creation, and NLP for endangered languages. She mentors PhD students working on Celtic or Tibeto-Burman languages and consults for computational linguistics projects.
