Nassiba Bouzardaoui

I am a student and research assistant for Prof. Bongartz. I am interested in multilingualism and sociolinguistics. Coming from a multilingual and multicultural background plus living in a time where language diversity is higher than ever, I have never thought of languages as separate systems. Sometimes, I find it difficult to translate a term without losing its meaning. In multilingual societies meaning can be transferred by switching between languages and being able to address the thoughts better.

In my work with Prof. Bongartz I explore the value of languages in multilingual societies such as in the high Atlas Mountain. My focus lies on acknowledging language as an extended tool that provides us with a better understanding of the world and its society. At the moment, Prof. Bongartz and I are working on our publication on Ait Ben Haddou and multilingual language learning.

Email: nbouzar1@uni-koeln.de

Tom Woudstra

I am in the teachers education program (English, Dutch and Social Sciences). As a person who himself grew up in a bilingual family, I am very interested in bilingualism, bilingual school settings and encouraging multilingual learning surroundings. Since my school time I participate in language projects for refugees and try to actively improve their language repertoire.

Email: twoudst1@uni-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Jacopo Torregrossa (Teilprojektleiter C03)

Dr. Sonja Eisenbeiß

Dr. Andrea Listanti

Vasileia Skrimpa 

I am a doctoral candidate in the SFB Project 1252 “Prominence in Language” in the project "C03 - Referenzstrategien in bilingualen Geschichten" and a research assistant at the chair for English Studies and Multilingualism for Prof. Bongartz. I participate as a researcher in the project “Corpus compilation and educational approaches in multilingual settings of Germany and Greece”, an international research project that explores language teaching approaches in multilingual environments and creates a network cluster between participating institutions of higher education in order to facilitate bilingualism and biliteracy. I hold a Master's degree in "Neurolinguistics" from the University of Cologne and a Master's degree in "Higher Education Research and Development" from the University of Kassel, after graduating from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a B.A. in "Greek Philology". My research interests include neurolinguistics, bilingualism and biliteracy, neurodegenerative and language disorders, neurocognitive mechanisms in atypical populations, Theory of Mind and cognition, syntax and anaphora resolution.

Email: vskrimp1@uni-koeln.de

Dr. Katrin Brandt

Friederike Zahn

Natalia Nannou