... is a professor at the University of Innsbruck and the Pannonian University in Hungary, where she is a founding member of the International Doctoral School for Multilingualism. She has published in the field of multilingualism research with a special focus on the acquisition of English in multilingual contexts. She is the co-author of A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism (with Philip Herdina in 2002), the first book to apply dynamic systems theory to language acquisition. As a founding member and president of the International Association of Multilingualism, she has been involved in the development of third language acquisition and multilingualism research for many years. She is the founding editor of the International Journal of Multilingualism and the book series Trends in Applied Linguistics (Mouton de Gruyter). With her work on metalinguistic awareness in multilingual learning, she has opened up a new line of research on metacognition in applied multilingualism research.

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Department of English, Room 40324
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone  +43 512 507 4156  
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E-Mail          ulrike.jessner@uibk.ac.at

...(retired) is a member of the DyME research group. University degrees in Education, Psychology, Philosophy, German, English. Qualified examiner for Cambridge Certificates at UCLES and Mercator European Test Systems. Extensive experience in language teaching and working as a translator. Responsible for setting up and implementing the International Language Centre at Innsbruck University (ISI). Research focus on multilingualism, theory of science and methodology, dynamic complexity theory, and applied linguistics (cf. numerous publications on DMM, multilingualism and qualitative methods in applied research, explicitly GABEK and Qualmet).

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Department of English, Room 40324
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone  +43 512 507 4158  
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E-Mail          philip.herdina@uibk.ac.at

... had to become multilingual in order to survive in Nicaragua and Colombia in the 1980s after arriving there with only German, English and French. She is a teacher and currently works in adult education and teacher training on the subject of multilingualism, particularly at the Okay-zusammenleben project centre. For several semesters, she taught a seminar on multilingual didactics in theory and practice at the University of Innsbruck. She is very involved in the conception and development of language competence centres (e.g. SpEAK at PI Feldkirch, language centre at VHS Götzis), and has been involved in several Comenius and Erasmus projects.

Main focus: Further training of teachers, development of plurilingual curricula (Project PlurCur at the European Centre for Modern Languages - Graz, Erasmus+ project Plur>E), multilingual didactics.

Dissertation: Multilingual training at school: Does it enhance language proficiency and metalinguistic awareness in multilingual learners?

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Department of English, Room 40310
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck  

Telephone +43 512 507-4167
E-Mail         elisabeth.allgaeuer.hackl@gmail.com

... is a long-standing member of DyME research. She is a lecturer at the Free University of
Bolzano/Bozen (Faculty of Education, Economics and Eco-Design) and teaches English at the
Gymnasium of Social Sciences in Bozen. Immersed in a bilingual German-Italian environment from
childhood, she views linguistic and cultural diversity as enriching both her own life and community
life at large. Her research interests include meta- and crosslinguistic awareness, and multilingual
competence development. In her current research, she examines multilingual competences in
primary schoolers and investigates how different life ecologies and affordances affect their
multilingual awareness and understanding of language(s). Recent publications focus on early multi-
competence, learner attitudes and multilingual assessment. In her free time she likes to hike in the
mountains, do sports, read, and work on extending her rudimentary knowledge of French and
Chinese.

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Kontakt: hofbar@libero.it; barbara.hofer1@unibz

More languages, more world. Things are not as we see them, they are constantly being created anew. Only when we let the full spectrum of language lights fall on things can we see all their colours. Our world is more than the sum of the worlds of individuals. Multilingualism is my ship on which I sail between worlds, discovering new, unknown shores and realising that language can help us transcend borders. Language is the potential from which we build enabling spaces. Today, the world is considered VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) - but hasn't it always been and haven't we always had the best tools in our hands to face this world? The diversity of our languages places the answer in our hands and in our responsibility. 

My first answer is therefore: DyME

My second answer is: Dynamics of language use and choice (short title of my thesis). 

My third answer is: future, Zukunft, avenir, futuro, budućnost, Будущее, المستقبل ...

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Department of English
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

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E-Mail         dyme-anglistk@uibk.ac.at

… is a cultural manager, curator, researcher, lecturer, teacher and teacher trainer working in the
interdisciplinary fields of contemporary (visual) art, architecture, (multiple) language acquisition and
multilingualism (with English). She is a PhD candidate in applied linguistics and media studies as well
as a founding member, researcher and project manager of the DyME group.

Manon grew up in the Netherlands with an ever-growing interest in culture/s, arts and
communication. After successfully completing her studies in International Cultural and Art Education
in Utrecht, Manon moved to Austria, (from) where she has been working ever since. Besides that, her
passion for languages, culture and literature led Manon to study Architecture and English and
American Studies at Innsbruck University.

It was the more practical question “How to raise my own child bi- or multilingual?”, however, that
turned her attention to multilingualism research. Presently a PhD candidate in applied linguistics and
English studies, Manon specializes in the fields of on multilingual development (acquisition, attrition,
maintenance), crosslinguistic interaction and multilingual (cross- and metalinguistic) awareness.

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Department of English
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone +43 512 507-4150
E-Mail        Manon.Megens@student.uibk.ac.at

Katharina Pretorius holds a teaching degree of the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck for English and Biology and now works at an international grammar school. Her work brings her into daily contact with students who speak a wide variety of languages. From the very beginning, she has been fascinated by the diversity of languages and the holistic process of language acquisition. She not only observes this process but also seeks to better understand and actively promote it. What brings her the most joy is when she can spark a passion for languages in young people, so that learning a language is no longer seen as an obligation but as a passion—when the "have to" becomes a "want to."

As part of her dissertation, which focuses on language aptitude and metalinguistic awareness in multilingual students, Katharina Pretorius is deeply connected to the subject of languages, not only in her academic work but also in her everyday life as the mother of a plurilingual toddler. Her son often humorously captures the challenge and fascination of multilingualism, for example by saying, "Mama, I speak ALL the languages" ... even though he doesn’t (yet) :-)

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Institut für Anglistik, ZiNR. 40431
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

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DyME Research Group
Department of English
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone +43 512 507-4150
E-Mail         Hannah.Fisher@uibk.ac.at

DyME Research Group
Institut für Anglistik
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone +43 512 507-4150  
E-mail         Markus.Saurwein@uibk.ac.at

DyME Research Group
Institut für Anglistik
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck

Telephone +43 512 507-4150  
E-mail         marina.prosa@uibk.ac.at

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