Interests: Germanic sociolinguistics, politics of language, language and migration, language and identity, Luxembourg Studies
Biography: I lectured at the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg/ Université du Luxembourg (1998-2006) and the University of Leeds (2007-2010) before joining the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Sheffield in 2010. I am director of the Centre for Luxembourg Studies in Sheffield and co-ordinator of the Worldwide Universities Network on Germanic Languages and Migration.