CV
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EDUCATION
1999: Habilitation (General Linguistics), Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
1994: PhD, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
1991: Master of Arts, University of Reading, UK
1990: Diploma in Philology (Linguistics), University of Athens, Greece
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CURRENT POSITION(S)
10.22- : Director, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, Germany & S-Professor of General Linguistics, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2016– 09.22: Vice Director & Leader of the Syntax & Lexicon Research Area, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany
May 2018: Visiting Professor, University of Vienna
2015– 09.22: Professor of English Linguistics, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
2002-2015: Professor of Theoretical and English Linguistics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
July 2007: Visiting Professor, Stanford University, USA, LSA Summer School
2001-2002: Heisenberg Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, USA & University of Potsdam, Germany
2001: Replacement of the Dept. Chair at the Institute of English Linguistics, University of Stuttgart
2000: Heisenberg Fellow, University of Potsdam, MIT and Princeton University
2000: Research associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
1999-2000: Managing Director, Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany
1999: Research associate, Department of Theoretical Linguistics, University of Tübingen, Germany
1992-1999: Research associate, Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany
- PRIZES, ACADEMY MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America
2022 Member of the Berlin-Brandbenburg Academy of Sciences
2020 Member of Academia Europea, Section of Linguistic Studies
2020 Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
2020 Fellow at the Center of Advanced Study, Oslo, Multigender Project
2019 ERC Synergy Grant 856421 (LeibnizDream) co-PI, Head of the Compressor Group
2018 Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
2016 Honorary Doctoral Degree, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2014 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
2014 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2010 Member of Academia Net
2000 Stanley J. Seeger Research Fellowship from Hellenic Studies, Princeton University
2000 Heisenberg Fellowship, DFG
1998-2000 Special research grant for Greek scientists abroad, Greek Ministry of Development
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BOARDS & INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2022-2026: Member of the International Research Network Heritage Languages in Europe, CNRS
10/2020-09/21: Managing Director, Institute of English and American Studies, HU Berlin
2020- 2024: Member of the DFG Fachkollegium 104, Sprachwissenschaften
2019-2021: Member of the Vergabekommission von Elsa-Neumann Stipendien des Landes Berlin
2018-2021: Member of Oasis, CNRS international network
2017-2022 : Member of the University Board of RWTH University of Aachen
2017-2021 : Member of the Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize Jury, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft
2015- 9.22: Member of the Scientific Board of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld
2014- : Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ACQUA, a joint UiT/NTNU research group
2013-2020: Member of the Advisory Board of Language Science Press
2012-2015: Vice-chairperson of the supervisory board (Universitätsrat) of the Universität Stuttgart
2008-2015: Member of the Board of the Research Network Linguistics and Cognition, Universität Stuttgart. Acting Director (April 2012- March 2014)
2010-2012: Member of the Ethics of scientific research committee of the Universität Stuttgart
2004-2012: Member of the Ph.D. grants' committee at the Universität Stuttgart
2012- : Member of the Network Language, Variation, and Migration, Universität Potsdam
2011: Member of the Evaluation Panel of Nordic Centers of Excellence (Norwegian Research Council)
2010- : Member of Academia Net, http://www.academia-net.de/
2006-2010: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of NORMS (Nordic Center of Excellence in Micro-comparative syntax)
2002-2006: Member of the Center of Interdisciplinary Research (Junges ZiF), University of Bielefeld
Editorial boards
Linguistic Analysis, Linguistic Inquiry, Syntax, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, English Language and Linguistics, Glossa, The Journal of Comparative Germanic Syntax
2000- : Series Editor at Mouton de Gruyter: Interface Explorations (with Tracy A. Hall)
2010- : Series Editor Brill Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory
CONSULTANT
01.2021: ZDF, Terra X, New York in 19th Century
2009-2015: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Culture Forum, City of Stuttgart
2005-2008: Project 'Integration durch Bildung' Lernaktiv (Integration through Education), City of Stuttgart
2004-2009: Member of the International Advisory Board of the City of Stuttgart for the area Sprachförderung