Convenors of LARG
Convenors of the Language
& Asylum Research Group are:
Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex, UK
Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex, UK & University of Groningen
Dr. Karin M. Zwaan
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Academic Coordinator, Centre for Migration Law Radboud University, Nijmegen,
Netherlands
Experience:
The Convenors have experience in LADO dating back to 2003. As a founding
member of the Language & National Origin Group (LNOG), Patrick helped co-author the
2004 Guidelines for the Use of Language Analysis in relation to Questions of
National Origin in Refugee Cases (available
via UNHCR's
RefWorld; see LADO Bibliography),
and authors expert LADO reports in the UK. Schmid researches language attrition
and bilingualism, and has authored expert LADO reports in the Netherlands. Zwaan
teaches and researches migration and refugee law and has published on European
asylum law and LADO.
They are each active in LADO research and/or practice, and in related fields of
linguistics and law, respectively.
Their role, in consultation with the Advisory Panel, is to guide the Research
Group's agenda, to make decisions on managing resources and planning activities
- e.g., initiate meetings, promote publication and archiving of documents - to
decide on membership matters, and to facilitate active participation by LARG
members.
Email addresses for the Convenors are available on the
Contact page.