about
This is a website on my academic work and research interests. I currently work at the University of Hamburg as professor in German and media linguistics. I moved to Hamburg in October 2009 after two years at King’s College London where I was Reader in Sociolinguistics and Media Discourse. From 2003-2007 I was assistant professor for mediated communication at the University of Hanover. Before that, I was a researcher at the Institute for the German Language in Mannheim and a post-doc in Heidelberg, where I completed my PhD in German linguistics and translation studies. I did my first degree in German studies at the University of Athens, in the city where I was born and lived until my mid-20s. I see myself as Greek-born, German-bred and European-minded.
This website is online since January 2010. My previous site, archetype.de, was online since 1996 but fell into disuse in the last few years… I’ve maintained the domain though, which now automatically redirects visitors to this site.
