Welcome!
I am a linguist.
I am chair professor of Linguistics / Syntax and Language Variation and head of the Linguistics division at Utrecht University, as well as a member of the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS).
My main interests are syntactic variation, language change in contact, heritage language syntax, (Italo-)Romance and Indo-Aryan microvariation, impersonal pronouns, and the syntax-phonology interface.
Editorial activity and service
I am editor-in-chief of Isogloss. Open Journal of Romance Linguistics, and president of Going Romance. I am the founder of Heritage Language Syntax, a series of workshops dedicated to syntactic theory informed by heritage language data, and of CIDSM.
I am also series editor of the Language Science Press OA series Open Generative Syntax and editor-in-chief of the Brill Series Grammars and Sketches of the Romance Languages .
Global engagement and science policy
I am actively engaged in science communication, policy advisory roles, and international initiatives that bridge the gap between research and society. I also work to foster inclusive academic communities and advocate for equitable publication standards in scie
I serve on the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS) of the International Science Council and I'm a member of INGSA.
My policy contributions include co-authoring the Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2018) and advising the European Commission on science communication and ethics through various JRC initiatives.
I also mentor early career researchers worldwide through the Your Academic Auntie initiative.