Current positions
Regular
2023- Professor (Gewoon hoogleraar), Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven
Visiting
2016- Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
Previous positions
Visiting
2016-2022 Affiliate, Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
2015 Directeur d'études associé, EHESS, Paris
2013 Visiting Fellow, University of Queensland
2010 Marie Curie Fellow, University of Western Australia & University of Melbourne
2010 Visiting Fellow, Collaborative Research Centre on Multilingualism, University of Hamburg
2003-2012 Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics, University of Melbourne
2001 Visiting scholar, University of Aarhus
Regular
2017-2023 Professor (Hoogleraar BOF), Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven
2010-2017 Associate Professor (Hoofddocent BOF), Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven
2007-2010 Assistant Professor (Docent BOF), Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven (tenured, funded by the research council of the University of Leuven)
2002-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Foundation Flanders
1998-2002 Doctoral Fellow, Research Foundation Flanders
Training
2024 Caucasian Languages in Georgia Fieldwork Program, Zemo Alvani, Georgia
2016 European Summer School in Linguistic Typology, Porquerolles, France
2009 Linguistic Institute (Linguistic Society of America), University of California, Berkeley
2006 Training in language documentation (ELDP program), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
1998-2002 PhD, Linguistics, University of Leuven
1994-1998 Licentiate, Germanic Languages & Linguistics, University of Leuven
1997 Certificate in Kiswahili, University of Leuven
Awards & honours
2025 Member, Royal Academy for Science and the Arts (KVAB)
2016 Member, Academia Europaea
2015 Humanities & Social Sciences Award, Royal Academy for Science and the Arts (Laureaat Menswetenschappen 2015, KVAB)
2014 Science Communication Award (jointly with Jo Tollebeek), Royal Academy for Science and the Arts
Membership
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies