Full CV available upon request: laura.vela@ehu.eus
Doctor in Linguistics (Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain).
(Some) areas of interest: comparative syntax, semantics, psycholinguistics, gender-fair language, syntax-semantics interface, comparative structures, quantification, relative clauses, focus, ergativity.
PhD in Linguistics. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2016-2020. PhD Dissertation: “Drawing comparisons: A syntactic and semantic approach to Basque, Spanish and English comparative structures”. Advisors: Elena Castroviejo and Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria.
M.A. in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2016. (Best Academic Record). Specialization in Syntactic Theory, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics. M.A. Thesis: “Subject-initial preference and ergativity: a look at Basque”. Advisors: Itziar Laka and Kepa Erdozia.
B.A. in Modern Languages (English Studies & Linguistics). University of Deusto (UD), Bilbao, 2014. (4 year Academic Excellence Award).
Equality among women and men. Course from the Equality Directorate at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (online). 03/02/2020 - 07/03/2020 .
Etxepare Euskal lnstitutua and UPV/EHU. Training course for teaching Basque in universities and higher education centers abroad (Vitoria-Gasteiz). 03/10/2019 - 13/12/2019.
Summer School. 25th Central European Summer School in Generative Grammar (EGG). Banja Luka (Bosnia – Hercegovina). 30/07/2018-10/08/2018.
Excellence in Basque Studies VIII. UPV/EHU Summer Courses. Donostia. 09/07/2018 - 10/07/2018.
Research stay at Universität Konstanz (Germany). Visiting scholar. Advisor: Maribel Romero. 01/04/2018 – 30/06/2018.
Summer School of Linguistics. CreteLing 2017. Rethymnon (Greece). 09 – 22/07/2017.
Research stay at the University of Maryland UMD (United States). Visiting scholar. Advisor: Jeff Lidz. 25/01/2017 - 25/05/2017.
Erasmus. University of Leeds (United Kingdom). Year abroad in Leeds (United Kingdom). 09/2012 – 06-2013 .
Researcher, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). Research assistant. Formal analysis of ‘cualquiera’ and ‘equis’. Main researcher: Dr. Olga Kellert. 02/01/2018 (ongoing).
Researcher, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Spain). Formal Linguistics Researcher (PIC): Basque Comparative Constructions. Basque Government, Project IT769-13. 05/02/2015 – 28/01/2016.
Internship at Loyola Communication Group, Bilbao (Spain). 6 ECTS. (150 hours). Editing and writing tasks in Spanish, English and. Basque at the editorial group. 16/09/2013 – 19/12/2013.
Researcher in the Red de Excelencia Significado y Gramática (SIGGRAM, FFI2016-81750-REDT). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO). Main researcher: M.Teresa Espinal (UAB)
Researcher in the Unidad de Formación e Investigación UFI11/14 (UPV/EHU). Granted by the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Main researcher: Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria Goti.
Researcher in the Variación Lingüística Y Arquitectura Del Lenguaje (VALAL, MINECO FFI2014-53675-P). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO). Main researcher: Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria Goti.
Researcher in the Consolidated Group Hizkuntzalaritza Teorikorako Taldea HiTT (IT769-13). Granted by the Basque Government. Main researcher: Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria Goti.
Researcher (PIC) at the project entitled Lingüística Formal (IT769-13). Granted by the Basque Government. Main researcher: Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria Goti.
Researcher in the Red de Excellencia Significado y Gramática (SIGGRAM, FFI2014-51675). Granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO). Main researcher: Louise McNally Seifert.
Organising Committee of Workshop Interdisciplinar en Cuestiones de Género y Lenguaje. 03/05/2019. [programme]
Scientific Committee and Organising Committee of Segundas Jornadas GrOC/GaiGram - Euskal Herria (“Gramática orientada a las competencias” “Gaitasunetara Bideraturiko Gramatika”), una iniciativa que pretende reflexionar y hacer propuestas de trabajo orientadas a mejorar la práctica en el aula relacionada con las asignaturas de lengua y la enseñanza de gramática en Secundaria. 20-21/03/2019. [programme]
Organising Committee of Primeras Jornadas GrOC/GaiGram - Euskal Herria (“Gramática orientada a las competencias” “Gaitasunetara Bideraturiko Gramatika”), una iniciativa que pretende reflexionar y hacer propuestas de trabajo orientadas a mejorar la práctica en el aula relacionada con las asignaturas de lengua y la enseñanza de gramática en Secundaria. 01/02/2017. [programme]
Student chair at UNIBASQ (Agency for Quality of the Basque University System). Participation in various panels of experts evaluating the study programmes (bachelor, master and doctorate) of the universities of the Basque university system. 04/10/2016 (ongoing).
Organising Committee of the regular seminars (Hizkuntzalaritza Teorikorako Taldea HiTT and UFI11/14) and their web page (https://hittlinguistics.wixsite.com/hitt/semlin ). 10/2015 (ongoing).
Isogloss magazine: member of the editorial team (http://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss). 29/09/2015 (ongoing).
Organising Committee of the 12th Workshop on Syntax, Semantics and Phonology [WoSSP2015]. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain). 26/06/2015.
Organising Committee of the 2014 Colloquium on World Languages and Cultures.University of Deusto (Spain). 03/2014.
Interactive talk at EuskarAbentura (a walking expedition that takes 120 boys and girls between 16 and 17 years old from both the seven Basque territories and the diaspora to explore the Basque geography and learn about our culture and history) at Lezo (Basque Country) entitled “Hizkuntzaren zientzia eta munduko hizkuntza aniztasuna”, 22 July 2019. https://euskarabentura.eus/es/2019/07/22/euskarabentura-2019-baiona-lezo/# also at Berria, and Ane Insausti´s blog for Berria.
Organising Committee and participant at the Linguistics stand at the UPV/EHU´s Science Fair (Zientzia Astea, 8-11 November 2018, both at Vitoria-Gasteiz and Eibar): http://zientzia-astea.org/es/zientzia-astea-vitoria-gasteiz/
Organising Committee and participant at the Linguistics stand at the UPV/EHU´s Science Fair (Zientzia Astea, 9-12 November 2016, both at Vitoria-Gasteiz and 9 November 2017 at Barakaldo). 09/11/2017 – 12/11/2017. https://hittlinguistics.wixsite.com/hitt/zientzia-astea
Organising Committee and participant at the Linguistics stand at the UPV/EHU´s Science Fair (3-6 November 2016, at Vitoria-Gasteiz) organized by the University of the Basque Country, which aims at raising awareness about linguistic research among high school students and the general public. 03/11/2016 – 06/11/2016. http://zientzia-astea.org/es/schedule/idioma-un-valioso-conocimiento-que-pasa- desapercibido/
Photos: Mirian Alonso (EuskarAbentura 2019, Lezo)