Participation in research projects
2023-2025 – Principal investigator. Recognized research group in experimental phonetics involving researchers from several major Catalan universities (Reference: 2021SGR00544). Funding agency: Catalan Government’s Office for Research and Universities.
2023-2024 – Collaborator. “Effective English pronunciation in digital environments for the primary school EFL/CLIL class and beyond: Linguistic, pedagogical and didactic foundations, Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (M. A. Gómez González, P.I) Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. (Reference: TED2021-130283B-C21).
2022-2024 – Principal investigator, “Phonetic categorization in L2: Specialized training, lexical effects and metalinguistic influence (CAFELME)”. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Reference: PID2021-122396NB-I00).
2018-2021 – Principal investigator, “Cross-linguistic perception, online processing and production of similar phonetic categories in L1 and L2 speech”. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. (Reference: FFI2017-88016-P).
2017-2019 (latest renewal) – Member since 1999. Recognized research group in experimental phonetics involving researchers from several major Catalan universities (Reference: 2017SGR34). Funding agency: Catalan Government’s Office for Research and Universities (D. Recasens, P.I.). Department of Catalan Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/Institute for Catalan Studies.
2014-2017 – Principal investigator, “Perception and production in L2 acquisition: Phonological and lexical categories in second language learners”. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. (Reference: FFI2013-46354-P, coordinated with co-PI Dr. M. J. Solé, UAB). (research group’s website).
2010-2013 – Collaborator, “Categorization, representation and language processing in a second language”. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (M. J. Solé, P.I.). Department of English Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
2009-2010 – Principal investigator, “Perceptual similarity and the acquisition of English and Catalan vowels”. Funding agency: Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan autonomous government). Department of English Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
2005-2008 – Collaborator, “Variation, categorization and language processing in first and second languages”. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (M. J. Solé, P.I.). Department of English Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
2001-2004 – Collaborator, “Modelling the cognitive basis for language: Structure and learnability. Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (M. J. Solé, P.I.) (Renewed in 2005). Department of English Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
1996-1998 – Graduate research assistant, “Contrast and complexity in phonology”. Funding agency: Social Sciences and the Humanities Research Council (E. B. Dresher and K. Rice, P.I.s). Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto.