I am currently Full Professor for Translation Studies: Interpreting at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germersheim, Germany. Prior to taking up this position in 2026, I was Professor for the Theory and Practice of Interpreting (English) at the Institute of Translation and Multilingual Communication at TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany from 2013-2026. Before that, I held tenured academic positions at the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at The University of Manchester, UK, and Saarland University, Germany.

My research focuses on (1) interpreter agency and ideological positioning in institutional settings, and the impact of interpreters as gatekeepers of multilingual discourse; (2) negotiation and construction of the Self/Other dichotomy and the positioning of language(s) and interpreters in discourse, particularly in contexts of nationalism and immigration; (3) research in interpreting pedagogy and didactics, specifically related to the development of situated expertise and communities of practice. I am currently working on the SUMME research project (Superdiversity, Migration, Power, Ethics - the positioning of interpreters in Politics). Recently, I have become interested in understandings of translation and interpreting in theorising the more-than-human. Methodologically, I am particularly interested in descriptive and ethnographic research.