We are delighted to announce that Dr. Fatih Bayram has joined the Department of Linguistics and English Language as a Senior Research Associate in January 2025.

Dr. Bayram is a leading researcher in heritage language bilingualism, with an extensive track-record of publications in key journals in our field. He is joining Lancaster from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, where we worked for the past six years. But Dr. Bayram is no stranger to the UK, having obtained his PhD from Newcastle and completed post-doctoral research at Reading University.

At Lancaster, Dr. Bayram will be part of the new Multilingualism and Cognition Research Group, and work closely with Professor Jason Rothman and Professor Patrick Rebuschat.

The Department of Linguistics and English Language is currently ranked 3rd for Linguistics in the 2024 QS World University Rankings and 2nd in the UK for Linguistics research (REF2021). It is a dynamic community of scholars producing world-leading insights across a wide spectrum of research and impact activities. With 38 academics, it has the size and diversity to foster a vibrant research culture that stimulates research synergies.