DOCTORAL, POSTDOCTORAL AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING

Doctoral Dissertations

The project welcomes students from two doctoral programs at Pompeu Fabra University, Doctorate in Humanities and Doctorate in Translation and Language Sciences. The following doctoral theses are or have been carried out within the framework of the INCLU-LINGUAM project:

  • SOCORRO IBÁÑEZ. EFL self-concept at a highly internationalized university: A mixed-methods study of profiles, Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence, EFL anxiety and the EMI context. Defense: 17 December 2024. PhD in Humanities, UPF. Thesis director: Mireia Trenchs Parera. With support from the TRANSLINGUAM-UNI and INCLU-LINGUAM research projects.
  • ANASTASIA KULYIAGINA. Pragmatic strategies in the internationalised classroom: Exploring speech act production in computer-mediated communication. Defense: 23 July 2025. PhD in Translation and Language Ciencies, UPF. Thesis director: Ariadna Sánchez Hernández. With support from the  TRANSLINGUAM-UNI and INCLU-LINGUAM research projects.
  • ALESSIA MURGI. Construction of linguistic identity through code choice and code-switching: A case study of plurilingual Italian migrants of diverse backgrounds in Catalonia. Project thesis defense: 29 May 2025. Expected defense date: September 2028. PhD in Translation and Language Ciencies, UPF. Thesis director: Mireia Trenchs Parera. With support from the INCLU-LINGUAM research project.
  • LAIA AIXALÀ PÀMIES. Starting PhD program. PhD in Humanities, UPF, with the research AI Chatbot-Mediated Speaking Communication in EFL Secondary Education: A Case Study of Interactional Strategies, Gender & Interculturality. October 2025. Thesis director: Mireia Trenchs. With support from the INCLU-LINGUAM research project.

MIGUEL GUISANTES, PhD student from Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, enjoys his predoctoral study abroad within the group GREILI. During his stay he is getting acquainted with the project’s methodology.

Postdoctoral training

MARIA ANTÓN ÁLVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS carried out her postdoctoral contract within the project with INVESTIGO funding (2023-2025). 

Undergraduate training

The project welcomes undergraduate students from different BA programmes at Pompeu Fabra University and at Universitat de les Illes Balears. The following BA theses are or have been carried out within the framework of the INCLU-LINGUAM project:

INASSE CHARKAOUI HASSOUNG, student of the BA Degree in Global Studies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, "The UN´s sustainable devlopment goal 4 in Barcelona: Educational equity and international inclusion within the global and diverse academic system, " tutored by Ieva StonÇikaité (2025-26).

PAULA ROTGER SÁNCHEZ, student of the BA Degree in English Studies at Universitat de les Illes Balears, has completed her BA Final Research Project with the title Accomodations offered to dyslexic students learning English as a Foreign Language: The teacher's perspective, directed by Dr. Sofia Moratinos (2025-26).

ELISENDA PUIG ÁLAMO, BA student at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, has completed her final BA thesis with the title The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 10 in Brussels: Linguistic coexistence in an officially bilingual global city”, under the supervision of Dr. Mireia Trenchs Parera (2025-26).

ÀNGELA LLOBERA MARTÍ, student of the BA Degree in English Studies at Universitat de les Illes Balears, carried out her BA Final Research Project with the title of Overcoming Adversities: Strategies and Academic Adaptations for Students with Dyslexia at University, tutored by Dr Sofia Moratinos. (2024-2025).

ALICE MARGALIDA LLULL JAMES, student of the BA Degree in English Studies at Universitat de les Illes Balears, carried out her BA Final Research Project with the title of Overcoming Barriers: University Students with ADHD and the Challenge of Learning English, tutored by Dr Sofia Moratinos. (2024-2025).

CARLA SUDHA MAYORAL ATIENZA, student of the BA Degree in Humanities at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, carries out her BA Final Research Project La dislexia en la educación secundaria: análisis de estrategias pedagógicas inclusivas within the project's objectives, tutored by Dr Mireia Trenchs. (2024-2025).

PAULA CAPÓ GARAU, student of the BA Degree in English Studies at Universitat de les Illes Balears, has completed her BA Final Research Project and write her BA Final Thesis within the project's objectives. The thesis, directed by Dr. Joana Salazar, is Special Educational Needs: A Focus on Secondary Education Language Teachers with ADHD Students. (2023-2024).

Furthermore, each academic year, students in the elective course 'Intercultural Spaces, Languages and Identities' within the Humanities and Global Studies degrees at UPF undertake the course core assignment by conducting original research of their choice on multilingualism, interculturality, and language policies, in some cases also focusing on groups of interest to INCLU-LINGUAM and using research methods and knowledge generated within the project.

Methodological training

GREILI-UPF and ALLENCAM research groups recommend and offer training added to UPF PhD programmes for the development of doctoral dissertations within the INCLU-LINGUAM Project.