The project welcomes students from two doctoral programs at Pompeu Fabra University, Doctorate in Humanities and Doctorate in Translation and Language Sciences, as well as Master students from the Department of Humanities and the Department of Translation and Language Sciences.

The following doctoral theses are or have been carried out within the framework of the TRANSLINGUAM-UNI project:

ANASTASIA KULYIAGINA has defended her doctoral dissertation Pragmatic strategies in the internationalised classroom: Exploring speech act production in computer-mediated communication on July 23rd 2025. Doctorate in Translation and Language Ciencies, UPF. Thesis director: Ariadna Sánchez Hernández. This thesis was finished within the framework of the INCLU-LINGUAM project.

SOCORRO IBÁÑEZ with a pre-doctoral contract has defended her thesis on December 17th, 2024, with the title EFL self-concept at a highly internationalized university: A mixed-methods study of profiles, Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence, EFL anxiety and the EMI context. Thesis director: Mireia Trenchs Parera. This thesis was finished within the framework of the INCLU-LINGUAM project.

ANDREANA PASTENA defended her PhD dissertation The development of transcultural competence in a multicultural and multilingual university classroom: A case study from a social interaction perspective. April 8th, 2022, receiving the highest distinction of Cum Laude. July 14th, 2021. Ph D in Humanities, UPF. Directed by: Mireia Trenchs Parera.

YORDANKA CHIMEVA defended her Ph D dissertation Negotiating Interactions and Addressing Communication Breakdowns in Foreign Language Telecollaborative Projects through Videoconferencing, receiving the highest distinction of Cum Laude. July 14th, 2021. Ph D in Translation and Language Sciences, UPF. Directed by: Mireia Trenchs Parera.

CELIA ESQUERRA LOBATO defended her PhD dissertation Trayectorias de identidad académica en el contexto del trabajo por proyectos: un estudio de caso, receiving the highest distinction of Cum Laude. December 14th 2020. PhD in Humanities, UPF. Directed by: Mireia Trenchs Parera. 

HILTRUD AWAD defended her PhD dissertation  Exploring the Intercultural Competences of High School Students: A Case Study of Traditional Classrooms in a Minimal-Cultural-Gap Context. October 7th, 2019. PhD in Humanities, UPF. Directed by: Mireia Trenchs Parera. 

GOLNAZ MOTIEI defended her PhD dissertation  Learner perceptions of emotions in the foreign language classroom: a one-year study of the connections between anxiety, enjoyment, performance and individual differences in adult education.. Mayo 28, 2019. Ph D in Translation and Language Sciences. UPF. Directed by: ÀNGELS OLIVA.

MARGUERITE MORLAN, from New Mexico State University (USA), conducts a pre-doctoral study with funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program (March 1st - August 15, 2021). 

MAHZA PAKHAD, while being Higher Education Management phD student from the Allameh Tabataba'i University (ATU) in Teheran, Iran, carried out a five-month Erasmus stay (November 2022 to March 2023) under the supervision of Dr. Mireia Trenchs. During her stay Mahza Pakhad investigated issues related to intercultural adaptation of university students in academic mobility in Catalonia.

Training

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