Professor Adriana Patino

Professor Adriana Patino

Professor

Research interests

  • Sociolinguistic ethnography
  • Language socialisation
  • Narrative inquiry/ biographical methods

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Research

Research interests

  • Sociolinguistic ethnography
  • Language socialisation
  • Narrative inquiry/ biographical methods
  • Multilingualism
  • Family, language and memory 

Current research

I am Director of the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR) and an active member of Debating Ethnography  in the LCL Department at Southampton, and of the Barcelona-based research groups: GREILI/UPF and CIEN/UAB.

I am PI for the Impact Case Study:

I currently participate as a co-researcher in two ongoing research projects:

  • 2025-2029: ‘A critical sociolinguistic history of English language education in late 20th century Catalonia’ (HistEnCat Project). (Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Ref PID2024-157525NB-I00).  Eva Codó Olsina (PI), Maria Rosa Garrido Sarda (Co-PI) (UAB). Research team: Jessica Mcdaid (UAB), Adriana Patino-Santos (UoS), Zorana Sokolovska (UNIFR), Andrea Sunyol Garcia-Moreno (UCL), Sonia Mas Alcolea (UAB), Vasilica Mocanu Florea (USAL)
  • 2024-2027 ‘Language policies and inclusion in the internationalized university: Sociolinguistic and educational focus to promote equity, diversity and interculturality’ (INCLU-LINGUAM) (PID2022-141945NB-I00, supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and FEDER, EU.) Mireia Trenchs (PI) (UPF). Research team: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF), Maria Juan Garau (UIB), Joana Salazar Noguera (UIB), Antonio Bruyèl Olmedo (UIB), Adriana Patiño Santos (UoS), Michael Newman, Queens CUNY), Maria Antón i Álvarez de Cienfuegos (UPF) Steven Byrne (UoL), Sofía Moratinos (UB), Socorro Ibáñez (UPF) Ieva Stončikaitė (UPF), Andreana Pastena (UIB)

Research interests and background

Director of the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR). I have expertise in sociolinguistic ethnography, language socialisation, narrative inquiry, and multilingualism.

I have concentrated on the social processes that are produced in daily-life encounters by focusing on the intersection between language, ideology and positioning.

My interests lie in the area of how young people and adults experience language issues when embarking upon life projects involving mobility. I am currently interested in Family, Language and Memory