Prof. Dr. Patrick Studer

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Professor of Language Management and Globalisation
www.zhaw.ch/en/linguistics/research/language-management-and-globalisation/

Expertise and research interests

I am a university researcher and lecturer with more than 20 years involvement in academia in Switzerland across different institutions (university, university of 
applied sciences, university of teacher education), different languages 
(English, German, French) and different countries (Switzerland, Ireland). Extensive project and staff management experience. I teach a range of topics at the bachelor's and master's levels, including language acquisition, stylistics, discourse analysis, language policy as well as EAP, ESL, TEFL and DAF. My research projects are concerned with the function of, and competence in, English as a global language in business and education as well as language competence in German as a first language.

Educational background

Dr. phil. (University of Zurich, 2005)
Lic. phil./ M.A. (University of Zurich, 1999)
Didactic Training

Also see personal website: patrickstuder.page

Professional milestones

2012- : Professor (ZHAW), 2012-2018: Member of the Board of LCC, 2019- : Member of the Board ILC
2007-2011: Lecturer in Applied Linguistics (ZHAW)
2007-2010: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, University of Bern
2003-2007: College Lecturer / Embassy of Switzerland Lecturer, University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College, Ireland
2002-2003: College Lecturer, Department of German, University College Cork, Ireland
1999-2002: Research and Teaching Assistant, English Seminar, University of Zurich

Membership of networks

• ICLHE - Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education
• Swiss Global Competence Lab
• AILA Research Network on CLIL
• SSG/SSL (Schweizerische Sprachwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)

Projects

• Exploratory visit and project definition “Aligning Swiss and Vietnamese Perspectives on Global Competences” / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Developing the Framework for a Sustainable Swiss Global Competence Certificate / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Needs Analysis for Intercultural Training of Higher Education Employees / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Digital German assessment for engineering students / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• Validation and Adjustment of Instruments and Processes to Evaluate English-Medium Education in the International Business Administration programme in the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH Business School / Project leader / Project completed
• Swiss Global Competence Lab (SGCL) / Project leader / Project completed
• Review of Bachelor and Master English profiles / Project leader / Project completed
• High-impact measures for the comprehensive internationalisation of curricula in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
• Partizipation durch Sprache / Team member / Project completed
• Qualität der Berufsmaturitätsprüfungen am Beispiel des Fachs Deutsch / Project leader / Project completed
• Kompetenzorientiertes Blended Learning-Konzept im Master of Science in Engineering / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Studer, Patrick; Smit, Ute,

  2021.

  English-medium education in internationalised universities : sketching a way forward.

  European Journal of Language Policy.

  13(2), pp. 129-140.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2021.8

• Studer, Patrick,

  2021.

  Everyday logic about English in applied linguistic research : a topos analysis of conference abstracts on English-medium education.

  European Journal of Language Policy.

  13(2), pp. 181-200.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2021.11

• Studer, Patrick,

  2018.

  English in the age of comprehensive internationalisation : defining competence guidelines for teachers in higher education.

  Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée.

  2018(107), pp. 27-47.

  Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/11876

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick,

  2017.

  The impact of internationalisation on tertiary-level educational social spheres.

  Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée.

  pp. 51-62.

  Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/11876/files/bulletin_vals_asla_2017_special_1.pdf

• Studer, Patrick; Konstantinidou, Triantafyllia Liana,

  2015.

  Language attitudes and language proficiency of undergraduate students in English-medium instruction.

  Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée.

  1, pp. 215-231.

  Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/257139/files/Studer_Patrick_-_Language_attitudes_and_language_proficiency_20150924144536-VQ.pdf

• Barat, Erzsebet; Studer, Patrick; Nekvapil, Jiri, eds.,

  2013.

  Ideological conceptualizations of language : discourses of linguistic diversity.

  1. Auflage.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  ISBN 978-3-631- 61459-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-03514-8

• Studer, Patrick; Werlen, Iwar, eds.,

  2012.

  Linguistic diversity in europe : trends and discourses.

  1. Auflage.

  Berlin:

  De Gruyter.

  Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 97.

  ISBN 978-3-11-027088-4.

  Available from: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/179886

• Studer, Patrick,

  2008.

  Historical corpus stylistics : media, technology and change.

  1. Auflage.

  Bloomsbury Academic.

  Corpus and Discourse.

  ISBN 978-0-8264-9430-6.

• Studer, Patrick; Siddiqa, Aisha,

  2021.

  English in Swiss higher education : the pragmatic way

  .

  In:

  Wilkinson, Robert; Gabriëls, René, eds.,

  The Englishization of Higher Education in Europe.

  Amsterdam:

  Amsterdam University Press.

  pp. 121-142.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463727358

• Studer, Patrick,

  2021.

  Internationalization, quality and multilingualism in higher education : a troublesome relationship

  .

  In:

  Rubio-Alcalá, Fernando D.; Coyle, Do, eds.,

  Developing and Evaluating Quality Bilingual Practices in Higher Education.

  Bristol:

  Multilingual Matters.

  pp. 9-30.

  Bilingual Education & Bilingualism ; 128.

• Studer, Patrick,

  2013.

  In dialogue with Ivana Markova : linguistics and social representations

  .

  In:

  Barat, Erzsebet; Studer, Patrick; Nekvapil, Jiri, eds.,

  Ideological conceptualizations of language : discourses of linguistic diversity.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 249-278.

  Prague Papers on Language, Society and Interaction ; 3.

• Studer, Patrick; Gautschi, Curtis,

  2017.

  Programme directors’ attitudes towards EMI quality assurance : an exploratory study [paper].

  In:

  Valcke, J.; Wilkinson, R., eds.,

  Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Perspectives on Professional Practice. Selected Papers from the IV International Conference Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education 2015.

  IV International Conference Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education 2015, Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 September 2015.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  pp. 227-248.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-07263-1

• Studer, Patrick; Egger, Sabine, eds.,

  2007.

  From the margins to the centre : Irish perspectives on Swiss culture and literature.

  Colloquium at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, March 2004.

  Frankfurt am Main:

  Peter Lang.

  .

  ISBN 978-3-03910-716-2.

  Available from: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/9820

• Studer, Patrick,

  2020.

  Review of Macaro (2018) : English Medium Instruction

  [review of Macaro, Ernesto: English Medium Instruction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 9780194403962].

  Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education.

  8(2), pp. 285-288.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.19021.stu

• Studer, Patrick, ed.,

  2018.

  Internationalizing curricula in higher education : quality and language of instruction.

  1. Auflage.

  Neuchâtel:

  Association Suisse de Linguistique Appliquée.

  Available from: http://doc.rero.ch/record/11876

• Studer, Patrick; Suter Reich, Virginia; Kelly, Paul; Müller, Andrea,

  2016.

  Communicative competence and didactic challenges : a case study of English-medium instruction in third-level education in Switzerland.

  Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

  ; 6.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-72-6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1054

• Studer, Patrick,

  2013.

  Englisch als Unterrichtssprache in Bachelorstudiengängen der ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften: eine Bestandsaufnahme.

  Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

  ; 5.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-57-3.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-59

• Studer, Patrick; Hohenstein, Christiane,

  2011.

  Linguistic diversity in business contexts: a functional linguistic perspective.

  Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

  ; 1.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-49-8.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-65

• Studer, Patrick; Pelli-Ehrensperger, Annabarbara; Kelly, Paul,

  2009.

  Mehrsprachigkeit an universitären Bildungsinstitutionen: Arbeitssprache Englisch im Hochschulfachunterricht.

  ISBB Working Papers

  .

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  ISBN 978-3-905745-28.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-74

• Studer, Patrick,

  2020.

  Transdisciplinary collaboration on EMI initiatives in Swiss higher education : between struggle and success.

  In:

  ICHLE Symposium 2020: Transdisciplinary Collaboration in ICHLE and EMI, Online, 15-16 October 2020.

• Studer, Patrick; Gautschi, Curtis,

  2016.

  Programme directors’ perspectives on quality standards for English-medium instruction : an exploratory study.

  In:

  6th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP), Copenhagen, Denmark, 3-5 November 2016.

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick,

  2016.

  The impact of English-medium instruction on tertiary-level educational social spheres.

  In:

  VALS-ASLA Conference, Geneva, 20-22 January 2016.

  Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics (VALS-ASLA).

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Siehe auch patrickstuder.page

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