Ursula Reutner

[1] Reutner is an internationally renowned expert in Romance Studies and Intercultural Communication, who has won several awards for her work, including the Prix Germaine de Staël, the Elise Richter Prize and an honorary doctorate from the Universidad del Salvador (Buenos Aires).

Ursula Reutner studied European Business Studies, Philosophy and Art History as well as English, Italian and Spanish Linguistics and Literature at the University of Bamberg and Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV).

Ursula Reutner is a member of numerous Romance Studies associations and sits on the Academic Advisory Board of the journal Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.

[8] Ursula Reutner is a specialist in studies on multicultural societies that she analyses with regard to their socio-linguistic situation, their linguistic and cultural history as well as the Language Planning and Policies they are affected by.

She is also highly recognized for her research in the field of language and power, including political correctness[11] and linguistic taboos,[12] and her works in the framework of Intercultural Communication, cultural contact and the cultural analysis of the Internet.