Nina
Markl
I am a researcher working at the intersection of sociolinguistics, speech technologies and AI ethics. I am particularly interested in language variation and change and the impact of speech technologies on speech communities. More broadly, I am interested in understanding the socio-technical contexts and impacts of computing technologies, in particular machine learning and "artificial intelligence".
I am a (socio)linguist and (somewhat skeptical) computer scientist by training, but have a strong interest in science and technology studies, sociology and political studies. In my work I try to bring different fields, and different researchers, into conversation. Within and outwith academia, I'm committed to collaboration to foster sustainable, anti-racist and supportive learning, working and living environments.
I work as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Analytics and Data Science and the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex in Colchester, in south-east England.
Before moving to England, I was a student and (part-time) tutor and research assistant at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. My PhD research was supervised by Dr Catherine Lai and Prof Lauren Hall-Lew at the UKRI CDT for NLP at the University of Edinburgh.