Steering Committee

The DiPVaC international steering committee manages the affairs of the DiPVaC research network between biennial general meetings, usually held during the biennial DiPVaC conference. The committee currently consists of the following members: 

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• Claire Childs (Chair), University of York, UK (2024-)

• Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia, Canada (2023-)

• Marisa Brook, Saint Mary's University, Canada (2021-)

• Ben Gibb-Reid, University of York, UK (2024-)

• Jana Pflaeging, University of Salzburg, Austria (2024-)

• Erik Schleef, University of Salzburg, Austria (2024-) 

• Vacancy to be filled after DiPVaC8 

Past Steering Committee Chairs 

Chloé Diskin-Holdaway, The University of Melbourne, Australia (Chair, 2018-2024)

Heike Pichler, Newcastle University, UK (Founding Chair, 2012-2018)

Past Steering Committee members 

Gisle Andersen, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway (2012-2016)

Federica Barbieri, Swansea University, UK (2012-2014)

Kate Beeching, University of West of England, UK (2012-2016)  

Alexandra D’Arcy, University of Victoria, Canada (2012-2016)

Liesbeth Degand, University of Louvain, Belgium (2014-2018)

Derek Denis, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada (2016-2021)

Csilla Ilona Dér, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary & HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary (2024-2026)

Mirjam Eiswirth, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany (2021-2023)

Mel Evans, University of Leeds, UK (2024-2026) 

Suzanne Evans Wagner, Michigan State University, USA (2016-2018)

Péter Furkó, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (2018-2024)

Joseph Kern, University of Virginia's College at Wise, USA (2018-2024)

Stephen Levey, University of Ottawa, Canada (2014-2018)

Kazuko Matsumoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2016-2021)

Yael Maschler, University of Haifa, Israel (2018-2023)

Ilana Mushin, The University of Queensland, Australia (2021-2023)

Elizabeth Peterson, University of Helsinki, Finland (2016-2021)

Vera Regan, University College Dublin, Ireland (2012-2014)

Cathleen Waters, University of Leicester, UK (2012-2016)

Administration

Here are the roles and responsibilities of the Steering Committee.

The minutes from open business meetings at the following DiPVaC conferences are available below:

DiPVaC2 (Newcastle)

DiPVaC3 (Ottawa)

DiPVaC4 (Helsinki)

DiPVaC5 (Melbourne)

DiPVaC6 (Budapest)