Sascha Stollhans

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• Professor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds

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Sascha Stollhans is Professor of Language Education and Linguistics and Pro-Dean for Student Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds.

Areas of expertise: language teaching and learning; linguistics and its application to language teaching and learning; German; French; scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL); digital education and pedagogies; diversity and inclusion; language and educational policy

Experience

• 2025–present Professor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds
• 2024–present Pro-Dean for Student Education - Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds
• 2022–2025 Associate Professor of Language Pedagogies, University of Leeds
• 2023–2024 Director of the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching, University of Leeds
• 2021–2022 Educational Consultant (Experte für Unterricht), Goethe-Institut Nancy (France)
• 2018–2021 Senior Teaching Associate in German Studies, Lancaster University

Publications

• 2025 Cultural and linguistic diversity in German language teaching and learning, Eberharter, Judith & Stollhans, Sascha (Eds.). Cultural and linguistic diversity in German language teaching and learning. German as a Foreign Language Journal, 2025(1).
• 2024 Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co-creation project on French, German and Spanish, Sheehan, M., Havinga, A. D., Kasstan, J. R., Stollhans, S., Corr, A. & Gillman, P. (2024). Teacher perspectives on the introduction of linguistics in the languages classroom: Evidence from a co-creation project on French, German and Spanish. British Educational Research Journal.
• 2021 Studying languages in the times of COVID-19: reflections on the delivery of teaching and learning activities and the year abroad, Stollhans, Sascha. 2021. Studying languages in the times of COVID-19: reflections on the delivery of teaching and learning activities and the year abroad. In Plutino, Alessia; Polisca, Elena (Eds), Languages at work, competent multilinguals and the pedagogical challenges of COVID-19 (pp. 105-111). Research-publishing.
• 2020 Linguistic variation in language learning classrooms: considering the role of regional variation and 'non-standard' varieties (Policy Paper), Stollhans, Sascha. 2020. 'Linguistic variation in language learning classrooms: considering the role of regional variation and 'non-standard' varieties'. Languages, Society and Policy.
• 2016 Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration, Goria, Cecilia; Speicher, Oranna; Stollhans, Sascha (Eds). 2016. Innovative language teaching and learning at university: enhancing participation and collaboration. Research-publishing.

Professional Memberships

• Association for German Studies in Great Britian and Ireland
• Forum for Germanic Language Studies
• Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
• British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)

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