Prof. Dr. Patrick Studer

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Professor of Language Management and Globalisation
• Head International Affairs, School of Applied Linguistics

Focus

• Language Management and Globalisation
• Personal website

Teaching

Teaching in BA and MA programs of the School of Applied Linguistics; module coordination and supervision of final BA and MA theses.

Experience

• Professor of Applied Linguistics, Member of the Board of ILC Institute of Language Competence
  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  08 / 2012 - today
• Professor of Applied Linguistics, Member of the Board of LCC Language Competence Centre
  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  08 / 2012 - 07 / 2018
• Lecturer of Applied Linguistics
  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  08 / 2007 - 07 / 2011
• Postdoctoral Researcher
  Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern
  01 / 2007 - 08 / 2010
• College Lecturer / Embassy of Switzerland Lecturer
  University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
  08 / 2003 - 12 / 2007
• College Lecturer
  Department of German, University College Cork, Ireland
  08 / 2002 - 07 / 2003
• Research and Teaching Assistant
  English Seminar, University of Zurich
  06 / 1999 - 06 / 2002

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr / English Linguistics
  University of Zurich
  1999 - 2005
• Lic. phil. I / English Studies
  University of Zurich
  1992 - 1999

Continuing Education

Badge E-Didactics
FFHS
2021

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7326-298X

Recommendations

• Swiss Global Competence Lab
• ICLHE - Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education

Social media

ResearchGate

Projects

• Project on X / Project leader / laufend
• Designing collaborative online learning for sustainability / Deputy project leader / laufend
• Developing the Framework for a Sustainable Swiss Global Competence Certificate / Project leader / laufend
• Affective Responses to AI in Language Work: a Sociolinguistic Pilot Study / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Exploratory visit and project definition “Aligning Swiss and Vietnamese Perspectives on Global Competences” / Deputy project leader / abgeschlossen
• Needs Analysis for Intercultural Training of Higher Education Employees / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• 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 / abgeschlossen
• Digital German assessment for engineering students / Co-project leader / abgeschlossen
• High-impact measures for the comprehensive internationalisation of curricula in Switzerland / Project leader / abgeschlossen

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: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-978638

• Gautschi, Curtis; Studer, Patrick,

  2017.

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

  Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée.

  pp. 51-62.

• 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; Bürki, Jacqueline; McGury, Sandra,

  2024.

  Implementing global competences in higher education in Switzerland : conceptual considerations.

  Working Papers in Applied Linguistics

  ; 23.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2817

• 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

List of publications

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