Dr. Sterre Leufkens is assistant professor in Dutch linguistics at the department of Languages, Literature and Culture and the department of Dutch Language and Culture. She is affiliated with the research institute UiL-OTS and the research group Language Structure: Variation and Change.
She studies the complexity and learnability of the languages of the world. Furthermore, she is project leader of the research project 'Moedertaal in NT2', in which a webapp is developed that aims to make knowledge on structural properties of languages accessible to teachers of Dutch as a second language. This helps them to anticipate on differences and similarities between Dutch and those languages in their education practices. The (Dutch) webapp is freely available on https://www. moedint2.nl. An English version of the webapp is under construction.
In the past, she participated in the NWO-funded research project The Syntax of Idioms. She obtained her PhD degree at the University of Amsterdam, with a dissertation comparing 22 languages on their degree of transparency. Alongside these research projects, she taught courses on theoretical linguistics (both functional and generative frameworks), general linguistics, and (Dutch) syntax.
Sterre Leufkens is co-author of a popular-scientific blog on language and linguistics. She publishes articles and books for a broad audience.
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