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born in Essen in 1978


Education

Habilitation: Universit?t Regensburg - English Linguistics
Thesis:?"Structural nativization in Ghanaian English" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Edgar Schneider)

2012: PhD: Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Gie?en – English Linguistics
Thesis: "A sociophonetic study of Aberdeen English: innovation and conservatism" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Magnus Huber)

2005: 1. Staatsprüfung für die Lehr?mter für die Sekundarstufe II und für die Sekundarstufe I: Universit?t Duisburg-Essen – English, English, Pedagogy, Education

1998: Abitur - Gymnasium Borbeck, Essen


Academic positions held/offered

since 2024:?Universit?t Regensburg - Akademischer Rat (Lecturer)

2024: Universit?t Bayreuth - Acting Chair of English Linguistics

2023-2024:?Universit?t Regensburg - Akademischer Rat (Lecturer)

2022-2023: Universit?t Bayreuth - Acting Chair of English Linguistics

2022: Universit?t Regensburg - Akademischer Rat (Lecturer)

2020-2022: Universit?t Regensburg - Acting Chair of English Linguistics

2019: Universit?t Bayreuth - Offered Acting?Chair of English Linguistics? (declined)

2015-2020: Universit?t Regensburg - Akademischer Rat (Lecturer)

2014-2015: Westf?lische-Wilhelms-Universit?t Münster - Acting Chair of English Linguistics

2012-2015:?Technische Universit?t Chemnitz - Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer)

2005-2011: Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Gie?en - Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research assistant)



  1. Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Cultures
  2. Department of English and American Studies

Dr. Thorsten Brato


Room PT 3.2.80
Phone+49(0)941-943-3504
Fax+49(0)941-943-1990
thorsten.brato@ur.de