Natalia Volvach Researcher

I am a Ukrainian scholar, teacher and writer currently based in Stockholm. My work lies at the intersection of semiotic landscapes, critical sociolinguistics, and linguistic ethnography. I earned my Ph.D. at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Stockholm University in 2023. My dissertation titled “From Words to Voids: Absencing and Haunting in Crimean Semiotic Landscapes” has been distinguished by the Stockholm University Association’s prize in 2023 (the Faculty of Humanities). After my Ph.D., I held a Junior Research Fellowship within Ukraine in European Dialogue program at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria (Sept-Dec 2023). Currently, I am working on my postdoctoral project generously funded by the Anna Ahlströms och Ellen Terserus stiftelse. My work has been featured in Language in Society, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, and Linguistic Landscapes.