Nicola Bermingham

Dr Nicola Bermingham is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool. Her research lies at the intersection of sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, and Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics, with a particular focus on the contexts of Galicia in Spain and Cape Verde. She is the principal investigator of a British Academy-funded project titled “Monolingual Schools in Multilingual Societies: rethinking language and education in Cape Verde”, which explores ways to ensure inclusive and equitable education in multilingual, post-colonial contexts.

Nicola serves as the Hispanic Studies representative for the University Council for Languages (UCFL), where she promotes Hispanic Studies within Modern Languages in the UK, and she was Chair of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society from 2017 to 2023. Her editorial roles include Editor of the Modern Languages Open Linguistics Section and Assistant Editor of the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. Nicola is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a member of the AHRC Peer Review College, supporting arts and humanities research funding in the UK, and the UKRI Early Career Researcher Forum, which provides Early Career Researchers with a voice in policy and decision-making.