The LEC is a research unit within the Department of Linguistics and English Language, comprised of permanent members of faculty, researchers on a variety of externally funded projects, PhD students supervised within the LEC, and Masters students on the MSc in the Evolution of Language and Cognition. In addition, we have associate members who are involved in collaborative research both within the University of Edinburgh and elsewhere.
Permanent staff: Jim Hurford, Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith
Research staff: Hannah Cornish
Associate staff: James Kirby, Richard Blythe
PhD students: Mark Atkinson, Rachael Bailes, Erin Brown, Christine Cuskley, Vanessa Ferdinand, Keelin Murray, Alan Nielsen, Justin Quillinan, Andrea Ravignani (in University of Vienna), Sean Roberts, Catriona Silvey, Marton Soskuthy, Matt Spike, Kevin Stadler, Justin Sulik, James Thomas, Bill Thompson, Tessa Verhoef (in University of Amsterdam), James Winters
Recent members: Nic Fay,Thom Scott-Phillips, Barbora Skarabela, Monica Tamariz