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, Thom Scott-Phillips, Barbora Skarabela, Monica Tamariz
Associate staff: James Kirby, Richard Blythe
Visiting staff: Nic Fay
PhD students: Rachael Bailes, Erin Brown, Christine Cuskley, Vanessa Ferdinand, Keelin Murray, Alan Nielsen, Justin Quillinan, Sean Roberts, Catriona Silvey, Marton Soskuthy, Justin Sulik, James Thomas, Bill Thompson, Tessa Verhoef (in University of Amsterdam)