Dr Katharina Lefringhausen

I obtained my Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from the University for Applied Science and Arts of Hanover (Germany) in 2009. The following year I completed a traineeship at the German County Association in Brussels (Belgium) followed by a trainee position at a Public Relations Agency in Hamburg (Germany), while working as a PR assistant at a Belgian non-governmental organization until July, 2010.

I then successfully accomplished an MSc and funded PhD in Cross-Cultural Psychology (2010-2015). In this time I also started my work as an  Academic Skills and Statistics Adviser as part of Brunel's Educational Excellence Centre. In March 2016, I gained an Associate Fellow status with the Higher Education Academy and in September of the same year I started my Research & Teaching position at Warwick Applied Linguistics. After having been promoted to Associate Professor in August 2021, it was time for me to explore new opportunities and joined Heriot-Watt University in January 2022.