Biography

Karin van der Worp holds a Doctoral degree in Education (UPV/EHU, Basque Country), a Master degree in Teaching Spanish Language and Culture (RuG, The Netherlands), a Master degree in Applied Linguistics (RuG), a Bachelor degree in Romance Languages and Cultures (RuG) and a Bachelor degree in Pedagogy (UPV/EHU).

She is professor at the UPV/EHU University of the Basque Country, at the Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology, at the Department of Research Methods in Education.

Her research interests include multilingualism in the workplace and in education and minority languages. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and has published several articles in international academic journals, among which: Van der Worp, K., Cenoz, J. & Gorter, D. (2017). From bilingualism to multilingualism in the workplace: the case of the Basque Autonomous Community. Language Policy(16), 407–432, and Van der Worp, K. (2017). English Medium Instruction: a way towards linguistically better prepared professionals in the Basque Autonomous Community? International Journal of Multilingualism, 14(1), 53-68.