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SIGNS@HWU is a group of researchers who focus on sign language studies and Deaf Studies. We are situated in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University. SIGNS@HWU was established as a cluster of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland, to profile the world-leading interdisciplinary research being conducted at Heriot-Watt University.
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Dr. Mette Sommer

  • Dr. Mette Sommer Lindsay (deaf, she/her) is Assistant Professor in Languages and Intercultural Studies. She joined the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies in 2017 (as a PhD student). She obtained her PhD at Heriot-Watt University in 2022, supervised by Professor Jemina Napier and Professor Kate Sang. She worked as research fellow at the University of West of Scotland until summer 2022.

  • Research interests: Deaf and Disability studies, employment sociology, minority entreprenership, Bourdieu
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  • Contact: msl2@hw.ac.uk
  • Twitter: @sommermette80
  • Status: Active
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Projects:

Deaf business owners’ experiences of and strategies in navigating an audist normative structured labour market in Denmark
 
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