About Us Charlotte Blattner

Charlotte Blattner is a doctoral researcher, a fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation), a former recipient of the Baden-Württemberg Graduate Scholarship, and a research associate at the HCIAS. As a member of the international research project “Spanish in Europe: Demography of the Speakers of a Language”, based at the Observatory of Spanish in Europe, her dissertation explores the role of the family as the primary site of language socialization in the intergenerational transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Germany, under the supervision of HCIAS Professor Dr. Óscar Loureda and Professor Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández. Her research focuses on the dynamics of multilingualism, migration, and integration from a sociolinguistic perspective.

At HCIAS, Charlotte coordinates the international double degree programs in “Specialized Translation and Intercultural Mediation” with the University of Salamanca, and in “Specialized Translation and Translation Technologies” with the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago de Chile, both supported by the DAAD. She also teaches “Specialized Translation and Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies” at the Institute for Translation and Interpreting. Previously, she worked as a project assistant for the DAAD-funded teaching and learning project “Communication and Society in Ibero-America”. In addition, Charlotte is an associate researcher at the “Observatorio Nebrija del Español” of the Universidad Nebrija in the area of “Migration and Internationalization of Spanish”, and a member of the scientific review committee of “Colindancias – Revista de la Red de Hispanistas de Europa Central”.