European Society for Translation Studies

Executive Board 2025-2028

 

Elisabet Tiselius (President)
BEd English/French (Stockholm), MA Conference Interpreting (Mons), PhD on Expertise in Interpreting (Bergen). Professor at the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, Stockholm University. Member of AIIC and Swedish state-authorized public service interpreter
Sara Ramos Pinto (Vice-President)
PhD Translation Studies (University of Lisbon and UCL). Associate Professor in Translation Studies, Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds. Board member of ESIST, international board member of CETRA (KU.Leuven), research collaborator of CEAUL (University of Lisbon).
Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow (Secretary General)
BA Hons Psychology (Queen’s University, Canada), MSc Psycholinguistics and PhD Linguistics (University of Alberta). Retired Professor of Translation Studies, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Member of Target editorial team.
Olha Lehka-Paul (Treasurer)
BA English and MA English and Translation Studies (Ivan Franko National University), PhD English Linguistics (Adam Mickiewicz University). Assistant Professor at the Department of Psycholinguistic Studies, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University. Certified translator and interpreter of Ukrainian.
Claudine Borg
BA French and International Relations and MA Translation and Interpreting (University of Malta), PhD Translation Studies (Aston University, Birmingham). Lecturer and Head of the Department of Translation, Terminology & Interpreting Studies, University of Malta. Literary translator.
Jonathan Downie
BA Hons English and French (Strathclyde University), MSc Conference Interpreting and Translation and PhD Interpreting (Heriot-Watt University). Consultant church and conference interpreter, independent researcher, author, and founder of the Inside Interpreting channel.
Paola Gentile
MA and PhD Interpreting Studies (University of Trieste). Associate Professor of Dutch Studies at the University of Trieste, research fellow at Stellenbosch University and Leiden University, staff member of the CETRA Summer School Review editor of Translation in Society.
Patrizia Giampieri
BSc and MSc Economics and Commerce (University of Ancona), MA Applied Linguistics (Aston University), PhD Translation Studies (Università ta’ Malta). Associate Professor of English language, translation, and linguistic, University of Perugia. Court interpreter and translator.
Zofia Ziemann (Congress 2028 representative)
BA Cultural Studies, MA English (University of Gdańsk), MA Translation Studies, PhD Literary Studies (Jagiellonian University). Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies (Department of International Polish Studies and Centre for Translation Studies), Jagiellonian University. Translator and interpreter (Polish-English).