Dr. Andrea Hunziker Heeb

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Translation Studies researcher, lecturer and coach for creative agility
• Equal opportunities officer at the School of Applied Linguistics
• German Editor of the Journal of Specialised Translation

Focus

• Cognition, ergonomics and the use of AI tools in multilingual communication
• Socially sustainable and ethical use of generative AI
• Multilingualism and communication processes in companies and organisations
• Translation into a second language
• Gender-equitable and inclusive communication

Teaching

• in the BA in Multilingual Communication
• in the MA in Language and Communication

Experience

• Research associate and lecturer
  ZHAW Institute of Multilingual Communication
  2012 - today
• Research assistant
  ZHAW Institute of Translation and Interpreting
  2010 - 2012
• Assistant to the management, content manager
  bmpi AG, Client reporting & investment processes
  2003 - 2010
• Software developer
  antax AG
  2001 - 2002
• Co-founder and co-manager
  Franxa AG, bookshop
  1994 - 1999
• Administrative assistant at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
  ETH Zurich
  1991 - 1998

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. phil. / (Title: Effects of directionality on professional translators' processes, products and effort)
  Universität Hildesheim
  2012 - 2019
• Master of Arts in Translation
  University of Exeter
  2008 - 2009
• Diploma WISS / Application development
  Wirtschaftsinformatikschule Schweiz
  2000 - 2001
• Translation Diploma / German, English, Spanish and French
  Dolmetscherschule Zürich
  1986 - 1990

Continuing Education

Didactics and methodology at Universities of Applied Sciences
Universität St. Gallen
2014

Network

Membership of networks

• Thematic network on empirical and experimental research in translation (TREC)
• Vereinigung für Angewandte Linguistik in der Schweiz (Vals-Asla)
• European Society for Translation Studies (EST)
• Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e.V. (GAL)

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1345-6763

Projects

• Real-world Laboratory for Future Skills - Living Lab Creative Agility & Futures Literacy (interdisciplinary experimental space) / Team member / ongoing
• Use of machine translation apps in a clinical context / Team member / ongoing
• Transformation by Creagilization - Designing the Future with Creagile Skills & AI Literacy: CreAIgile Literacy / Team member / ongoing
• Zurich Admission Course: Translating for Authorities and Courts / Team member / ongoing
• Translation Apps for Nursing Staff from Abroad – Potential and Needs Analysis / Team member / completed
• School Communication with Foreign-Language Parents/Guardians / Team member / completed
• Digital Literacy Skills in University Contexts / Team member / completed
• Cognitive Load in Interpreting and Translation / Team member / completed
• Cognitive and Physical Ergonomics of Translation / Team member / completed
• Capturing Translation Processes (CTP) / Team member / completed

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