Dr Anna Wilson
REES Head of Language Studies and Teaching Fellow
My research interests and expertise lie in the fields of cognitive linguistics, critical discourse analysis, multimodal communication, gesture studies, cognitive warfare, and big data analysis, including the use of AI. I have led interdisciplinary projects that bring together linguists, social scientists, engineers, and computer scientists.
Find out about the The International Multimodal Communication Centre (IMCC) and view more on the IMCC YouTube.
Supervisees
- Yifan Song (MPhil in Linguistics)
- Jiurui Guo (DPhil in Linguistics)
Recent Research and Awards (Principal Investigator)
- 2023 - 2025: Information Threats to Democratic Societies of UK and Taiwan: Inter-regional and Interdisciplinary Approaches, funded by ESRC and NSTC (£20K)
- 2022-2024: World Futures: Multimodal Viewpoint Construction by Russian International Media (funded by AHRC and DFG: UK-German Funding Initiative in the Humanities: £622,000)
- 2021-2023: International Multimodal Communication Collaboration (funded by the John Fell OUP Research Fund: £30,000)
- 2021: Depictions of Post-COVID-19 Futures in Russian International Media: Multimodal Viewpoint Analysis (funded by UKRI, Strategic Priorities Fund, University of Oxford: £30,000)
- 2019-2021: International Multimodal Communication Centre (funded by the external grant of £70,000)
- 2018-2019: OPEN Project: Russian and International Media, funded by the grant of £52,000, including OPEN (HEIF) grant of £25,000
Research Disciplines:
- Cognitive linguistics
- Critical discourse analysis
- Multimodal communication
- Gesture studies
- Cognitive science
- Cognitive warfare
Research Clusters: