About us

With a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Geneva, her academic work spans a variety of topics including syntactic theory, language acquisition, the grammar-cognition interface, bilingualism, as well as the phenotype of language disorders. This work links linguistic theory with empirical investigations, and also aims to yield concrete applications, such as fine-tuning language policies and therapeutic interventions for children with atypical language development.

Stephanie Durrleman is also passionate about more generally improving the lives of people with atypical development, which has inspired the creation of the web-service: Atypicalsmile, and a novel for siblings of children with autism: Chez Nous, c’est comme ça.

Franziska Baumeister obtained her second master’s degree in “Multilingualism” in 2021 at the University of Konstanz (Germany). During her studies, she had the opportunity to complete internships in Germany, France and Canada, not only tutoring university students and contributing to various research projects, but also assisting children with developmental disorders.

Thanks to these experiences, she became interested in research on multilingualism, and will now work on the cognitive repercussions of dual language exposure in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder.