Project SPEED - International cooperation

The excellent contacts of the project team with distinguished colleagues of the fields concerned can be expected to serve as the basis for many fruitful collaborations. We have established a network of close contacts with:

• Günter Mühlberger and Raphael Unterweger (experts on digitisation and programming; Innsbruck University Library - Department of Digitisation)
• Eveline Wandl-Vogt (an expert on dialect studies; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
• Philip Durkin (currently revising the Oxford English Dictionary; Oxford University Press)
• Howard Jackson (an expert on lexicography; Birmingham City University)
• Thomas Strang (a computer expert; University of Innsbruck, DERI) 

In addition, we are on friendly terms with a number of distinguished scholars whom we can consult if need be:

• Dr. Heinrich Ramisch, University of Bamberg
• Prof. Margery Laing, University of Edinburgh
• Prof. Maurizio Gotti, University of Bergamo
• Prof. Christian Mair, University of Freiburg
• Prof. emer. Horst Weinstock, University of Aachen
• Prof. emer. Manfred Görlach, University of Cologne
• Prof. Thomas Kohnen, University of Cologne
• Prof. Jacek Fisiak, University of Potsdam
• Prof. Udo Fries, University of Zurich
• Prof. Andreas Fischer, University of Zurich
• Prof. emer. Helmut Gneuss, University of Munich
• Prof. Dieter Kastovsky, University of Vienna
• Prof. emer. Alwin Fill, University of Graz
• Prof. Gabriele Stein, University of Heidelberg
• Prof. Geoffrey Leech, University of Lancaster
• Prof. emer. Jan Svartvik, University of Lund
• Prof. Shunji Yamazaki, Daito Bunka University
• Prof. Donka Minkova, UCLA
• Prof. Neal R. Norrick, University of Saarbrücken
• Prof. Atinobu Tani, Hyogo University
• Prof. Graeme Kennedy, University of Wellington, NZ
• Prof. Marina Dossena, University of Bergamo
• Prof. Olga Fischer, University of Amsterdam
• Prof. Wolfgang Viereck, University of Bamberg
• PD Gabriele Knappe, University of Bamberg; and many others