Mila Vulchanova received her DrArtium degree in theoretical linguistics at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology in 1996. Her professional expertise covers a wide range of topics, including linguistic theory, lexical semantics, language and cognition, spatial categorization and language, language acquisition, developmental disorders, extreme language talent, formal syntax and diachronic grammar. She is an elected member of The Royal Norwegian Society of Science (DKNVS) and was a fellow in residence at The Centre for Advanced Study (VLAC) at The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB). Currently Vulchanova leads the NTNU Language Acquisition and Language Processing Lab, which conducts experimental research in language skills in children and adults, language acquisition and language processing.


Emile van der Zee is Principal Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Lincoln. He is the editor, together with Laura Carlson, of Functional Features in Language and Space (OUP 2005) and, with Jon Slack, of Representing Direction in Language and Space (OUP 2003).

Mila Vulchanova, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Emile van der Zee, University of Lincoln
Neeme Kahusk, University of Tartu
Alexander Klippel, The Pennsylvania State University
Yury Lander, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow
Timur Maisak, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Liliana Martinez, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Daniel R. Montello, University of California, Santa Barbara
Reinhard Moratz, University of Maine
Bhuvana Narasimhan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Urpo Nikanne, Abo Akademie University, Turku
Haldur Oim, University of Tartu
Heili Orav, University of Tartu
Renate Pajusalu, University of Tartu
Ekaterina Rakhilina, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Hedda R. Schmidtke, Carnegie Mellon University
Thora Tenbrink, Bremen University
Mark Tutton, University of Nantes
Barbara Tversky, Columbia University and Stanford University
Miriam van Staden, Academy of Government Communication, The Netherlands
Ann Veismann, University of Tartu
Kadri Vider, University of Tartu
Valentin Vulchanov, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Andi Winterboer, VDI/VDE-IT, Germany
Jeffrey M. Zacks, Washington University