GREIP was constituted at the end of the 1980s by Dr Amparo Tuson, then coordinated by Dr Luci Nussbaum until 2014. It is currently led by Dr Melinda Dooly. The group was founded with the objective of working in the area of discourse analysis and since then has expanded to many different areas of research related to language teaching and learning. Since its beginning, the group has carried out national and internationally-funded research projects and has had a hand in the development of numerous researchers in plurilinguism and education.
Since 2005, GREIP has been granted the recognition of Consolidated Research Group by the Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca AGAUR from the Generalitat de Catalunya:
Fourth stage as Consolidated Research Group
From: 2017
To: 2019
Sponsor: Agencia de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitàries i de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya 2017 SGR 774
Budget: 36.800€
Research leader: Dr Melinda Dooly Owenby
Research team at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona:
Dra. Eulàlia Borràs Riba, Dr. Mandy Deal, Dr. Melinda Ann Dooly, Marta Juanhuix Piqueras, Dr. Júlia Llompart, Dr. Dolors Masats Viladoms, María Mont Algamasilla, Dr Emilee Moore, Dr. Xavier Pascual i Calvo, Joan Ploettner, Dr. Amparo Tuson Valls, Claudia Vallejo.
Honorary members: Dr. Artur Noguerol Rodrigo, Dr. Luci Nussbaum Capdevila.
Associate Members:
Dr. Victoria Antoniadou, Universitat de Xipre
Dr. Eulàlia Canals, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Dr. Eva Codó, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Dr. Víctor Corona, Universidad de Lleida
Francesca Helm, Université degli Estudi di Padova, Itàlia
Dr. Numa Markee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EUA
Matilde Martínez Sallés, Editora Difusión, Espanya
Dr. Lorenza Mondada, ICAR Research Lab, CNRS, Université Lyon 2, França
Dr. Robert O'Dowd, Universidad de León, Espanya
Dr. Adriana Patiño Santos, South Hampton University, GB
Dr. Randall Sadler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EUA
Dr. Paul Seedhouse, University of Lancaster, GB
Dr. Steve Thorne, Portland University, EUA & Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Països Baixos
Dr. Vincenza Tudini, University of South Australia
Dr. Virginia Unamuno Kaschapava, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones.
Third stage as Consolidated Research Group
From: 2014
To: 2016
Sponsor:Agencia de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca - Generalitat de Cataluña 595-SGR 2014
Budget: 30.600€
Research leader: Dr Melinda Dooly
Research team at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona:
Dr. Eulàlia Borràs, Dr. Laia Canals, Dr.Melinda Ann Dooly Owenby, Dr. Dolors Masats Viladoms, Dr. Emilee Moore, Dr. Artur Noguerol Rodrigo, Dr. Luci Nussbaum Capdevila, Julia Llompart Esbert, Dr. Xavier Pascual i Calvo, Dr. Amparo Tuson Valls, Claudia Vallejo
Associate Members:
Dr. Victoria Antoniadou, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Dr. Eva Codó, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Dr. Víctor Corona, Universidad de Baja California, Mexico
Francesca Helm, Université degli Estudi di Padova, Italy
Dr. Numa Markee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Matilde Martínez Sallés, Editora Difusión, Spain
Dr Lorenza Mondada, ICAR Research Lab, CNRS, Université Lyon 2, France
Dr. Robert O'Dowd, Universidad de León, Spain
Dr. Adriana Patiño Santos, South Hampton University, UK
Dr. Randall Sadler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Marta Juanhuix Piqueras, Universitat de Catalunya, Spain
Dr. Paul Seedhouse, University of Lancaster, UK
Dr. Steve Thorne, Portland University, USA & Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Vincenza Tudini, University of South Australia
Dr. Virginia Unamuno Kaschapava, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones
Second stage as Consolidated Research Group
From: 2009
To: 2013
Sponsor:Agencia de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca - Generalitat de Cataluña 1273 SGR 2009
Budget:35.200 €
Research leader:Dr Luci Nussbaum Capdevila
Research team at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona:
Eulàlia Borràs Riba, Víctor Corona Villavicencio, Dr Melinda Ann Dooly Owenby, Dr Cristina Escobar Urmeneta, Natalia Evnitskaya, Dr Dolors Masats Viladoms, Emilee Moore, Dr Artur Noguerol Rodrigo, Dr Luci Nussbaum Capdevila, Dr. Xavier Pascual i Calvo, Dr Amparo Tuson Valls, Dra. Laia Canals, Claudia Vallejo.
Associate Members:
Dr Lorenza Mondada, ICAR Research Lab, CNRS, Université Lyon2.
Dr Adriana Patiño Santos, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Facultad de Humanidades.
Dr Virginia Unamuno Kaschapava, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.
First stage as Consolidated Research Group
From: 2005
To: 2008
Sponsor:Agencia de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca - Generalitat de Cataluña 00330-SGR 2005
Budget:49.000 €
Research leader:Dr Luci Nussbaum Capdevila
Research team at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona:
Dr Eva Codó Olsina, Dr Melinda Ann Dooly Owenby, Dr Cristina Escobar Urmeneta, Dolors Masats Viladoms, Dr Artur Noguerol Rodrigo, Dr Luci Nussbaum Capdevila, Àngels Prats Pla, Dr Amparo Tuson Valls, Dr Virginia Unamuno Kaschapava, Dr Núria Vilà Miguel
Research team at the Universitat de Lleida:
Dr Josep Maria Cots Caimons, Dr Montse Irun Chavarría, Dr Enric Llurda Giménez, Xavier Martín Rubio
Associate Member:
Mònica Molina Domínguez
Participating universities:
UAB & UdL
You can find the activity reports of the group GREIP for the periods 2009-2014 here.