Biography

Katia Carraro joined the University of Fribourg (CH) as Head of the Self-Access Centre in January 2018. She previously worked at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she was in charge of the Language Resource Centre and taught Italian for the Department of Foreign Language Business Communication. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Vienna, a DAS (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in University Didactics from the University of Fribourg, a Masters degree in Translation Studies from the University of Trieste and a Master of Arts in Applied Languages and New Technologies from the University of Hull (UK). Her research areas and interests include informal learning, individual learner differences and computer-assisted language learning.