Filippo Nereo

Dr Filippo Nereo is interested in language, migration and society particularly in European contexts. He previously served as the national head of languages and linguistics at the Higher Education Academy, the body responsible for enhancing the quality of higher education teaching throughout the UK, where he worked with a range of universities, public institutions and professional associations. He is author of The Dynamics of Language Obsolescence (2016, Steiner), which explores questions of language and identity in the context of German refugees immediately after the Second World War. He is affiliated with the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations and the School of Humanities at Coventry University, where he led on the establishment of the first Confucius Institute in the West Midlands and served as Associate Head of School.