Recognition & support
Awards & Funding
Substantive competitive funding · ISLE Richard M. Hogg Prize · ARDC HASS Digital Champion
Awards
- ISLE 2015 Richard M. Hogg Prize
- 2019 HASS Digital Champion on behalf of the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
- Nominee 2024 Conduct of Research, Reproducibility & Open Research Practices (UQ)
- Nominee 2025 UQ Research Culture Awards 2025 — Responsible Research Practices (nominated by HASS Associate Dean-Research both as an individual researcher and with LADAL)
Funding
I have substantively contributed to and/or taken a relevant role in the grant applications of the following scientific projects.
Successful Applications: Competitive Schemes
As Project Lead
ClimDis@UZH: Finalising a UQ–UEF–UZH EU Horizon Application on Climate Change Discourse
Scheme: Global Partnerships 2026
Funding body: University of Queensland
Year: 2026
Role: Lead
Collaborators: International academicsFucking Twitter: a contrastive network and text analytic approach to curse word use in the Australian, British, and US American Twitterspheres
Funding body: Digital Cultures and Societies Hub (UQ)
Role: Project lead
Collaborators: Marissa Takahashi (QUT/Australian Digital Observatory), Mikko Laitinen (University of Eastern Finland), Paula Rautionaho (University of Eastern Finland), Michael Haugh (UQ), Sam Hames (UQ)
Duration: 8/2022 – 7/2023
This project empirically assesses the assumption that Australians swear frequently by comparing Twitter data from Australia, the UK, and the US. It develops a prototype using computational methods to clean Twitter data, detect and extract swear words, and analyze their frequency and usage contexts.
Funding body: BMBF (via L3Prof, UHH)
Role: Project lead & Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 9/2016 – 9/2018
The VowelChartProject extracted vowel formants from German, Russian, and Spanish learners of English using PRAAT and R to investigate where, why, and to what extent English learners differ from native English speakers in vowel production and word-final devoicing. Students received personalized vowel charts and written feedback after participating.
Substantive Contribution
- Language Data Commons of Australia HASS RDC (LDaCA-RDC)
Scheme: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research Data Commons (RDC) and Indigenous Research Capability Program (ARDC)
Role: Advisory committee & CI (Project lead: Michael Haugh)
Collaborators: Various Australian & international stakeholders (researchers and institutions, e.g. universities, First Languages Australia, etc.)
Funding period: 2021–2029 (phase I: 2021–2023, phase II: 2024–2029)
In Australia, large language data collections exist, some housed in well-established archives (such as Trove), but many stored in short-lived repositories. LDaCA aims to consolidate these efforts into a nationally integrated research infrastructure. It aims to: (1) establish a governance board representing key stakeholders, (2) develop a comprehensive policy framework for access to language data, (3) create a shared technical infrastructure across institutions, (4) develop a portal for the discovery and access to language data, and (5) engage researchers and communities to secure and make accessible Australia’s linguistic heritage.
- Australian Text Analytics Platform (ATAP)
Scheme: Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Platforms Program
Role: Steering committee & CI & Chair of the User Advisory Group (Project lead: Michael Haugh)
Collaborators: Various Australian & international stakeholders
Funding period: 2021–2023
(ATAP has been integrated into LDaCA as of 2024.)
Text analysis in Australian research is conducted either at a basic, generic level or at a highly specialized level with custom code. ATAP aimed to fill the gap between these two approaches, developing an integrated, notebook-based platform for processing and extracting text data.
- LLMs4HASS: Exploring the Use of Large Language Models for Qualitative and Interpretive Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Scheme: Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies – 2026 Funding Scheme
Year: 2026
Role: Researcher (Project lead: Michael Haugh)
Collaborators: Laurence Anthony (Waseda)
LLMs4HASS investigates how large language models can support qualitative HASS research, while addressing analytical limitations, privacy concerns, and heterogeneous data formats through practical, open-source tools for harmonised, analysis-ready research workflows.
Minor Contribution
- Interfaces to Data for Historical Social Network Analysis and Research (SoNAR (IDH))
Scheme: Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG)
Role: International Collaborator (lead: Gerhard Müller)
Collaborators: Various German Libraries and universities & international stakeholders
SoNAR (IDH), Interfaces to Data for Historical Social Network Analysis and Research, will examine and evaluate approaches to build and operate an advanced research technology environment supporting Historical Network Analysis and related research. Project partners from various fields – historiography, information visualization, artificial intelligence and computer sciences as well as information science – work on this topic from their respective perspective.
- Studying the Development and Contestation of Discourses and Ideologies through Computational Approaches to Big Data on Online Platforms
Scheme: Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies – 2023 Funding Year: 2023
Role: Collaborator (lead: Sam Hames)
Collaborators: Michael Haugh (UQ)
Applications Successful: Non-Competitive Schemes
School Research Support Funding
Scheme: School Research Support Funding Scheme (UQ)
Funding body: School of Languages and Cultures
Year(s): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Bad Language and Vulgarity Online and in Public Discourse
Funding body: School of Languages and Cultures Research Support Scheme (UQ)
Role: Project lead & CI
Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Svenja Kranich, University of Bonn
Duration: 9/2024 – 12/2024
Automated, corpus- and usage-based semantic classification of adjectives
Funding body: School of Languages and Cultures Research Support Scheme (UQ)
Role: Project lead & CI
Collaborators: Chang-Hao Luo
Duration: 11/2023 – 3/2025
Acquisition, Variation, and Diachronic Change of English Amplifier Systems
Funding body: School of Languages and Cultures/Targeted Research Support Scheme (UQ)
Role: Project lead, Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 6/2020 – 12/2021
Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory
Funding body: School of Languages and Cultures/Online Teaching Support Scheme (UQ)
Role: Project lead & CI
Duration: 9/2020 – 12/2020 (ongoing funding via ATAP and LDaCA since 2021)
Dimensions of Intensification
Funding body: Zentrale Forschungsförderung (ZFF), UKS
Role: PI (Project lead: Holden Härtl)
Duration: 3/2018 – 7/2020
Travel costs recompensation acquired from external sources
Funding bodies: International Society for the Linguistics of English, GlaxoSmithKline Stiftung, Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Forschungs- und Wissenschaftsförderung Hamburg
Conference organization support acquired from external sources
Funding bodies: Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Forschungs- und Wissenschaftsförderung Hamburg, Society for the Promotion of Academic Inter-Cultural Activities e.V.
Applications Unsuccessful: Competitive Schemes
ClimDis: Computational Analysis of Climate Change Discourse – Building the Research Infrastructure and Grant Pipeline for a UQ–UEF–UZH International Alliance
Scheme: Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies – 2026 Funding Scheme
Year: 2026
Role: Lead
Collaborators: Various Australian & international academics
ClimDis: Computational Analysis of Climate Change Discourse — Piloting a UQ–UEF–UZH Research Alliance for EU Horizon Funding
Scheme: HASS Partnership & Collaboration Seed Funding Scheme 2026
Year: 2026
Role: Lead
Collaborators: International academics
Shedding Light on the Dark Matter of Public Controversy
Funding body: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Scheme: ARC Discovery Project
Year: 2025 (ID: DPEI270100230) Role: Lead
Collaborators: Various Australian & international academics
ARC Center of Excellence for the Future of Language
Funding body: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Year: 2025 (ID: CEEI260100077)
Role: CI (Project lead: Nick Enfield)
Collaborators: Various Australian & international stakeholders
Language and Discourse in De-Democratization
Funding body: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Year: 2025
Role: International Partner Investigator
Collaborators: Various German & international academics
No offence, mate! The (micro-)politics of offence in Australia
Funding body: Australian Research Council (ARC)
Scheme: ARC Discovery Project Year: 2022 (ID: DP220103241)
Role: CI (Project lead: Michael Huagh)
Collaborators: Various Australian & international stakeholders