Team > Billian Otundo

since 2022

Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in English Linguistics & Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple, University of Bayreuth

2026

Acting Professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) of English Linguistics, University of Greifswald

2021

Visiting Cooperation Scientist, Phonetics Laboratory, University of Cologne

2021

Research Fellow, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, University of Bayreuth

2018–2019

Postdoctoral Researcher, Radboud University, The Netherlands

2019–2021

Lecturer and English Programme Coordinator, Moi University, Kenya

2017–2019

Senior Administrative Assistant & Part-Time Lecturer of English Linguistics, Moi University, Kenya

2011–2015

Junior Fellow (BIGSAS) & Research Associate, Chair of English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth

since 2022

Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth (positive midpoint evaluation, February 2025)

2011–2015

PhD in English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth (Magna Cum Laude)

2007–2010

MPhil in Educational Communication and Technology (English), Moi University, Kenya (Distinction)

2002–2006

Bachelor of Education (Arts), English and Literature, Moi University, Kenya

2026–2030

Co-Applicant, DFG Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple research project “In/Security and the Politics of Silence, Subtext and Performativity”

since 2025

Co-Editor, Language Policy in Africa, University of Bern

since 2024

Co-Editor, Special Issue Translanguaging, Meaning-Making, and Social Negotiation in African Multilingual Contexts, Society, Springer

since 2023

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

since 2023

Co-Organiser and Co-Chair, Linguistics Laboratory, University of Bayreuth

2024–2025

Co-Applicant, DFG-funded Postdoctoral Working Group “Rethinking Accelerated Learning in the Global South: Implications, Challenges, and Perspectives for Educational Development in Africa and Asia”

2023–2024

Co-Applicant, DFG-funded Postdoctoral Working Group “Digital Trans*formations in Africa: A Critical Space for Material and Intellectual Capital”

2019, 2024

Jury Member, BIGSAS Journalist Award, University of Bayreuth

2016–2020

Internal Quality Assurance Auditor, Moi University, Kenya

2020–2022

Policy Mainstreaming Expert, County Government of Bungoma, Kenya

2026–2030

DFG Research Grant, project on silences, Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple, University of Bayreuth (Co-Applicant)

2022–2026

DFG Research Funding, project on multilingual learning, Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple, University of Bayreuth (Lead Proposal Writer and Co-Applicant)

2026

Cluster of Excellence Workshop Grant, International Workshop: Multilingual Africa: Translation, Language Policy and Epistemic Transformation (Co-Applicant)

2024–2025

DFG Research Grant, Postdoctoral Working Group on Accelerated Learning in the Global South (Co-Applicant)

2024

Cluster of Excellence Workshop Grant, International Workshop Making Meaning, Shaping Knowledge (Co-Applicant)

2023–2024

DFG Research Grant, Postdoctoral Working Group Digital Transformations in Africa (Co-Applicant)

2021–2022

TWAS–DFG Cooperation Grant, plus travel funding, University of Cologne

2020–2021

DFG Research Fellowship, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies

2018–2019

NWO-WOTRO/Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Collaborative Research Grant (Co-Applicant as postdoctoral researcher)

2011–2015

DFG Doctoral Research Funding, plus fieldwork support, BIGSAS, University of Bayreuth

2024

Critical Diversity Literacy Training Award, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Bayreuth

2018

DAAD-supported Training in Quality Assurance in Higher Education, KUQAN

2017

CARTA-supported Research and Policy Communication Training, University of Rwanda