Katrijn MARYNS is assistant professor in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication at Ghent University, Belgium. Her linguistic-ethnographic research examines multilingual discursive practices and linguistic inequality in institutional contexts of globalisation, with a particular focus on asylum and migration. She has published on diverse aspects of the Belgian asylum procedure, including the role of narrative construction, credibility assessment, interpreting and lingua franca interaction. She is the author of ‘The asylum speaker: Language in the Belgian asylum procedure’ (Routledge 2006), editor (with Philipp Angermeyer, York University) of the book series ‘Translation, Interpreting and Social Justice in a Globalised World' (Multilingual Matters), and she has published in various international peer-reviewed journals (Applied Linguistics, Language in Society, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Language & Communication).

Roles

  • Ghent University

    University, Ghent, Belgium
    Assistant Professor

Research

Discursive Tensions of Credibility and Performance in Assessing Lesbian Refugee Claims for International Protection

Authors Loes Verhaeghe, Loes Verhaeghe, Marie Jacobs, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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1 Journal Article

Multilingual support in HIV/ STD counselling in Flanders

Authors J. De Wilde, Katrijn Maryns
Year 2021
Journal Name The Translator
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3 Journal Article

Multilingual consultations in urgent medical care

Authors Antoon Cox, Katrijn Maryns
Year 2021
Journal Name The Translator
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4 Journal Article

Data constitution and engagement with the field of asylum and migration

Authors Katrijn Maryns, Marie Jacobs
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Pragmatics
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5 Journal Article
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