Dr. Ulrike Mosel is a professor of linguistics and head of the linguistics department at the University of Kiel. She has held these positions since 1995.[1] Mosel is the co-editor and author of nine academic books, including Essentials of Language Documentation with Jost Gippert and Nikolaus Himmelmann. This book is as described as "a landmark" in the field of Language Documentation.[2]
Mosel's research centers on language documentation in the Pacific, with particular focus on the languages of Western Samoa and Papua New Guinea.[3][4][1] She has conducted fieldwork in Rabaul, Western Samoa, and Bougainville.[1]
After completing her first PhD in Munich in Semitic Languages, Assyriology, and Linguistics in 1974, Mosel held assistant professor and research assistant, and research fellow positions before undertaking her second PhD in Munich in Linguistics in 1983. Since then, she has held positions at the Australia National University and Christian Albrechts Universität. Mosel has also served as a consultant for the government of Western Samoa [1]
