Vera Leberecht, PhD

Course: Scientific Writing

Vera Leberecht, PhD, is a trainer and coach for writing and other work that makes sense. She studied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, and Theology in Germany and Finland. While writing her PhD on communication in university office hours, she too became a certified trainer for academic writing. She worked at the English Department of the Language Centre at Maastricht University (NL) for several years, first as a lecturer and then as head of department. In 2008, she started her own training and coaching business. She is passionate about supporting and empowering PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and other professionals who have to – or want to – produce texts with reason and resonance, within academia and beyond.