Alicja Kiełpińska holds a bachelor’s degree in Scandinavian Studies from University College London and a master’s degree in General Linguistics from the University of Helsinki. Previously, she has worked as a research assistant at the University of Reading and the University of Warsaw in psycholinguistic projects dealing with different aspects of Polish-English bilingualism in childhood.

She has also conducted sociolinguistic studies with various diasporas, investigating questions related to attitudes towards heritage languages and diasporic identity formation. Her research interests can all be captured under the broad theme of language and migration.