Aleksandra Adler

About

Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre . In my work I combine behavioral and neuroimaging methods to understand language processing in interpreters and bilinguals.

I obtained my PhD from Stockholm University, where I worked at The Institute for Interpreting and Translation under supervision of Elisabet Tiselius, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova, and Christopher Mellinger. My dissertation focused on how interpreters' professional experience and direction of the interpretation influence interpreters' cognitive load.

Teaching

I have taught at both undergraduate and advanced levels, primarily within interpreter education and translation studies. My teaching experience includes lectures, seminars, supervision, course coordination, and examination. I am comfortable teaching in both classroom and distance learning formats and have created complete course environments in Athena (Stockholm University’s learning management system). I frequently use case-based learning to help students connect theoretical content to real-world interpreting situations and to foster interactional competence.

• 2019: Professional ethics and dialogue interpreting for conference interpreters, graduate course, 7.5 ECTS
• 2021: Professional ethics and professional knowledge II, 7.5 ECTS, lecturer and seminar leader
• 2021: Internship in interpreting, 7.5 ECTS, teacher and course coordinator
• 2022–2024: Professional ethics and professional knowledge I, 7.5 ECTS
• 2023–2024: Language for specific purposes, terminology and lexicography, part of pedagogy for interpreter educators

Publications

Monographs

Adler, A. (2023). Cognitive load in dialogue interpreting. PhD dissertation, Stockholm University.

Peer-reviewed articles

Adler, A. (2024). Effects of experience and directionality on cognitive load in dialogue interpreting. Translation, Cognition & Behavior, 7(2), 187–208. https://doi.org/10.1075/tcb.24005.adl

Manuscripts and other articles

• Adler, A. (2025). The interpreting brain. Preregistration on OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WYUC3
• Adler, A. Situated learning portfolio. Manuscript submitted to The Interpreter and Translator Trainer.
• Tiselius, E., & Adler, A. Pupillometry in dialogue interpreting. (Co-designer, methods lead, analyst.)
• Thomsen, T., & Adler, A. (2025). The impact of language environment. Manuscript submitted to Translation and Interpreting Studies.

Grants, Awards & Talks

Research Grants

• 2025–2026: Postdoc grant, Anna Ahlströms och Ellen Terserus stiftelse
• 2024: SUBIC Time Grant (24h scanner time)
• 2017–2023: Doctoral researcher on VR project Invisible Process (PI: Tiselius)

Awards

2021: Best Poster Award – ICTIC Conference

Memberships

• Society for the Neurobiology of Language (2022–)
• SPRINT Research Group (2020–)

Referee Assignments

• Reviewer, AMLAP Conference (2023–)
• Editorial team, TransActions journal (2022–2023)
• Ad hoc reviewer, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2022–)

Skills