
Laura Schildt is a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in high-stakes language tests and policymaking in the immigration context. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Ghent, an MSc in Applied Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a MA in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (US).
Email: Laura.Schildt@UGent.be
Phone: +32 9 331 19 30
Research themes:
Histories of migration and migration policy || Multilingualism, translation, interpreting and linguistic inequality|| Global migration and mobility
A multiple streams framework analysis of language testing in integration policy
(2026)
CURRENT ISSUES IN LANGUAGE PLANNING.
p.1-30
The policy web : a multi-layered analysis of language testing for migration
(2025)
The impact of automated writing evaluation on writing gains
(2025)
ELT JOURNAL.
79(3).
p.352-362