Dr Justyna Mackiewicz was a postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of York. She worked on both the Leverhulme Project (2022-2023) and the MEDAL grant (2023-2025)

Her main research interests are in international students’ language and literacy skills, development of language and literacy skills in university students from a variety of linguistic backgrounds over time, and linguistic factors that impact academic achievement. She is also passionate about Open Science and Reproducible Research practices.