Our Partners

The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) brings together world-leading language development experts. The hub of our research takes place in the North-West of England at the University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool and Lancaster University. We are supported by a team of international researchers based across Europe, the US and Australia.

Lancaster University

Lancaster University

Researchers from the Department of Psychology and the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University are involved in projects for LuCiD. Many of their studies take place at Lancaster's state of the art babylab.

University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

Researchers from the School of Psychology and the Department of Computer Science are working on LuCiD projects from a study following 80 children's language learning over 5 years, to an app providing parents with a record of their child's language learning and giving parents advice tailored to their child's developmental level.

University of Manchester

University of Manchester

LuCiD draws on the experience of researchers from the School of Psychological Sciences and from Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester, with many studies taking place in the Child Study Centre.

Australian National University

Australian National University

LuCiD is collaborating with Dr Evan Kidd and the ANU Language Lab. They are conducting a longitudinal study, similar to our Language 0-5 study in Canberra, Australia, so we will be sharing and comparing ideas.

Cornell University

Cornell University

Prof Morten Christiansen, Co-Director of Cognitive Science at Cornell, will be advising researchers from LuCiD on the design and analysis for a number of our studies.

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Profs Caroline Rowland and Evan Kidd from the Language Development Department at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, are supporting our work in the Beyond 0-5: Oral Language to Literacy stream.