Why are there so many different languages in the world? How did this astonishing linguistic diversity come about? And what are the social, environmental and cognitive pressures that shape the evolution of languages in our species? These are fascinating questions that represent the topics of my research so far. My work focuses on linking core aspects of language learning, cultural evolution, and cross linguistic diversity using a range of novel behavioral paradigms and computational models, including swarm robotics, virtual reality, group communication games, and interacting deep neutral networks My goal is to shed light on the evolution of language in our species and to understand the ecological pressures and cognitive constraints that shape the emergence, change, and daily use of human language, and to identify the social, environmental, and cross-cultural factors that lead to language diversity and variation. I am also interested in animal cognition and communication, child development, human history, space, and data analysis. I am currently a Minerva research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, leading the group "Language Evolution and Adaptation in Diverse Situations" (LEADS). I am also a part time Lecturer in Social Interaction at the Centre for Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (cSCAN) at the University of Glasgow.