Andrea Chagas​ López
Research
I am a transdisciplinary researcher with a sociolinguistic background, dedicated to bringing academic knowledge into practice and public discourse.
My research focuses on epistemic justice, (post)migrant societies, and the exploration of queer lived realities. I work closely with activist groups and self-organized initiatives that advocate for the political participation of marginalized communities, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community.
My vision is to explore topics, forms of knowledge, and ways of knowledge transfer that are often treated as marginal in Western research. Through my work, I strive to promote a more inclusive and diverse perspective on knowledge production.
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Research focus areas
#changemaker: Connecting minds – fostering change
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Ethical & transdisciplinary Research
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Participative Research: Promoting knowledge transfer between research, urban society, and politics.
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Autoethnography: Reflection on the development of the sciences and the role of researchers in this process.
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Migration, Language & Education
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Impact of Migration on Language Competence:
Investigating how migration shapes the linguistic competencies and repertoires of individuals with migration experiences. -
Inclusivity in the German Education System:
Analyzing the structures and practices that influence the inclusiveness of educational institutions in Germany. -
Integration into Education and the Labor Market:
Examining the conditions that facilitate the successful integration of individuals with migration backgrounds into the school system and the German labor market. -
Diversity and Workplace Creativity:
Exploring the role of diversity as a driver of creativity and innovation in professional environments.
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Gender und Queer-Studies
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Gender Bias in Neural Machine Translators
How neural machine translators reproduce gender bias -
Representation of Queer Identities in Parliamentary Speeches
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Queer @ Work – How Do DEI Trainings Affect Workplace Atmosphere and Company Performance?
Organization of Events & Conferences
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XVIII LIMES Colloquium
2025
Chagas López, Andrea/Schloter, Lisa/Hofner, Katrin (2025): Aktionsplan für Akzeptanz und Gleiche Rechte Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart: Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit und Integration. (In Prüfung)
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Chagas López, Andrea/Cotgrove, Louis/Rüdiger, Jan: "‚Othering‘ queerer Beziehungen in Plenarprotokollen des Deutschen Bundestags: Eine qualitative und quantitative Analyse". In: APTUM Zeitschrift für Sprachkritik und Sprachkultur, Bd. 21, 01: S. 123–139.
https://doi.org/10.46771/978-3-96769-460-4
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https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111434827/html#Chicago
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Chagas, Andrea/Hilß, Hannah/Müller, Sebastian (2025): „Neural machine translation and a queer perspective on gender bias – A qualitative Study on how different strategies of écriture inclusive are translated into German by Google Translate and DeepL”. In: The Mouth. Critical Studies on Language, Culture and Society. Zapf, Miriam/Chagas, Andrea/Jansen, Silke (eds.): Special Issue: Out of the Norm?! Producing and Evaluating Gender Difference through Language Practice. i.p
2023
Chagas, Andrea (2023): “Migration and Linguistic Repertoire. Supervernacular Spanish and the variational perception of the Equatoguinean YouTuber Monanga Bueneke and her community of practice”. In: Issel-Dombert, Sandra/Soria, Ignacio Andrés (Hrsg.): Multilingüismo y migración en la era de las humanidades digitales. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
2022
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Aktives Erinnern: §175/§151 Auswirkungen auf die queeren Community". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 22-23.
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Aktives Erinnern: Liebe, Sex, und HIV+, Filmgespräch zu Théo und Hugo". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 23-24.
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Wissen und Recht: Gekonnt Altern – Verfügungen und Vollmachten". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 26-27.
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Community – Erfahrungen und Engagement. Gendernauts und Genderation". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 31-33.
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Community – Erfahrungen und Engagement. Zeit für dich. Erfahrungen des Berliner Besuchsdiensts". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 34-35.
Chagas, Andrea (2022): “Glücklich Altern in Mannheim". In: LSBTI Beauftragung der Stadt Mannheim (Hrsg.): Queere Vielfalt im Alter, S. 36-39.
2021
Chagas, Andrea (2021): “Panorama lingüístico en Chile: contactos y variedades lingüísticas”. In: Eckkrammer, Eva-Martha (Hrsg.): El Manual del Español en América. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
Publications
2024
Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS)
Nachwuchstagung 2025
Epistemic (in)justice in western social sciences ​
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ABB AG Mannheim
D&I Days
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Queer and Working space? Inclusion and micro aggression on the working space
2022
MUNDOS PLURALES. Perspectivas actuales sobre las culturas, lenguas y literaturas de Guinea Ecuatorial
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El español en Guinea Ecuatorial - un acercamiento sociofonético a la variación lingüística
Presentations
Teaching topics
Sociolinguistics
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Language Contact in the Romance-Speaking World
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The Internet as a Virtual Community Space for Migrated Individuals in the Diaspora
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Between Prestige, Language Variation, and Identity: Migration Linguistics Applied to Spanish and Italian
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Lectures:
Introduction to Romance Linguistics and Media Studies: Focus on the History of Science and Sociolinguistics
Sociology
Introduction to General Sociology
Educational (In)Justice in the Context of Migration​​