CURRICULUM VITAE
Sergei Sikorskii
Applied linguist · Discourse researcher · University educator
Valencia, Spain · Updated August 2026
My work combines research in digital discourse with more than twenty years of language teaching, curriculum development and university education. I am currently a researcher in applied linguistics and a PhD candidate at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).
My research focuses on public scrutiny in digital discourse, hostile political evaluation, multimodal communication, corpus-based analysis, and the methodological use and validation of AI-assisted approaches in linguistic research.
The downloadable CV provides a complete record of my education, research appointments, publications, book chapters, conference activity, teaching experience, funded projects and professional service.
EDUCATION
2022–present
PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Doctoral Programme in Languages, Literatures and Cultures and their Applications
Doctoral thesisHostile Political Evaluation in Platformed Conflict Talk: Appraisal, Public Authority, and Configurational Judgement on X
2021–2022
Master’s Degree in Languages and Technology
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Specialisation: Applied Linguistics
Final grade: 10/10
1996–2001
Specialist Diploma in Foreign Language Education
Ural State Pedagogical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Five-year university degree · Professional qualification: Teacher of English and German
Overall grade: 4.7/5
Officially recognised in Spain as equivalent to the academic level of a Spanish master’s degree.
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS
March 2024–present
Researcher in Applied Linguistics
Department of Applied Linguistics · Polytechnic University of Valencia · Valencia, Spain
September 2001–March 2009
Lecturer in English and Linguistics
Institute of Linguistics · Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University · Yekaterinburg, Russia
March 2009–April 2019
English Language Teacher
Business English Language School · Saint Petersburg, Russia
2019–2024
English Language Teacher
Freelance and language-school teaching · Valencia, Spain
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Research
Digital discourse · Public scrutiny · Hostile political evaluation · Multimodality · Corpus-assisted analysis · AI-assisted research methods
University teaching
Academic and professional English · English for engineering · English linguistics · English language teaching methodology
Professional education
More than twenty years of experience in language teaching, curriculum development and materials design
Working languages
English · Spanish · Russian
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