Leonid Motz is currently studying at the University of Vienna's Institute of Slavonic Studies. He is interested in contact linguistics (specifically in areal typology of South East Europe and the Balkansprachbund), historical linguistics as well as digital methods. Leonid also teaches an introductory tutorial for students of Slavonic Studies. His Bachelor's thesis focused on Balkanization in the Pastoral Lexicon of Macedonian varieties in Contact with Aromanian Transhumant Shepherd Cultures. 

At RECET he is a PR and Social Media coordinator and assists the Research Center's science communication efforts. Leonid is also responsible for the technical side of things at RECET's Transformative Podcast. 

Outreach

• Listen to Leonid discussing the situation of Minority Languages in Russia with Dr. Jeremy Bradley (University of Vienna) in Episode 37 of our Transformative Podcast; Leonid also hosted Episode 59 on South Slavic Languages and Vienna's Linguistic Landscape with Prof. Katharina Tyran (University of Helsinki) and Episode 70 on The disputed Austro-Hungarian Border with Prof. Katharina Tyran (University of Helsinki) and Prof. Hannes Grandits (Humboldt University, Berlin)
• "A Language I Love Is ..." Bulgarian with Leonid Motz; Appearance on Danny Bate's podcast on the diversity of the world's languages and the people studying them