elButlletí

A bimonthly publication of AQU Catalunya

75

November 2014

Violeta Demonte Barreto, professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/UAM) and researcher at the CSIC's Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology, has been awarded the "Ramón Menéndez Pidal" National Research Award in the Humanities by the Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation "for her contribution to linguistics and linguistic description, the impact of her scientific work, international recognition of her areas of research and research findings, and for her abilities in setting up research teams".

Dr. Demonte has been involved with AQU Catalunya since 2009. She is currently a member of the Agency's Quality Assurance Commission (CAQ), the Agency's CEMAI committee, which deals with the individual merits and activities of university faculty staff and she is chair of the AQU committee that reviews doctorate programmes.