PD Dr. Nataliia Lazebna

PD Dr. Nataliia Lazebna

Education Manager CHARM-EU

Campus Hubland Nord
Josef-Martin-Weg 54/1
97074 Würzburg

Gebäude: 54
Raum: 01.101

Telefon: 0931/31-81203
E-Mail: nataliia.lazebna@uni-wuerzburg.de

Short Biography

• Since 01/07/2024: Education Manager CHARM EIGHT Project, ZBL, Universität Würzburg
• 05/2022-04/2024: Researcher at the Lehrstuhl für Englische Fachdidaktik (TEFL Chair), Universität Würzburg
• 06/2022-05/2023: Project Co-Coordinator of SCIENTIA International, Büro der Universitätsfrauenbeauftragten, Universität Würzburg
• 2007-2022: Associate Professor at the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation, the National University "Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic", Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
• 2021: Postdoc studies. Habilitation thesis defense at Zaporizhzhia National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Theme: Linguistic and semiotics of English language digital discourse. Degree obtained: Habilitated Doctor in Philological Sciences in the field of Germanic Languages.
• 2013: Postgraduate Studies (01/11/2010-01/11/2013),  Zaporizhzhia National Technical University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. PhD thesis defense (Donetsk National University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 2021). Theme: Structural, semantic, and stylistic features of English-language imagery computer terminology. Field: Germanic languages. Degree obtained: Ph.D. in Philological Sciences in the field of Germanic Languages.
• 2007: Master's Degree in Philology (01/09/2006-30/06/2007), Zaporizhzhia National Technical University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Major in Philology and Translation (English, German, Ukrainian, Russian languages).
• 2006: Bachelor's Degree in Philology (01/09/2002-29/06/2006), Zaporizhzhia National Technical University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Major in Philology and Translation (English, German, Ukrainian, Russian languages).

Memberships in international educational associations

• Co-convener of the International Research Network (IRN) within WERA – World Education Research Association (San Diego, California, USA)
• British Educational Research Association (BERA), London, UK
• TESOL International Association, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

• Vision Ukraine (interdisziplinäres wissenschaftliches Netzwerk: Bildung, Sprache, Migration), Germany

Interests and Competences

• Digital linguistics, data-driven learning, interdisciplinary linguistic studies
• Human-Machine (AI) communication (speech patterns, digital discourse analysis, Machine (AI) Code of Ethics)
• Global education through VR and immersive technologies
• UN sustainable development goals in a data-driven transnational learning environment
• Spatial data mapping as multimodal and transmedial learning environment
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in a global context 

Workshops and Courses

Speeches:

• Project presentation AI implementation in foreign language classes for refugees and displaced students. The interdisciplinary scientific network “Vision Ukraine: Bildung, Sprache, Migration”. 09.05.2025. 
• Open Discussion Contributor (together with Prof. Dr. Petre Dini (USA/EU) and Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway. Dilemma between Education and Preparedness in Digital Space. Digital World Congress 2025. eLmL 2025: The Seventeenth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning (Nice, France). 21.05.2025.
• AI in Need is a Friend Indeed: on Linguistic and Pedagogical Implications of Human-Machine Communication. The International conference organized by Donetsk National University (Vinnitsia, Ukraine), co-organized by JMU, supported by DAAD, on relevant issues of Germanic, Roman, Slavic Languages and Literatures Studies, and Pedagogy. 21-22.06.2024.
• Digital Humanities Metaframework of English Language Studies. Babes-Bolya University, ClujNapoca, Romania. 31.07.2023.
• Symbiosis of Natural and Artificial in English-language Studies. Workshop zu MSCA Doctoral Networks und Twinning: Advanced Materials and Processes, and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability. Regensburg, Germany. 22.03.2023.
• On Global, social and cultural competencies of future EFL teachers: Germany-Ukraine universities cooperation. Cross-University Collaboration in Digital Humanities & Social Science (Dhss) and Digital Humanities & Cultural Heritage (Dhch) Education. University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 07.03.2023.
• Linguistic Semiotics of English-language Digital Discourse. Realm of perspectives. Linguistisches Kolloquim, Forum für MitarbeiterInnen der einzelnen sprachwissenschaftlichen Abteilungen der Universität Würzburg. 08.11.2022.

Workshops:

• Workshop “Transnational Mapping of Digital Discourse: Data-driven Germanic, Slavic Studies, and Pedagogy”. BAYHOST Workshop@Andrassy University (Budapest, Hungary). 23.10.2024.

• Workshop (online). This is Water! Creating a Culturally Responsive Environment through Visual Arts for Master Students in Sustainability, CHARM-EU Project. The University of Montpellier, France. 21.03.2025.

• Creating Culturally Responsive Inclusive EFL Classroom Environment through Visual Arts. TESOL 2024 International Convention & Expo (Tampa, Florida, USA, 21.03 - 23.03.24)

• Data-Driven EFL. German-Ukrainian Symposium “Bridging the Epistemic Gap between Linguistics, Literature, and Pedagogy”. JMU, Würzburg. 23.10-24.10.23.

Courses:

• Transcultural Project-Based Learning: Multilingualism through the Arts (Summer 2025; JMU)

• Transcultural Mediation of the Multilingual Educational Environment (Summer 2025; UFU München)

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Additional Professional Development and Continuing Education

• European Summer University in Digital Humanities “Culture & Technology” (onsite, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
  24 July - 4 August 2023
  Completed a 36-hour workshop titled “Humanities Data and Mapping Environments” under the guidance of Prof. D.J. Wrisley (New York University, Abu Dhabi).
  Certificate of course completion awarded.
• Professional Development Course: “Inclusive Leadership in the System of Higher Education through Cultural Immersion” (online)
  28 October - 8 November 2024
  Participated in a training program developed by the University of Hull (UK) and Mariupol State University (Ukraine), aimed at scientific, pedagogical, and administrative university staff. 36-hour program.
  Certificate of course completion awarded.
• Educator Proficiency Program (EduPro)
  20 March - 25 April 2025
  A professional development program designed to support personal and career growth for educators. It consists of seven online workshops focused on building essential soft skills. 15 hours, 0.5 ECTS credits.
  Certificate obtained.
• Blended-Learning Course: “Innovative Teaching in Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms”
  12 May - 19 June 2025
  Successfully completed a 1 ECTS course offered by Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
  Certificate of course completion awarded.

Monographs

Lazebna, Nataliia and Kumar, Dinesh (Eds.) (2022), Studies in Modern English. Würzburg: Würzburg University Press, 2022. 125 pp.

Lazebna N. English Language as Mediator of Human-Machine Communication : monograph. Mysore, India : PhDians along with Ambishpere ; Academic and Medical Publishers, Royal Book Publishing, 2021. 571 рp.

Lazebna N. Imagery of English Language Computer Text Space. Zaporizhzhia: ZNTU:2017.  206 pp.

Selected Publications

Lazebna, N. (2025). Predicative Arrangement of National Anthem Texts in English- and German-Speaking Communities. Alfred Nobel University Journal of Philology, 1 (29), pp. 181-196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32342/3041-217X-2025-1-29-11 (in co-authorship with Prof.Dr, Prykhodko). Indexed by SCOPUS.

Lazebna, N. (2025). Hybrid Harbors: Immersive Learning Spaces for Unsafe Regions. eLmL 2025 : The Seventeenth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning. Published in ThinkMind Digital Library. ISBN: 978-1-68558-271-5. P. 1-6. (in co-authorship with Dr. Lut).

Lazebna, N. (2025). Inclusion as Solution: Integration Challenges of Ukrainian Refugee Students in the Educational System of Germany. Chapter 12  in the book Education Leadership in the Shadow of Wars. Ed. By M. Gutman. Routledge, Taylor and Francis, USA. (in co-authorship with Dr. Lut and Dr. Dieser). Indexed by SCOPUS.

Lazebna, N. (2024). Spatial Data Mapping in Foreign Language Teaching as a Representation of Multimodal and Transmedial Learning Environments. Multimodality and Transmediality: Interdisciplinary Studies. The Second International Conference. Book of abstracts. (pp. 90-91). Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 19-20.

Lazebna, N. (2024). UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Data-driven Transnational Learning Environment of TEFL students. In Crosthwaite, P. (Ed). Corpora for Language Teaching, Routledge.

Lazebna, N. (2023). Grammar of German-language word combinations: reflections on structural-semantic modelling".  (with Anatoliy Prykhodko). Collection of scientific papers “New Philology”, 90, pp. 82-88. ISSN 2414-1135.

Lazebna, N. (2022). Digital discourse in the realm of related phenomena. (with Prykhodko A.) Cognition, Communication, Discourse, Vol. 25. pp. 59-68.

Lazebna N. Digital discourse of English language acquisition. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2021. №17 (2). P. 971-982. (Co-authored with Prykhodko A.). Indexed by SCOPUS

Lazebna N. (2019). Scratch language of programming vs English language: comparing mathematical and linguistic features. Eureka physics and engineering. № 6. Р. 34–42. (Co-authored with Fedorova Y., Kuznetsova M.). Indexed by SCOPUS