Loredana Polezzi is Professor of translation studies in the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University. Her main research interests are in the connection between translation, migration and other forms of travel. Her recent work focuses on how geographical and social mobility are connected to the theories and practices of multilingualism, translation and self-translation. With Rita Wilson, she is co-editor of The Translator. She is currently a co-investigator in the research projects Transnationalizing Modern Languages and Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Global Challenges, funded by the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council under its Translating Cultures and Global Challenges Research Fund schemes. She is also a founding member of the Cultural Literacy in Europe network and the current president of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS).