Holly Branigan


Holly Branigan Fellowship of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE] is a Professor of Psychology of Language and Cognition and Head of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Education

Branigan has attended the University of York, the Charles [de Gaulle University – Lille III|Université de Lille III] and the University of Edinburgh. She completed her PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh in 1995.

Career

Branigan's research interests include language production, communication, language learning/development and language processing. Her research covers typically and atypically developing children, mono and bilingual adults and a wide range of languages.
Branigan became the Head of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 2018; having been Deputy Head since 2016.

Awards

In March 2021, Branigan was selected as a Fellow by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.