Ines-Andrea Busch-Lauer has many years of experience in the field of Specialised-Language Research and Teaching. After studying English and Russian, Education and Psychology at Leipzig University followed by a Ph.D. and a postdoctoral qualification, she worked as a language lecturer and translator. Since 2006, she has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, where she conducts research into applied linguistics, technical communication, translation studies, didactics, intercultural learning and artificial intelligence in technical communication.