Biography

I am Associate Professor in Communication and Language Development and and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Interaction Development and Diversity.

I joined 兔子先生 University in 2016. Before that I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Paderborn and Bielefeld University in Germany, and was working on a project on early games, social routines and infant鈥檚 developing participation as well as a project on early language development. My interest in language as social coordination led me to my PhD project which I completed in Bielefeld, Germany in 2014 on the interactional foundations of language development. Before that I studied Languages and Linguistics at the Ionian University, Greece and worked as a translator.

Research interests

I am interested in early caregiver-child interactions with a particular interest in pre-verbal communication, language development, and language socialisation. I am particulartly interested in the diverse pathways towards language and therefore also conduct research on individual and cultural variability in learning and development.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach on our undergraduate BSc Psychology. I coordinate the Level 6 module Language and Communication. In the past I have also taught Qualitative Research Methods in the Level 5 module Psychological Research Methods. I am a tutor for Level 4 & 5 students and I also supervise PhD students, Masters students and undergraduate project students. 

Research outputs

2025

Cornick, C. R., Nomikou, I., Massonnie, J., Niederstrasser, N. G.

7 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Health Psychology

Research output: Article

2024

Gibson, V., Taylor, D. J., Salphati, S., Somogyi, E., Nomikou, I., Davila Ross, M.

23 Oct 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 10, 18p., 240632

Research output: Article

2023

Nomikou, I.

1 Jul 2023, In: Language and Communication . 91

Research output: Article

Gibson, V., Somogyi, E., Nomikou, I., Taylor, D., Lopez, B., Mulenga, I. C., Davila Ross, M.

20 Jun 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 10p., 9969

Research output: Article

2022

Fantasia, V., Nomikou, I.

28 Sep 2022, In: Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics. 22, 2, p. 45-60, 16p.

Research output: Article

R膮czaszek-Leonardi, J., G艂贸wka, K., Nomikou, I., Rossmanith, N.

1 Sep 2022, In: Language Sciences. 93, 16p., 101495

Research output: Article

K盲rtner, J., Schwick, M., Wefers, H., Nomikou, I.

1 May 2022, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 67, 22p., 101715

Research output: Article

Visser, I., Bergmann, C., Byers-heinlein, K., Dal Ben, R., Duch, W., Forbes, S., Franchin, L., Frank, M. C., Geraci, A., Hamlin, J. K., Kaldy, Z., Kulke, L., Laverty, C., Lew-williams, C., Mateu, V., Mayor, J., Moreau, D., Nomikou, I., Schuwerk, T., Simpson, E. A., Singh, L., Soderstrom, M., Sullivan, J., Van Den Heuvel, M. I., Westermann, G., Yamada, Y., Zaadnoordijk, L., Zettersten, M.

10 Feb 2022, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 45, e35

Research output: Article

2021

Fasulo, A., Nomikou, I., Nye, J.

31 Aug 2021, In: Research on Children and Social Interaction. 5, 1, p. 57-79, 23p.

Research output: Article

Fasulo, A., Nomikou, I.

2 Mar 2021, In: The Conversation

Research output: Article