Dr Mattia Zingaretti

I am an applied linguist specialising in language learning and teaching, with research experience spanning linguistic, cognitive and educational approaches to the study of bi/multilingualism. As Impact Evaluation Analyst at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, I evaluate English language teaching, learning and assessment programmes for stakeholders worldwide.

Before joining Cambridge in 2026, I was Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL and Programme Lead for undergraduate degrees in Linguistics & TESOL at York St John University, where I also served as Research and Knowledge Exchange Lead at the Community Language School (2023–2026). 

I hold a PhD in Linguistics and English Language, an MSc in English Language and a PGCert in Academic Practice from the University of Edinburgh. During my doctoral studies at Edinburgh (2018–2023), I worked on various language learning and teaching projects supported by funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Una Europa and Erasmus+. I taught different linguistics and language acquisition modules, gaining Fellowship of Advance HE (FHEA), and I also contributed to public engagement activities at Bilingualism Matters.

Before relocating to the UK, I completed my BA in English and German at Sapienza University of Rome (2013–2016), following an Erasmus+ exchange at Trinity College Dublin (2015–2016).

I am Fellow of Advance HE and have been a member of different international associations and networks, including Bilingualism Matters, the British Association for Applied Linguistics, the European Second Language Association, the Education, Languages, and Internationalisation network, the UK Advising and Tutoring association, the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK and the UK Evaluation Society. I am also an external research collaborator at the Community Language School.

My peer-review contributions include grant reviewing for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)–UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Science Centre of Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), as well as journal reviewing for Behavioral Sciences, Bilingual Research Journal, Education Sciences, Italiano LinguaDue, Languages, Second Language Research, Teaching and Teacher Education, The Language Learning Journal and The Modern Language Journal.