Dr. sc. Kristina Š. Despot boravila je u razdoblju od 18. kolovoza do 18. rujna na Sveučilištu u Bologni, na Odsjeku za strane jezike i književnosti pod akademskim mentorstvom dr. sc. Marianne Marcelle Bolognesi, voditeljice ERC projekta Abstraction: Unlocking meaning from experience through language. Tijekom boravka dr. Despot upoznata je s istraživačkim metodama i ishodima projekta, njegovim upravljanjem te strategijama profesionalnoga razvoja doktoranada i poslijedoktoranada uključenih u projekt.
U okviru individualnih sastanaka, dr. Bolognesi pružila je potporu dr. Despot u oblikovanju i poboljšanju vlastite ERC prijave. Uspostavljena je dugoročna suradnja, koja uključuje daljnju suradnju dr. Despot na projektu Abstraction, zajedničko autorstvo znanstvenih radova na temu metaforičkog uokvirivanja i strategije literalizacije metafora u diskursu bračne terapije, održavanje pozvanoga predavanja dr. Despot u sklopu seminarskog ciklusa projekta Abstraction te posjet Abstraction tima Institutu za hrvatski jezik i MetaCro projektu.
Dr. Kristina Š. Despot spent the period from August 18 to September 18 at the University of Bologna, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, under the academic mentorship of Dr. Marianna Marcella Bolognesi, Principal Investigator of the ERC project Abstraction: Unlocking meaning from experience through language. During her stay, Dr. Despot was introduced to the project’s research methods and outcomes, its management, as well as the professional development strategies for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers involved in the project.
In the framework of individual meetings, Dr. Bolognesi provided support to Dr. Despot in shaping and improving her own ERC proposal. A long-term collaboration has been established, which includes Dr. Despot’s continued involvement in the Abstraction project, the joint authorship of scientific papers on the topic of metaphorical framing and the strategy of metaphor literalization in couples therapy discourse, the delivery of an invited lecture by Dr. Despot within the Abstraction project seminar series, as well as a visit of the Abstraction team to the Institute of Croatian Language and the MetaCro project.