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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 

  

  

Sonja Beeli-Zimmermann 

Sonja Beeli-Zimmermann has a degree in educational science from the 

University of Berne, Switzerland, where she is currently working as an 

assistant pursuing a PhD. She collected the data referred to in this article for 

her master thesis ''Si uno hace planes, Dios dispone' – Exploring planning 

skills of microentrepreneurs in Nicaragua' and reanalysed them under the 

perspective of numeracy.  

Her email address is: sonja.beeli@edu.unibe.ch  

 

Louise Dow  

Louise Dow’s interest in the social analysis of literacy began with 

community work in the 1980s, influenced by studies in social anthropology 

and communication. After two decades in the corporate panopticon, Louise 

has recently spent time in remote areas of Australia, completing a Masters 

in Education, and working as a literacy tutor, writer and editor.   

Her email address is: ledow@iinet.net.au  
 

Chris Holland 

Chris Holland has worked in the UK, Europe and New Zealand to research 

and address learning issues for low paid workers that are often attributed to 

low functional language, literacy or numeracy (LLN). Her European work 

involves social inclusion projects for migrants in the workplace. In New 

Zealand, Chris is the Director of Work & Education Research and 

Development Services, which advises and conducts research and 

professional development mainly with government departments, industry 

training organisations and the Council of Trade Unions. Since 2007 Chris 

has been exploring mentoring for apprentices. 

Her email address is: chris@impactresearch.org.nz 

 

Zoe Nikolaidou  

Zoe Nikolaidou is a post-doctoral researcher at Södertörn University, 

Sweden. She completed her PhD thesis in Lancaster, UK, where she 

focused on the uses of literacy within vocational education. Her current 

research focuses on second language literacy at the workplace, 

methodological issues of literacy research and discourse analysis.  

Her email address is: zoe.nikolaidou@sh.se  

mailto:sonja.beeli@edu.unibe.ch
mailto:ledow@iinet.net.au
mailto:chris@impactresearch.org.nz
mailto:zoe.nikolaidou@sh.se