Tim Grant – Forensic Linguist

I am Professor of Forensic Linguistics and Director of the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.

I am an academic practitioner and a practitioner academic in the field of forensic linguistics.

I am an experienced academic, skilled in teaching, productive in research and engaged in a range of administrative roles.  

I have attracted research income in excess of eight million pounds since I joined Aston University in 2007 and I led the development of the Centre for Forensic Linguistics (CFL) into the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics as the internationally leading research group in the discipline.  

I am also a practitioner academic – my casework has helped resolve numerous cases nationally and internationally.  These cases relate to the criminal law, issues of national security and civil matters:

• I have contributed evidence in many criminal trials, for prosecution and defence, in cases involving terrorism, murder and sexual assault.
• I have been involved cases where forensic linguistic evidence was critical in providing evidence for arrests where several hundred lives were at issue.
• I was involved in the Yukos arbitration hearings which upheld a $50bn award against Russian Federation.  

Work such as this has drawn media attention and I am at ease engaging with press, television and radio.