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Markéta  Caravolas is an Reader/Associate Professor in Psychology at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ, Wales, UK.  She completed her doctorate in Psychology at McGill University in 1996 after spending the first part of her career as a teacher and clinician working with children with specific disorders of learning in the bilingual setting of Montreal.  Since 1997, she has undertaken an academic career in the United Kingdom where, in addition, she directed the Miles Dyslexia Centre at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ from 2008 to 2014.  Her research interests are in literacy development and its disorders and her scholarship spans theory and practice.  She focuses on developmental psycholinguistics and early literacy, phonological and spelling development in the context of alphabetic literacy, and a special feature of her work is on cross-linguistic investigations of language-general and language-specific factors in reading and spelling development in typical and dyslexic populations.  She has published extensively on these topics. She has also created comprehensive batteries for the assessment and diagnosis of reading and spelling difficulties in the Czech and Slovak languages, and is working with colleagues on a large multi-language assessment battery of early literacy (MABEL), which includes parallel literacy-related measures in English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Polish and Welsh.

• PhD
  McGill University, Montreal, 1996
• MA
  McGill University, Montreal, 1992
• Other: Teaching permit/certification - awarded July 1982, Ministry of Education, Province of Québec, Canada
  1982
• BEd
  McGill University, Montreal, 1982

Dr Caravolas supervises undergraduate and Masters students on projects in the areas of typical and atypical literacy development, bilingualism, and cross-linguistic studies.

She is currently supervising PhD candidate, Catrin Leah Hadden, as first supervisor.

She teaches a specialist 3rd-year module: Disorders of Literacy, and contributes to 1st-year module: Language and Its Disorders,  and at the Masters level: Bilingualism: Research and Methods.

My main research interests are in literacy development in typical populations and in groups with Specific Learning Difficulties, especially dyslexia. Much of my work includes longitudinal and cross-linguistic designs in monolingual and bilingual learners. A number of my research projects have led to the development of standarised test batteries for the assessment of children's literacy skills in languages including English, Czech, Slovak, Spanish and Welsh.

I work with researchers in the UK as well as in a number of countries in Europe and North America, and have headed up a wide variety of externally-funded, international projects pertaining to literacy development and its disorders.

Self-funded (inc. agency-funded) projects: Dr. Caravolas welcomes informal enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in Literacy and Literacy Disorders, especially those that are interested in cross-linguistic and/or bilingual literacy development. She would also welcome students interested in research relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders that affect aspects of literacy, including dyslexia, developmental language delay, developmental co-ordination disorder.

2024

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Kucharska, A. & Marína, M., 29 Jul 2024, Dyslexia in Many Languages Insights, Interactions and Interventions. Elbeheri, G., Reid, G. & Fawcett, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, 17 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Jan 2024, In: Reading and Writing. 37, 1, p. 147-172 26 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of print
  Downing, C., Evans-Jones, G., Lira Calabrich, S., Wynne, C., Cartin, R., Dunton, J., Elliott, R., Caravolas, M., Hulme, C. & Jones, M., 6 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reading and Writing.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 256, 105756.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C., Evans-Jones, G., Lira Calabrich, S., Wynne, C., Cartin, R., Dunton, J., Elliott, R., Caravolas, M., Hulme, C. & Jones, M., 2 Nov 2023, PsyArXiv.
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

2022

• Published
  Caravolas, M., 13 May 2022, The science of Reading: a handbook. Snowling, M. J., Hulme, C. & Nation, K. (eds.). 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, p. 327-353
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

• Published
  Papadopoulos, T. C., Csepe, V., Aro, M., Caravolas, M., Diakidoy, I.-A. & Olive, T., May 2021, In: Reading Research Quarterly. 56, S1, p. S351-S370 20 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Downing, C., Hadden, C.-L. & Wynne, C., 4 Jun 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 1097.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., 11 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 573580.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Lervåg, A., Mikulajová, M., Defior, S., Málková, G. S. & Hulme, C., 31 Oct 2019, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 23, 5, p. 386-402 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Mikulajová, M. & Kucharska, A., Oct 2019, Developmental Dyslexia across Languages and Writing Systems. Verhoeven, L., Perfetti, C. & Pugh, K. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 96-117 21 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Salas, N. & Caravolas, M., 1 Sept 2019, In: Journal of Literacy Research. 51, 3, p. 272-292
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Marína, M., Defior, S. & Seidlova Malkova, G., 13 Aug 2019
  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Marína, M., Defior, S. & Seidlová Málková, G., Jun 2019, In: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 25, S1, p. 158-160 3 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Jul 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Jun 2019, In: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 25, S1, p. 231 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
• Published
  Treiman, R., Kessler, B. & Caravolas, M., Feb 2019, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 42, 1, p. 80-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Volin, J., 2018, Národní ústav pro vzdělávání.
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Volin, J., 2018, Národní ústav pro vzdělávání.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Caravolas, M., 1 Sept 2018, In: Journal of Learning Disabilities. 51, 5, p. 422-433
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., May 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Jul 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Jun 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2017

• Published
  Samara, A. & Caravolas, M., 2017, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 21, 1, p. 76-97
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Jul 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Oct 2017, Learning to Read across Languages and Writing Systems. Verhoeven, L. & Perfetti, C. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 347-370
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Jun 2017, Learning to read across Languages and Writing Systems. Verhoeven, L. & Perfetti, C. A. (eds.). Cambridge University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2016

• Published
  Reynolds, A. E. & Caravolas, M., 8 Jan 2016, In: Dyslexia. 22, 1, p. 27-46
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Downing, C. & Caravolas, M., Mar 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• Published
  Málková, G. S. & Caravolas, M., 24 Nov 2016, Actes du Symposium international sur la litéracie à l’école (SILE/ISEL) 2015: International Symposium for Educational Literacy. Morin, M.-F., Alamargot, D. & Gonçalves, C. (eds.). Sherbrooke: Éditions de l’Université de Sherbrooke, p. 31-56
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2015

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Samara, A., 27 Aug 2015, The Oxford Handbook of Reading. Pollatsek, A. & Treiman, R. (eds.). Oxford University Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2014

• Published
  Samara, A. & Caravolas, M., 15 May 2014, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 121, p. 137-155
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• Published
  Seidlová Málková, G. & Caravolas, M., 1 Jan 2013
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Lervåg, A., Defior, S., Seidlová Málková, G. & Hulme, C., 1 Aug 2013, In: Psychological Science. 24, p. 1398-1407
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Judge, J., Knox, P. C. & Caravolas, M., 1 May 2013, In: Dyslexia. 19, 2, p. 55-75
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Vencelova, L., Mikulajova, M. C. & Mikulajova, M. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, Čítanie, písanie a dyslexia [Reading, writing and dyslexia]. 2012 ed.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Mikulajova, M. V. & Mikulajova, M. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, Čítanie, písanie a dyslexia [Reading, writing and dyslexia]. 2012 ed.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Lervåg, A., Mousikou, P., Efrim, C., Litavsky, M., Onochie-Quintanilla, E., Salas, N., Schöffelová, M., Defior, S., Mikulajová, M., Seidlová-Málková G., [. V. & Hulme, C., 1 Jun 2012, In: Psychological Science. 23, 6, p. 678-686
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Mikulajova, M., Vencelova, L. C. & Mikulajova, M. E. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, Čítanie, písanie a dyslexia [Reading, writing and dyslexia]. 2012 ed.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Mikulajova, M. (Editor), Varyova, B. (Editor), Vencelova, L. (Editor) & Caravolas, M. S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, 2012 ed. Unknown Publisher.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2010

• Published
  Nag, S., Caravolas, M. & Snowling, M. J., 21 Sept 2010, In: Reading and Writing. 24, p. 615-622
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Landerl, K., 1 Sept 2010, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 14, 5, p. 464-484
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• Published
  Vencelova, L., Caravolas, M. & Mikulajova, M., 1 Jan 2009, In: Logopaedica. 12, p. 60-69
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Mikulajova, M., 1 Jan 2008, In: Phonetica Pragensia. 11, p. 21-30
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Marína, M. & Vencelová, L., 2008, Bratislava: Slovenská asociácia logopédov. 90 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2007

• Published
  Garabik, R., Caravolas, M., Kessler, B., Hoflerova, E., Masterson, J., Mikulajova, M., Szczerbinski, M., Wierzchon, P. & Levicka, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, p. 51-64.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Snowling, M. J., Caravolas, M., Gaskell, M. G. (Editor) & Altmann, G. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, The Oxford handbook of psycholinguistics. 2007 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 667-684
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Judge, J., Caravolas, M. & Knox, P. C., 1 May 2007, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 24, 3, p. 260-278
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• Published
  Caravolas, M., 1 Sept 2006, In: Developmental Science. 9, 5, p. 445-447
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Judge, J., Caravolas, M. & Know, P. C., 1 Dec 2006, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 23, 8, p. 1174-1189
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Kessler, B., Hulme, C. & Snowling, M., 1 Dec 2005, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 92, 4, p. 307-321
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., 1 Oct 2005, In: Reading Research Quarterly. 40, 4, p. 516
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Joshi, R. M. (Editor) & Aaron, P. G. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Handbook of Orthography and Literacy. 2005 ed. Lawrence Erlbaum, p. 497-511
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Volin, J. & Hulme, C., 1 Oct 2005, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 92, 2, p. 107-139
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Hulme, C., Caravolas, M., Malkova, G. & Brigstocke, S., 1 Aug 2005, In: Cognition. 97, 1, p. B1-B11
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Hulme, C., Snowling, M., Caravolas, M. & Carroll, J., 1 Oct 2005, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 9, 4, p. 351-365
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Snowling, M. J. (Editor) & Hulme, C. J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, The Science of Reading: A Handbook. 2005 ed. Wiley/Blackwell, p. 336-356
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2004

• Published
  Caravolas, M., 1 Mar 2004, In: European Psychologist. 9, 1, p. 3-14
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• Published
  Caravolas, M., Bruck, M., Genesse, F. & Goulandris, N. (Editor), 15 Dec 2002, Dyslexia in Different Languages: Cross Linguistic Comparisons. Wiley/Blackwell, p. 157-180
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2001

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Volin, J., 1 Oct 2001, In: Dyslexia. 7, 4, p. 229-245
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Caravolas, M., Hulme, C. & Snowling, M. J., 1 Nov 2001, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 45, 4, p. 751-774
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Bruck, M., 1 Jul 2000, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 76, 3, p. 190-221
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1998

• Published
  Bruck, M., Treiman, R., Caravolas, M., Genesee, F. & Cassar, M., Oct 1998, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 19, 4, p. 669-684
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1997

• Published
  Bruck, M., Genesee, F. & Caravolas, M., 1997, Foundations of Reading Acquisition and Dyslexia. Blachman, B. (ed.). Routledge, p. 145-162 17 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

1996

• Published
  Caravolas, M., 1996, In: Phonetica Pragensia. 9, p. 25-38 9.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1995

• Published
  Bruck, M., Treiman, R. & Caravolas, M., 1995, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance. 21, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1993

• Published
  Caravolas, M. & Bruck, M., 1993, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 55, 1, p. 1-30
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• Nordiska Dyslexikongressen 2024 -- Swedish Dyslexia Conference, 2024

  22 Aug 2024 – 24 Aug 2024

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2023

• Reporting on a series of studies aiming to elucidate the universal and the language –specific aspects of early alphabetic literacy, with a focus on the moderating influence of orthographic consistency.

  11 Jul 2023

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• MABEL is a highly innovative, multi-lingual battery for assessing early literacy and literacy-related skills in both monolingual, bilingual and second language learners. It was created by an international team of researchers as one output of a European Initial Training Network project. Validated by research, MABEL is a web-based resource intended for use by educational psychologists, speech and language therapists, and special educational needs teachers. MABEL exemplifies how the results of a psycho-educational research project can serve to ameliorate the work of language and literacy specialists, and bring educational benefits to learners in numerous countries.

  17 May 2023

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Speaker)

• Doctoral research internship at Literacy Development Lab. Working on studies of spelling development in French.

  1 Feb 2023 – 15 Jul 2023

  Activity: Hosting an academic visitor (Host)

2022

• PhD research internship at Literacy Development Lab. Researching literacy-related cognitive skills development in Francophone school children.

  1 Feb 2022 – 30 Jan 2023

  Activity: Hosting an academic visitor (Host)

2021

• Keynote Presentation

  11 Nov 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Keynote presentation -- remote

  18 Jul 2021 – 23 Jul 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 24 Apr 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2019

• Nov 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Chair)

• Contribution to invited symposium

  20 Feb 2019

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• May 2017

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Chair)

• 01/10/2021 – 15/06/2024 (Finished)

• 21/10/2020 – 31/01/2025 (Active)

• 01/09/2019 – 31/08/2021 (Finished)

• 01/05/2019 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

• 01/02/2018 – 30/09/2023 (Finished)

• 01/09/2009 – 31/08/2011 (Finished)

• 01/04/2009 – 31/07/2011 (Finished)

• 01/09/2008 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)