Dr. Daniel Duran is a researcher in the DFG project C02 Variation in situated interaction within the framework of the CRC 1412 Register: Language-Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation /  Research Area 1 'Laboratory Phonology'.

His research interests include the variation and dynamics of linguistic interaction, especially at the phonetic level, and the social factors and individual (psychological, cognitive) differences involved. Currently, he is investigating speech variation in different situations. In particular, he focuses on the dynamics of acoustic-phonetic features of spoken language in different registers and how or whether they are perceived.