Vera is a trained linguist with a background in language documentation and field research. Her main research interests lie in European endangered languages and in the connection between documentary data and language revitalisation. She is head of CIDLeS (Interdisciplinary Centre for Social and Language Documentation) and digital archivist at Endangered Languages Archive (SOAS University of London). As the digital archivist, Vera provides advice and training on all aspects of data management, metadata preparation and digital archiving.