New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour

The New Zealand Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB) is a multi-disciplinary centre dedicated to studying human language. Our researchers come from a wide range of disciplines and forge connections across linguistics, speech production and perception, language acquisition, language disorders, and more. Find out about NZILBB.

There are lots of ways to contact us at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB). Meet our people and see where we are on campus.   

Researchers at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour have access to an excellent range of research equipment, which is distributed across our associated departments and local partners. In addition to these, NZILBB itself has its own centralised research facilities. Learn more about NZILBB facilities and equipment.

The team at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB) has close connections with our domestic and international partners. We share a joint Post-Doctoral Fellow with the MARCS Institute at the University of Western Sydney. Check out our NZILBB partners in New Zealand and overseas.

The New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB)'s multi-disciplinary research focusses on key research themes and New Zealand English. We draw on a team of research participants. From language diversity to the ONZE Project, learn more about our NZILBB research.

The Research Faculty are academic members of staff internal to the University of Canterbury, currently spanning seven Faculties. NZILBB encourages interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration between these members of different Departments and also with our international and domestics partners.