I am an experienced and published writer, freelance copy editor, proofreader, and EFL teacher/examiner based in Austria. In recent years, I have worked mainly as an English examiner and self-employed proofreader and copy-editor, usually but not exclusively of academic texts. I regularly receive academic papers for proofreading from various research clients and have helped render numerous papers suitable for publication in journals. I have also copy edited and proofread several textbooks for Birkhäuser and others. Last year, I founded my Imagination Workshop. Since 2018, my first peer-reviewed academic article was published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), with a second article in IJGENVI at the end of 2021. I have published a short story and poem in Hermes Magazine and self-published a sci-fi novella online, which received positive feedback and was later published as an ebook in 2018.

Alun H. Brown

I am an experienced and published writer, freelance copy editor, proofreader, and EFL teacher/examiner based in Austria. In recent years, I have worked mainly as an English examiner and self-employed proofreader and copy-editor, usually but not exclusively of academic texts. I regularly receive academic papers for proofreading from various research clients and have helped render numerous papers suitable for publication in journals. I have also copy edited and proofread several textbooks for Birkhäuser and others. Last year, I founded my Imagination Workshop. Since 2018, my first peer-reviewed academic article was published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), with a second article in IJGENVI at the end of 2021. I have published a short story and poem in Hermes Magazine and self-published a sci-fi novella online, which received positive feedback and was later published as an ebook in 2018.

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I am an experienced and published writer, freelance copy editor, proofreader, and EFL teacher/examiner based in Austria. In recent years, I have worked mainly as an English examiner and self-employed proofreader and copy-editor, usually but not exclusively of academic texts. I regularly receive academic papers for proofreading from various research clients and have helped render numerous papers suitable for publication in journals. I have also copy edited and proofread several textbooks for Birkhäuser and others.

Last year, I founded my Imagination Workshop. Since 2018, my first peer-reviewed academic article was published in the International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), with a second article in IJGENVI at the end of 2021. I have published a short story and poem in Hermes Magazine and self-published a sci-fi novella online, which received positive feedback and was later published as an ebook in 2018.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

English Language Trainer/Tutor at Outlier
January 1, 2024 - Present
Providing English language training and tutoring services.
Freelance Proofreader/Copy Editor
January 1, 2011 - Present
Freelance proofreading and copy-editing, mainly academic texts.
Online ELLT Examiner at Oxford International
January 1, 2024 - August 29, 2025
Online English language testing examiner.
at Inspire GmbH, Vienna, Austria
June 1, 2020 - August 29, 2025
Employment involving teaching and training roles.
English Teacher at E.F. (Education First) Language School, Bristol, UK
June 30, 2011 - August 29, 2025
English language teaching roles.
English Teacher at E.F. (Education First) Language School, Bristol, UK
August 31, 2014 - August 29, 2025
English language teaching roles.
English Teacher at Access to Success Language School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
June 30, 2010 - August 29, 2025
English language teaching roles.
Manager Training & Development at Khodays Contact Centre, Bangalore, India
June 30, 2003 - August 29, 2025
Manager training and development.
Various roles (clerical, administrative, fundraising) at Future West, The CREATE Centre, Bristol
June 30, 2004 - August 29, 2025
Various administrative and clerical roles including fundraising.
Clerical, Administrative, Fundraising at Various temp agencies
April 30, 2002 - August 29, 2025
General clerical and fundraising tasks.
B.T. Customer Oriented Telemarketing at Bristol
September 30, 2000 - August 29, 2025
Telemarketing customer service role.
Dillons Bookstore Staff at Dillons Bookstore, Bradford, West Yorkshire
December 31, 1997 - August 29, 2025
Bookstore employee.

Education

B.A. (Hons) Interdisciplinary Human Studies at University of Nova Scotia Hotel, Cumberland Basin, Hotwells, Bristol
June 1, 2004 - January 1, 2007
B.A. (Hons) Interdisciplinary Human Studies at University of Bristol
June 1, 2004 - January 1, 2007

Qualifications

M.A. Social Anthropology
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
C.E.L.T.A. - Pass
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
C.E.L.T.A.
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
M.A. Social Anthropology
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
C.E.L.T.A.
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
C.E.L.T.A.
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
M.A. Social Anthropology
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025
B.A. (Hons) Interdisciplinary Human Studies
January 11, 2030 - August 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Non-Profit Organization