Sible Andringa is assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam and coordinator of the research group Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Acquisition. Before coming to the University of Amsterdam, he studied English Linguistics at the University of Groningen. He completed his PhD on the role of grammar knowledge in second language learning at the same university. In addition to his research on second language acquisition, he teaches mainly in the MA-program Dutch as a Second Language and Multilingualism. Together with Sybren Spit, he organized the workshop Awareness in Animal Cognition as part of the SMART Conference in December 2017.