About us

Vox Institute is a training and research institute specialized in acoustic and non verbal aspects of speech communication. It was founded in 1988, and its mission is to provide scientifically based courses/coaching as well as assessment of communication skills.

Its founder and director, Branka Zei Pollermann PhD, has been personally involved in Geneva University scientific research since 1980. She is author of numerous publications.
Her professional profile is multi-disciplinary and her academic credentials include: a doctorate (PhD) in psychology (University of Geneva), and three university diplomas in: general linguistics (Geneva), psychology (Geneva), English and Italian language and literature (Zagreb). Her postgradute studies covered the fields of phonetics, linguistics, philosophy and sociology. In parallel to her work at Vox-Institute, she held part-time teaching and research positions at: Faculty of Psychology (Geneva University), Geneva University Hospitals, CERN, Phonetics Institute (Zagreb University).

Vox Institute provides original courses tailored to individual needs and uses leading-edge technology for both assessment and coaching in vocal and non-verbal skills of speech communication. The academically high-level content and methodology allow the clients to benefit from the latest scientific discoveries in the field of speech communication.

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