Livia has experience in the field of Linguistics, with an emphasis on Variationist Sociolinguistics, working mainly on the following topics: dialect contact, linguistic production and perception, São Paulo Portuguese, and the development and dissemination of new analytical tools. In addition to authoring articles and book chapters in national and international publications, she published the book Introdução à Estatística para Linguistas (ABRALIN Press) and has offered dozens of short courses, lectures, and conferences on the findings of her research and on computational tools for linguists.