Alessandro Palumbo

Alessandro Palumbo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo, specializing in runology and historical Scandinavian language development. His research intersects medieval epigraphy, historical sociolinguistics, and graphemic analysis, focusing on bilingualism and biscriptality in medieval Scandinavia.

• Appointments: Associate Professor (2020–), Head of Research (2023–2024), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (2020–2023)
• Education: PhD in Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University (2018)

Palumbo investigates multilingual landscapes through projects like Bear Out! (2024–2026) and LangMix (2019–2022). His 15 most recent articles analyze topics such as Latin-runic hybrid inscriptions, orthographic shifts in medieval runes, and geographical epigraphic domains in Västergötland. He leads courses like Hands-on Runology and has taught at Uppsala University, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and L'Orientale University of Naples.

• Awards: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
• Collaborations: Anna Blennow, Jonatan Pettersson, Edith Marold
• Grants: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (2020–2025), Horizon 2020 (2019–2022)