David Kroik

David Kroik is a researcher at Mid Sweden University's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. His work focuses on Southern Sami language and education, with a specialization in linguistic research and Indigenous educational contexts.

• Research areas: Sociolinguistics, Language revitalization, Educational linguistics
• Key project: Saajve - Stories, didactics and artistic practice in a Sami preschool

Education:

• Licentiate thesis: Differential object marking in South Saami (2016)
• Doctoral thesis: The construction of spaces for Saami language use (2023)

Research interests:
David's work explores language revitalization through educational frameworks, focusing on Indigenous language rights, sociolinguistic landscapes, and policy implementation. His studies emphasize early childhood education in Sami preschools and the creation of supportive linguistic environments through artistic practices.

Publication trends:

• Language revitalization in educational settings
• Indigenous language rights and policy
• Sociolinguistic landscapes
• Corpus development for minority languages