Heidi Rontu

Heidi Rontu is a Manager and Director of Continuing Learning at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. She holds a PhD in Scandinavian languages from Åbo Akademi University and is a docent. Her expertise spans Digital Pedagogy, Management and Leadership, Higher Education Pedagogy, and Bilingualism. Fluent in Swedish (native), Finnish (native), English (excellent), French (average), and with basic knowledge of Russian and Spanish, she focuses on educational development and language policies. Her work emphasizes lifelong learning, negotiation skills, and project management. Key research interests include bilingual child development, language dominance, and institutional language policies. She has published extensively on topics such as codeswitching in bilingual children, university language policies, and the role of research in teaching-oriented institutions.

Competences include educational planning, leadership in higher education, and managing multilingual environments. Her articles highlight themes like societal bilingualism in Finnish higher education and leadership challenges in language centers. She actively contributes to language policy debates and integrates digital literacy into educational frameworks.