Jan Grue

Jan Grue is a Professor at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Human Geography. His academic career includes a PhD in Linguistics (2012), a postdoc at the same department (2012–2016), and a prior professorship in Qualitative Methods at the Department of Special Needs Education (2016–2021). He currently serves as Head of Rhetoric at the Norwegian National Encyclopedia and contributes to the Holberg Debate Working Group.

His research focuses on language, embodiment, and representation across cultural studies, disability studies, and rhetoric. He explores how disability intersects with societal norms, health, and symbolic systems. Grue's interdisciplinary work bridges academia and public engagement through memoirs, novels, and essays published in multiple genres and languages.

Key research affiliations include the Text & Rhetoric Group at the Institute of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, the Rhetoric Society of Europe, and the Nordic Network on Disability Research. His publications span over 50 peer-reviewed articles and books, addressing topics like disability representation, neoliberal inclusion rhetoric, and posthumanist theory.