Joke Ingrid Dewilde

Joke Dewilde is a Professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo. She serves as Head of Research (2023–present) and has held editorial roles at Acta Didactica Norden. Her work focuses on multilingualism in education, linguistic ethnography, and critical sociolinguistics, particularly in migrant and transnational contexts.

• Academic Appointments:
  • PhD Coordinator, ILS/UiO (2022)
  • Deputy Leader, SISCO Research Group (2019–2021)
  • Director of Studies, Hedmark University College (2013–2014)

Her research explores multilingual literacy practices, translingual writing, and multicultural community events as tools for social justice. Recent studies analyze teacher awareness (2025), translanguaging in adult education (2023), and youth identity construction at festivals (2021).

Scientific Awards:

• Faculty Educational Prize, University of Oslo (2022)
• Faculty Dissemination Prize, University of Oslo (2023)

She leads projects like Mi Lenga (multilingual thesis program) and BiMK (sustainability didactics). Her methodological innovations include discursive shadowing and linguistic landscaping.