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Dániel Péter Biró is a Professor of Composition at the Grieg Academy – Department of Music, University of Bergen, Norway. His academic and artistic trajectory spans institutions including Princeton University (PhD 2004), University of Victoria, Utrecht University, and Harvard University. Current research integrates music composition with philosophy (Spinoza), computational ethnomusicology, and Jewish/Islamic chant analysis Key projects: Sounding Philosophy (Norwegian Artistic Research Program 2021-2024), Computational Ethnomusicology (since 2007) His research interests focus on historicized composition, where melodic contours from oral traditions (Jewish Torah trope, Qur’an recitation) are algorithmically analyzed and transformed into contemporary works. This bridges medieval musical syntax with modern computational methods, exploring memory citation, negative space in historical dialogue, and philosophical concepts like Spinoza's Geist and intuition . Scientific awards include: Guggenheim Fellowship (2017) Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation grants (2010, 2012) Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (2014-2015) Internal Research Grants from University of Victoria and Princeton University His compositions are published by Edition Gravis, with recordings featured on Neos Music and German radio (Deutschlandfunk).

• Music Composition
• Computational Ethnomusicology
• Jewish and Islamic Chant Traditions
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Vibeke Roggen is an Associate Professor emerita at the University of Oslo's Department of Classics, specializing in Neo-Latin studies, textual criticism, and Latin grammar. Her academic career includes leadership roles as Chair of Norway's National Council for Greek and Latin (2007–2011) and director of a cooperative project between Oslo and Azerbaijan University of Languages (2008–2013). Her research spans multiple Neo-Latin domains including the transmission of Catullus, analysis of Petrarch's Africa , and pedagogical approaches to classical languages. She maintains active engagement in public scholarship through initiatives like NRK Radio's 'Den lille latinskolen' program. Publication analysis reveals sustained focus on Latin linguistics and historical transmission, with recent works including comprehensive Latin grammars (2022) and dictionaries (2015). Her scholarly output demonstrates consistent exploration of language evolution, cross-cultural linguistic connections, and pedagogical applications of classical studies across different historical periods.

• Neo-Latin
• Textual Criticism
• Latin Grammar
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Minjeong Son is an Associate Professor at the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Her research focuses on teacher education reform, intercultural communicative competence, and plurilingual pedagogy. She actively collaborates with schools through reinforced school-university partnerships, emphasizing practical integration of theoretical concepts. Key research interests include: Third-space partnerships in teacher education Development of intercultural competence in English classrooms Plurilingual approaches for pre-service teachers Educational systems analysis using activity theory Recent work examines contradictions in creating innovative teacher education models, with notable contributions to Nordic educational journals. She co-leads the Research in Teacher Education Practices (RiTE) group and participates in AcqVA-Nor initiatives. Publications explore topics ranging from motion verb syntax in Austronesian languages (2008) to contemporary Norwegian educational challenges (2025). Her work bridges linguistic theory with practical pedagogical implementation.

• Teacher Education
• Linguistics
• English Language Teaching
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Aleksandra Tomic is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Her research focuses on heritage language acquisition, bilingualism, and psycholinguistics, with particular emphasis on Bosnian and Serbian heritage speakers in Norway. Her research interests span several key areas in linguistics and language processing: Heritage language acquisition and maintenance Morphosyntactic variation in bilingual speakers Code-switching and its cognitive processing Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual language processing Individual differences in heritage language proficiency Methodologies for documenting language experience Dr. Tomic's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on heritage speakers of Bosnian and Serbian in Norway, examining morphosyntactic processing, clitic placement, and the impact of individual language experience factors. Her work frequently employs experimental methods including ERP studies to investigate the neural correlates of language processing in bilingual contexts. She has made significant contributions to understanding how social and linguistic factors interact in heritage language maintenance and variation. She is a member of the AcqVA Aurora research group and the C-LaBL research network. Her collaborative projects include "Bosnisk språk i Norge" (Bosnian language in Norway), which investigates the status and use of Bosnian language among heritage speakers in Norway.

• Heritage Language Acquisition
• Bilingualism
• Psycholinguistics
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Jamie Yates Findlay Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies. His work focuses on computational and mathematical approaches to syntax and semantics, particularly exploring mismatches between syntactic structures and semantic interpretations. Current research includes multiword expressions, lexical representation in formal grammars (e.g., Lexical Functional Grammar and Glue Semantics), and sociolinguistic dimensions of language use related to gender and sexuality. Education: PhD from University of Oxford, followed by lectureships at Oxford before joining UiO. Research Interests Formal syntax and semantics, computational linguistics Multiword expressions, lexicon design Sociolinguistics and discourse analysis Interaction of language with gender/sexuality Formal grammatical frameworks (LFG, Dependency Grammar) Recent Work Recent projects include contributions to the Universal Natural Language Understanding initiative, developing semantic interpretation frameworks connecting Universal Dependencies with Discourse Representation Theory. His 2023 publications focus on formal semantics integration with dependency grammars and rule-based semantic parsing systems. Awards No explicit awards listed in provided materials. Grants & Collaborations Involved in collaborative projects like DRASTIC dataset development (semantically annotated corpus) and cross-linguistic honorific studies (e.g., Korean -si-). Labs/Teams Active contributor to the Universal Natural Language Understanding research group at UiO.

• Computational Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
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Assistant Professor Remco Elric de Koning works at the Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). His research focuses on Space Syntax , urban morphology , and GIS-based sustainable urban development , with particular emphasis on public space dynamics in coastal cities. His academic contributions include studies on spatial configurations and human behavior in urban environments. Recent publications analyze: Waterfront public squares in Bergen GIS applications for urban densification Algorithmic analysis of spatial relationships International space syntax methodologies He contributes to the SPACERGY research group, exploring spatial syntax applications in Norway, and teaches courses including: BYG130 Urban Design MOA252 Sustainability and land use planning BYG350 Bachelor Thesis (Spring 2026)

• Urban regeneration
• sustainable development
• urban morphology
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Anu Laanemets is an Associate Professor in Scandinavian Languages at the University of Oslo , specializing in Norwegian linguistics. Email: anu.laanemets@iln.uio.no Phone: +47 22854906 Office: Niels Henrik Abels vei 36, Henrik Wergelands hus, Oslo Research Interests include historical syntax, comparative linguistics, and corpus-based studies. Recent work explores pannekakesetninger (Norwegian pancake sentences) and existential constructions in Norwegian dialects. Publications highlight collaborations on treebank development and diachronic syntax analysis. She contributes to projects involving grammatical structures and linguistic variation. Completed Projects include research on Scandinavian language corpora and historical syntax patterns.

• Scandinavian Linguistics
• Norwegian Language
• Computational Linguistics
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Gabriela Saldanha Viva is a Researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) at the University of Oslo. She serves as Project Manager for the Erasmus+ Partnership "DEBATING DEMOCRACY" and coordinates the Honors Certificate on the Politics of Sustainability in Public Health. Additionally, she is a member of the MEDRA research team and organizes the SHE Talks lunchtime seminar series. Her educational background: Degree in Legal Translation from the Universidad de la República (Uruguay) MPhil from UMIST (now the University of Manchester) PhD from Dublin City University, Ireland Dr. Saldanha Viva's research focuses on the intersection of language, knowledge, and power. As a linguist and discourse analyst, she investigates how language shapes collective understandings of the world and influences social processes. Her work spans corpus linguistics, translation studies, and the analysis of health policy discourse, with particular attention to sustainability in healthcare education and democratic concepts in public health. She is also deeply engaged in methodological questions regarding what constitutes valid knowledge in research. Her recent publications reveal a strong trend in applying corpus-based methods to analyze health policy and translation phenomena. She has made significant contributions to understanding subjectification in antimicrobial resistance policy, the role of translators as artistic performers, and the methodological foundations of translation theory. Her work bridges humanities and health sciences, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. Her scientific awards and honors include: Elected Member of the Executive Council of IATIS IATIS Solidarity & Scientific Excellence conference bursary (2021) Honorary Research Fellow, University of Warwick (2021-2024) Dr. Saldanha Viva has secured research funding including: CircleU Interdisciplinary Research Network: Global Health and Individual Responsibility: Complementary or Contradictory Concepts? (2022-2023) British Academy/AHRC/ESRC Visiting Fellowships Sponsor (2009) Her current projects include the Erasmus+ DEBATING DEMOCRACY initiative and multiple SHE Corpus research groups. She is actively involved in several research groups under SHE, including those investigating antibiotic resistance and complexity in health education, critical concept analysis in health education, Knowledge in Translation (KNOWIT), and the Medicalisation of Democratic Rights in debates about Abortion (MEDRA).

• Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis
• Translation Studies
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Ludmila Ivanova Torlakova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, specializing in Arabic linguistics and phraseology. Her work explores idioms, figurative language, and metaphorical frameworks across political, literary, and educational contexts, with a focus on Modern Standard Arabic and its socio-cultural dimensions. Her research spans metaphor analysis in crisis communication (e.g., Oman's COVID-19 discourse), political rhetoric, and literary texts like Hanan al-Shaykh's novels. She investigates ʾiḍāfah constructions, body-part idioms, and pedagogical strategies for teaching multi-word expressions, contributing to lexicography and media studies. Torlakova’s publications highlight trends in Arabic phraseology, including the persistence of historical idioms in contemporary media and metaphorical framing in political and health-related discourses. Her academic lectures address topics such as curriculum design for Arabic programs and the intersection of language and cultural identity.

• Arabic Linguistics
• Phraseology
• Idioms Analysis
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Åshild Næss is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oslo, specializing in Oceanic languages and linguistic typology. Her research centers on transitivity, argument structure, and language documentation in the southwest Pacific, particularly focusing on the Reef Islands of Solomon Islands. Her educational background includes a PhD (cum laude) in linguistics from Radboud University Nijmegen and an MA in linguistics from the University of Oslo. Previous academic appointments encompass postdoctoral positions at the University of Oslo (Identity Matters project) and Radboud University (Breaking the Time Barrier project), editorial work on the Norwegian Dictionary Project, Visiting Professorship at the University of Zürich, and Senior Lecturer position at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Professor Næss's core research integrates fieldwork-based documentation of endangered Pacific languages with theoretical typological analysis . She investigates how grammatical relations like transitivity and voice manifest across Oceanic languages, examining both synchronic structures and diachronic changes. Her work bridges cognitive linguistics , historical linguistics , and language contact phenomena to reconstruct Pacific settlement histories through linguistic evidence, with particular focus on Äiwoo and related Temotu Province languages. Analysis of her publication record reveals a consistent trajectory from descriptive grammar (e.g., Vaeakau-Taumako grammar, Äiwoo dictionary) toward typological and cognitive investigations of grammatical relations. Recent work increasingly incorporates experimental methods, as seen in her 2023 Cognitive Science paper on sentence processing, while maintaining strong fieldwork foundations. Her research demonstrates how Austronesian languages serve as critical test cases for universal theories of transitivity and grammaticalization. She serves as Principal Investigator for a Research Council of Norway-funded project conducted with the Australian National University, investigating functional underpinnings of transitivity in Austronesian languages. This major grant supports her ongoing fieldwork and typological comparisons across the Pacific. Professor Næss actively collaborates within international research networks as a member of the Evolution of Semantic Systems Research consortium and through the University of Zürich project on ergativity processing. She teaches advanced courses including Language Typology (LING2113), Structure of Lesser-Known Languages (LING2114), and Language Endangerment (LING4170), training next-generation linguists in documentation methodologies and typological analysis.

• Linguistic Typology
• Language Documentation
• Argument Structure
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Maximino Jesus Ruiz Rufino is a Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. His academic focus includes Spanish Language, Grammar, and Didactics, with a specialization in Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE). He teaches courses such as SPA1100 (Practical Spanish) and SPA2101 (Spanish Language: Syntax). His research emphasizes interactive language learning tools, polycentric Spanish norms, and digital pedagogical approaches, including collaborative Canvas projects and YouTube-based instructional strategies. He has contributed to the ELENOR corpus and published extensively on topics like translation in education, historical language documentation, and Scandinavian-Spanish linguistic exchanges. His work spans from 2003 to 2022, reflecting a commitment to both traditional and modern language pedagogy. Research interests include the application of technology in language education, multicultural language norms, and historical linguistics. His publications highlight innovative teaching methods and the intersection of digital media with language learning. Notable projects include an interactive Spanish grammar for Norwegians and analyses of 17th-century linguistic documents. No current grants or ongoing projects are listed, but his work contributes to academic-pedagogical initiatives such as Open Days and academic workshops.

• Spanish Language
• Spanish Grammar
• Spanish Didactics
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Maja Buljan is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo's Language Technology Group within the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Her research focuses on computational linguistics and natural language processing, particularly dependency parsing and corpus analysis. She has contributed to international conferences in dependency linguistics and meaning representation parsing.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Dependency Parsing
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Natalia Mitrofanova is an Associate Professor and Leader of the C-LaBL Language Domain at the Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Her research focuses on multilingual language acquisition and processing, particularly in child and adult populations. She employs experimental methods such as eye-tracking and artificial language learning to study phenomena like grammatical aspect, case, and cross-linguistic influence (CLI) in third language (L3) acquisition. Her work emphasizes structural similarity effects and the role of heritage languages in shaping L3 development. Current projects include investigations into bilingual processing mechanisms and the impact of visual stimuli on language comprehension. She teaches courses on syntax, language acquisition, and second language variation. Mitrofanova collaborates with international research groups, including AcqVA (Acquisition, Variation & Attrition), the Psycholinguistics of Language Representation (PoLaR) lab, and C-LaBL. Her research spans languages such as Russian, German, Norwegian, and Spanish, with a focus on heritage speaker populations in diverse sociolinguistic contexts. Key areas of contribution include: Experimental design in L3 studies Grammatical aspect processing across languages Heritage language maintenance and attrition Bilingual cognitive advantages and processing mechanisms Her recent work explores bidirectional CLI in multilingual children, leveraging ERP and eye-tracking techniques to uncover cognitive representations of grammatical features.

• Language Acquisition
• Linguistics
• Psycholinguistics
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Kazuhiro Ogata is a Professor in the School of Information Science at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). He actively teaches courses such as i116 Basic of Programming, i217 Functional Programming, and i219 Software Design Methodology, indicating a strong commitment to computer science education and curriculum development. Institution: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) School: School of Information Science Position: Professor Email: ogata@jaist.ac.jp Research Laboratory: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~ogata/lab/ His research interests center on programming languages, software design methodology, formal methods, and compiler construction. He emphasizes formal verification using theorem proving and rewriting logic, particularly with tools like Maude. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical software engineering and education, focusing on correctness, design patterns, and language semantics. The analysis of his recent publications reveals a consistent focus on formal specification, verification of software systems, and educational tools for programming. His work spans functional programming, concurrent systems, and distributed algorithms, often using rewriting logic as a unifying framework. He integrates formal methods into both research and teaching, promoting rigorous software development practices. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. Kazuhiro Ogata advises students through his laboratory at JAIST and has developed structured course materials that suggest active mentorship. While specific grant information is not available, his sustained research output and tool development imply ongoing project funding. He contributes to academic outreach through summer schools and educational frameworks. He leads a research laboratory focused on formal methods and programming language design, fostering a collaborative environment for students and researchers. The lab develops tools for teaching and verifying software systems, emphasizing correctness and educational impact.

• Programming Languages
• Software Engineering
• Formal Methods
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Eirik Welo serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Humanities. His academic profile centers on classical philology with specialization in Greek and Latin textual studies, maintaining active roles in multiple research initiatives focused on antiquity and linguistic analysis. His research spans Classical Philology , Textual Criticism of Greek tragedies (particularly Sophocles' works), and Ancient Indo-European languages , with additional interests in Ancient Medicine and epic poetics . Methodologically, Welo integrates computational linguistics with traditional philological approaches to analyze linguistic structures across Indo-European language corpora. Publication trends reveal a dual trajectory: recent works (2019-2022) focus intensely on Sophoclean textual criticism and Latin poetry analysis, while earlier publications (2001-2014) demonstrate foundational contributions to computational linguistics applied to ancient texts, particularly in corpus annotation and New Testament Greek analysis. This evolution reflects growing interdisciplinary convergence between classical studies and digital humanities. Welo actively participates in three key research groups: Linguistics and Poetics (examining structural elements of literary form), Norway's Antiquity (investigating classical reception in Norwegian contexts), and Novel and Epic, Ancient and Modern (NEAM) (tracing narrative traditions from antiquity to contemporary literature), demonstrating sustained institutional engagement in collaborative scholarship.

• Classical Philology
• Greek Language and Literature
• Textual Criticism
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