Elin Almér

Elin Almér is a Lecturer at the University West, affiliated with the School of Educational Sciences and Languages and the Department of Educational Sciences and Languages. Her work spans teaching in teacher training and the Master’s Program in Child and Adolescent Studies, with research focusing on language use, identity formation, and their intersections in educational contexts.

• Research Focus: Language as a tool for meaning-making (experiential, interpersonal, textual), bilingual children's perspectives on language, new students' academic integration.
• Teaching: Swedish language instruction, scientific writing, and pedagogical strategies in literacy and literature.
• Publications: Recent works explore multicultural education, speech synthesis in literacy, and immigrant life choices, with historical studies on youth language, bilingualism, and gender theory.
• Collaborations: Supervised student theses on topics including school absenteeism, digital tools in education, and marginalized student groups.