Hanna Solberg Andresen

Hanna Solberg Andresen is a Research Fellow in Multilingualism at the Department of Linguistics and Nordic Studies, University of Oslo. She holds a PhD (2024) focusing on bilingual Norwegian-English children's conceptualization, and prior degrees including a Master's in Norwegian as a Second Language (2006) and a Cand. Mag. in Nordic Studies and interdisciplinary fields (2001).

Her academic focus spans first/second language acquisition, multilingualism, conceptual transfer, and linguistic complexity. She has taught advanced courses in second language research methodologies and pedagogy at UiO.

Her research examines how language structure influences thought processes, particularly in bilingual motion event descriptions. Publications include studies on Norwegian linguistic patterns and cross-linguistic conceptualization differences.

Andresen is affiliated with the Language and Cognition research group and has contributed to media discussions on language learning and literacy. She has no listed awards but maintains active research collaborations in Nordic and international linguistics circles.