Hilde Sollid

Hilde Sollid is a Professor at the Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She leads the Multilingualism in Transitions (MultiTrans) project (2021-2026), funded by the Research Council of Norway. Her research focuses on language education policies for Indigenous Sámi and Kven communities in Northern Norway, emphasizing multilingualism, identity, and citizenship.

Key Research Areas:

• Language revitalization strategies for minority languages
• Ethical dimensions of educational policy implementation
• Spatial semiotics and linguistic landscapes
• Decolonial pedagogy in teacher training

Recent Projects:

• LAIDUA (2012-2019): Language and Identity Encounters in the Urban Arctic
• MultiNor: Multilingual North Research Network

Awards & Recognition: No specific awards listed, though her work has been published in high-impact venues like International Journal of Multilingualism and Brill Academic Publishers.

Grants: Principal investigator for MultiTrans (NOK 10.4 million).

Labs/Teams:

• Research Group Språk og samfunn
• Skuvllas (Indigenous Education Research)
• Indigenous Citizenship and Education (ICE) network