Karina Rose Mahan

Karina Rose Mahan is an Associate Professor in English Didactics at the Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research focuses on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), second language acquisition, and bilingual education, with a specific interest in artificial intelligence applications in teaching.

• Current leader of interdisciplinary research group Language Practices in Education (LPE)
• Co-leader of AIducate research project funded by EXCITED center
• PhD in English language CLIL research (University of Southeast Norway, 2020)

Key research domains include:

• CLIL instructional scaffolding
• Sociocultural theory applications
• Mixed methods research
• Language policy analysis

Recent publications analyze:

• CLIL implementation challenges (2023, 2020)
• Student perspectives on bilingual education (2021, 2016)
• Mixed-method CLIL quality assessment (2018)

Scientific achievements:

• 2016: 'Researcher to Film' competition winner
• 2017: Researcher Grand Prix semi-finalist

Professional activities:

• Lectures on English didactics (PPU, GLU programs)
• Supervises R&D and master's theses
• International conference presenter (ECER, ALTE, Porto CLIL colloquium)