جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Greg Elmerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Political Communication
• Social Media
• Digital Media
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Greg Elmer is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he holds the prestigious Bell Globemedia Research Chair. He is affiliated with the Professional Communication program and is scheduled for a sabbatical from July 2025 to August 2026. His academic work bridges critical media studies, political communication, and digital culture. Elmer's research critically examines how social media platforms reconfigure political communications, electoral campaigns, and the organization of political protest and dissent. He is currently engaged in writing a book that delves into the financial histories of major social media companies, shedding light on their economic underpinnings and societal impacts. His interdisciplinary approach integrates communication theory, political economy, and critical infrastructure studies to analyze power dynamics in digital ecosystems. His scholarly output reveals consistent thematic focus on surveillance capitalism, protest movements, and media's role in democratic processes. The publications demonstrate methodological innovation through combining textual analysis with digital ethnography, particularly examining how platform architectures shape political behavior and public discourse across multiple geopolitical contexts. His recognition includes: Bell Globemedia Research Chair Elmer extends his academic inquiries through creative practice as a digital media producer and documentary filmmaker, directing works such as 'Preempting Dissent' (2014) and 'The Canadian Delegation' (2010). This multimodal approach integrates theoretical scholarship with practical media development, including research software tools for digital content analysis.

Luis Alberto Barron Cedenoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Natural Language Processing
• Information Retrieval
• Machine Learning
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Luis Alberto Barron Cedeno is an Associate Professor at the Department of Interpretation and Translation, University of Bologna since 2022, where he previously served as Senior Assistant Professor from 2019-2022. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universitat Politècnica de València (2012) and has worked at Qatar Computing Research Institute (2014-2019) and TALP Research Center (ERCIM fellowship, 2012-2014). PhD: Universitat Politècnica de València (2012) MSc: AI (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009) MSc: Computing Science (UNAM, 2007) BEng: Computing (UNAM, 2004) His research focuses on NLP applications for analyzing text qualities like originality (plagiarism detection) and intent (hate speech, propaganda). Recent work includes persuasion techniques in spam emails , misogyny detection using argumentation theory, and Spanish language varieties analysis. He has published over 100 papers with 20+ in top-tier conferences. Key awards include SemEval 2020 Best Task for propaganda detection and ACL 2020 Best Demo . He serves as Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (NLP) since 2023. His students include PhD candidates Arianna Muti (misogyny detection), Katerina Korre (hate speech), and Paolo Gajo (inceldom analysis). 2020: SemEval Best Task 2020: ACL Best Demo 2012: PhD International Mention 2009: Best MSc Thesis 2007: MSc Cum Laude 2004: BEng Cum Laude He organizes the annual CheckThat! lab at CLEF since 2018 and chaired CLEF 2022. His teaching includes NLP courses, computational linguistics, and game localization for translation students.

Johan Laurits Tønnessonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Rhetoric
• Nordic Language
• Nordic Literature
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Johan Laurits Tønnesson is a Professor of Non-fiction Research at the Institute for Linguistic and Nordic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo. His academic career spans over two decades at the university, where he has developed expertise at the intersection of language studies, literature, and media. Tønnesson holds a permanent position as a full professor, teaching courses in rhetoric, non-fiction, and plain language communication. Tønnesson's research interests focus on Nordic language, rhetoric, non-fiction/sakprosa research, and plain language communication. His work examines non-fiction across multiple contexts - from parliamentary reports and newspapers to job advertisements and legal documents. He approaches non-fiction as both published literary works and functional texts with practical applications in society. His publication record shows consistent scholarly output with 15 recent publications analyzed here spanning from 2010 to 2019. These works demonstrate his focus on multimodal communication, historical non-fiction analysis, and the relationship between rhetoric and societal functions. His research often employs text-historical approaches and topos analysis to understand how non-fiction shapes and reflects cultural values. Editor-in-chief of the Nordic scholarly journal Sakprosa since 2009 Editor-in-chief of Sakprosasiden.no , a platform for non-fiction research discussion Editor of the non-fiction research bibliography Sakbib.no Recipient of recognition from the Faculty of Humanities for the social significance of his work (2017) Tønnesson has supervised numerous PhD candidates, including main supervision for Øistein Hide and Ida Seljeseth (2020), and previously for Jan Grue (2012), Gudrun Kløve Juuhl (2014), and Ommund Vareberg (2019). He has led multiple research projects including 'Communicative Circuitry of the Green Shift' (2018-2020), 'Nordic Non-fiction' (2018-2019), and the long-running 'Research Network Norwegian Factual Prose' (since 2000). In 2019, he developed the BA program 'Klart språk' (Plain Language) and teaches related courses connecting language studies with legal security and democratic participation.

Fiona Byrneمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Multimodality
• Touch Screen Technologies
• Creativity in Early Childhood
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Fiona Byrne is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the Department of Education, School of Childhood and Social Care, University of East London. With nearly a decade of practical experience as a primary school teacher, forest school leader, and Montessori teacher, her work bridges pedagogical practice and digital innovation in early years education. Research Focus: Multimodal methods, touch-screen technologies, and creativity in early childhood Current Project: ESRC-funded PhD research on tablets in preschoolers' home environments Consultancy: Multimedia collaborations with artists addressing childhood theories and gender Her publications highlight intersections of digital media, critical thinking, and pedagogical frameworks. She contributes to academic discourse through seminars and module leadership in early childhood education.

• multilingualism
• gender
• sexuality
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Tommaso M. Milani is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics, Jewish Studies, African Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Pennsylvania State University , and holds a Visiting Professorship in Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg . His research examines how power dynamics are negotiated through language, visuality, and the body, integrating critical discourse analysis with frameworks like intersectionality, queer theory, and affect theory. Research Focus : Spatial semiotics of gender and sexuality, discursive time construction, collective memory (Shoah commemoration in Italy/Sweden), and Yiddish studies in Sweden. Editorial Roles : Co-editor of Language in Society since 2020. Article Trends : Recent publications emphasize collective memory, language and migration, queer counter-narratives, and critical discourse analysis of civic policies and commemoration practices.

• Humanities - Arts
• Engineering Sciences and Technologies
• Digital Art
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sofia Figueiredo is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu - School of Education of Viseu , where she teaches courses in Art Education and Multimedia. She holds a PhD in Contemporary Art (2015, University of Coimbra) and a Master's in Multimedia Technology (2007, University of Porto), with research focusing on Humanities - Arts and Engineering Sciences and Technologies . Her academic career spans roles such as Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Illustration (2017-2024) and Scientific Committee member for various educational departments. PhD : Contemporary Art (2015) - University of Coimbra Master's : Multimedia Technology (2007) - University of Porto Bachelor's : Fine Arts - Painting (2004) - University of Porto Postgraduate : Distance Learning and E-learning (2020-2022) - Catholic University of Portugal PhD in Progress : Distance Education and E-Learning (2022-2024) - Open University of Portugal Her research explores interactive narratives , metaverse applications in art education , and digital tools for teaching , with recent publications analyzing comics-based learning and inclusive virtual environments. She has co-authored Handbook of Research on Advancing Teaching (2023) and edited IPVerso, Educação e Cocriação (2023). As a juror and committee member for graduate projects, she supports innovation in Visual Education and Educational Technology .

Jorge Soto Almelaمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Applied Linguistics
• Translation Studies
• Discourse Analysis
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Jorge Soto Almela serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of English Philology at the University of Alicante, where he is affiliated with the Interuniversity Institute of Applied Modern Languages and the Digital Language Learning (DL2) research group. Previously, he held teaching positions at the Catholic University of Murcia (2012-2019) and the Technical University of Madrid (2019-2021), with ongoing collaborations at the University of Milan. His academic credentials include a PhD in Translation and Interpreting (University of Murcia, 2014), a Master's in Editorial Translation (2011), a Licentiate in Translation and Interpreting (English) (2009), and a Master's in Secondary Education Teacher Training (Universidad Católica San Antonio, 2014). Professor Soto Almela's research integrates applied linguistics, translation studies, and corpus-based discourse analysis to investigate tourism promotion strategies, refugee representation in media, and transcreation phenomena. His work frequently employs Spanish-English contrastive methodologies to examine linguistic creativity in digital contexts, semantic preferences in migration discourse, and data-driven language pedagogy applications. Recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward analyzing multimodal digital discourse (Instagram, Twitter) in tourism marketing and refugee narratives, while simultaneously advancing corpus-assisted language teaching frameworks like LEX-DDL for specialized domains such as health sciences communication. As an active educator across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, he has developed innovative curricula in English linguistics, translation, and bilingualism, though specific advisee details remain unlisted in available sources. His research is supported through institutional frameworks including the DL2 group and Interuniversity Institute of Applied Modern Languages, where he contributes to language technology and cross-cultural communication initiatives.

• Citizenship Education
• Curriculum Development
• Teaching Communication
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Eleni Mousena serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education & Care at the University of West Attica (UNIWA), where she conducts research at the intersection of citizenship education, pedagogical communication, and early childhood development. Her academic journey spans political science, pedagogy, and educational sciences, with extensive experience in European Commission quality assessment initiatives and Greek Ministry of Education supervision roles. Her educational foundation includes: Bachelor Degree in Political Science and International Studies, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences Bachelor Degree in Pedagogy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Master in Education, Hellenic Open University PhD in Sciences of Education – Citizenship Education, University of Patras Dr. Mousena's research centers on Citizenship Education within early childhood contexts, examining how democratic practices and inclusive pedagogies foster autonomous citizens. Her work integrates Discourse Analysis to decode communication patterns in educational settings, while pioneering Slow Pedagogy approaches that counter hurried schooling through play-based learning and child-centered timing. She critically investigates Curriculum Development frameworks across European ECEC systems, with particular focus on gender diversity in teaching workforces and quality assessment methodologies that move beyond standardized metrics. Analysis of her 2022-2025 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: 1) Theoretical development of Slow Pedagogy as antidote to academic pressure in early years; 2) Democratization of preschool classrooms through inclusive citizenship practices; 3) Comparative studies of European ECEC quality frameworks with emphasis on Greece's integration challenges. Her Greek-language publications address culturally specific issues like male educator recruitment and museum-based citizenship education, while international collaborations examine refugee integration and sustainability curricula. Scientific contributions include: Leading the EU-funded InTra EduCare Project developing active citizenship pedagogies Authoring the 2021 monograph Επικοινωνία και Προφορικότητα στην Εκπαίδευση (Communication and Orality in Education) Co-editing the landmark 2021 volume Πέρα από την Ποιότητα (Beyond Quality) challenging ECEC evaluation paradigms Her advising focuses on doctoral candidates exploring citizenship curricula implementation, with research partnerships spanning the University of Patras, Panteion University, and European networks like NESET. Current grant activities include the InTra EduCare Project examining intra-active pedagogy localization, and EU policy analyses of ECEC quality frameworks where she serves as national expert for Greece. She contributes to the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice as editorial board member. Dr. Mousena coordinates the UNIWA Early Childhood Research Collective, which partners with municipal kindergartens on action research projects. She co-leads the 'Slow Pedagogy in Practice' working group within the Hellenic Educational Research Association and collaborates with the European Early Childhood Education Research Association on comparative policy studies. Her departmental lab focuses on discourse analysis of teacher-child interactions using multimodal recording techniques.

• Multilingualism
• Language Teacher Collaboration
• Teacher-Researcher Collaboration
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Justyna Legutko, a researcher at the Department of Languages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University, specializes in multilingualism and cross-curricular writing pedagogy. Her work bridges language education practices across German, English, French, and Spanish classrooms. Research Focus: Multilingual writing skills, teacher collaboration, nexus analysis methodology Recent Projects: Doctoral study on cross-curricular writing pedagogy; co-facilitator of Nexus Analysis Network Her publications and conference presentations (e.g., EuroSLA 2025, AILA 2023) emphasize nexus analytical frameworks for classroom practice transformation. She supervises independent projects while contributing to educational linguistics through methodological innovations and collaborative research. Key Research Trends: Utilizing nexus analysis to examine teacher cognition, material mediations, and cross-disciplinary pedagogical alignment across secondary school language curricula.

• Anthropology
• Linguistic anthropology
• Media anthropology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Meghanne Barker is a Lecturer at the Institute of Education (IOE) - Education, Practice & Society at University College London. She specializes in cultural and linguistic anthropology with a focus on creative practices in educational contexts across postsocialist regions. Her educational background includes: PhD in Cultural Anthropology with focus on Linguistic Anthropology from University of Michigan (2017) PGCertHE from London School of Economics and Political Science Meghanne Barker's research examines the pedagogical value of creative practices – including children's play and performance, puppet theatre, and filmmaking – to postsocialist institutions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Her work sits at the intersection of linguistic anthropology, childhood studies, and media studies, with particular attention to how animation practices create social relations and political order. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Kazakhstan and the former Yugoslavia, exploring how creative practices function within educational frameworks in postsocialist contexts. Her book project Throw Your Voice: Suspended Animations in Kazakhstani Childhood examines acts of animation as ways of maintaining fragile social relations and political order. Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on animation, childhood, and postsocialist contexts, with a growing emphasis on media education and community building. Her work spans traditional academic journals as well as creative outputs, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that bridge anthropology, education, and media studies. Meghanne Barker leads the modules Radical Education and Children in Society for BA Education Studies. She is accepting doctoral students for co-supervision, particularly interested in projects related to language and childhood or education, ethnographic approaches to education, performance, childhood, or media-making in any context, with special interest in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. She serves as Personal Tutor at University College London and as Inclusion Lead (2023-2026). She is the Convener of ELAN (The EASA Network on Linguistic Anthropology) and maintains a Visiting Fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Francophone Postcolonial Studies
• Slavery Studies
• Historical Memory
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Kate Hodgson is a Lecturer in the Department of French at University College Cork (UCC), specializing in Francophone Postcolonial Studies and Slavery Studies . She has held academic positions at the University of Liverpool as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and contributed to the EU-funded EURESCL project at the University of Hull and CNRS Paris. Her academic credentials include a PhD from University College London, a Master's from Sorbonne Paris Nord, and an MA from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Hodgson co-led UCC's Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past research cluster within the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC) , culminating in an international conference on material culture and memory (2018) and the edited volume Memory, Mobility and Material Culture (Routledge, 2022). Her research explores historical memory , cultural heritage , and uses of the past in the Francophone Caribbean (particularly Haiti) and the wider French Atlantic world. Her publications span anti-slavery legislation , graphic literature , and revolutionary politics , with a focus on memory in post-slavery societies. Funded projects include the Fragments: Migrants and Material Memory grant from the Irish Research Council (2019). She has contributed to the National Maritime Museum's Islands and Empires virtual collection and appeared on RTÉ Radio 1 (2020) discussing transatlantic slavery legacies. As an academic leader, she coordinates the BSc International Business with Languages program at UCC, teaches modules on Francophone Caribbean Studies and Society and Politics in the Francophone World , and supervises postgraduate research in memory and heritage studies. She serves on UCC committees for teaching, academic development, and community engagement.

Ivan Kolev Koichevمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Ivan Kolev Koichev is a Professor at the Department of Software Technologies within the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Sofia University 'St Kliment Ohridski'. He serves as the Director of the MSc program in Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery and Head of the Department of Software Technologies Education. His research spans Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Information Retrieval. MSc in Applied Mathematics (1988), Sofia University PhD in Computer Science (1998), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Postdoc Fellowships at GMD Germany (1999-2002) and Robert Gordon University UK (2002-2005) His work focuses on adaptive learning systems, fact-checking, author obfuscation, and community question-answering frameworks. Key publications address concept drift adaptation, political debate analysis, image claim verification, and credible news detection. He collaborates extensively with researchers like Preslav Nakov and Momchil Hardalov. He has contributed to SemEval-2016 Task 3 and developed the LEAF multiple-choice question generation system. His research integrates linguistic analysis, credibility assessment, and algorithmic innovation across multidisciplinary domains.

• Digital Technology in Education
• Children and Youth Digital Lives
• Multicultural Education
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir serves as Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University within the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Faculty of Education and International Studies. Her research employs interdisciplinary approaches including ethnographic fieldwork with children and youth to examine technological transformations in everyday life. She currently coordinates the Horizon 2020-funded DigiGen project (Grant Agreement 870548) investigating digital impacts on the 'Digital Generation' across Europe. Her research interests span digital technology in education, children's digital lives, multicultural education, educational policy, gender studies, social justice, and post-conflict education. Holmarsdottir examines how teacher education can foster democratic participation competencies, with particular focus on digital citizenship development and vulnerability mitigation in technological contexts. Her work integrates perspectives from social sciences, pedagogical disciplines, and general pedagogy. Her publication portfolio shows strong thematic consistency in digital childhood/adolescence studies, with recent works emphasizing digital well-being metrics, boundary-crossing in porous digital ecosystems, and parental mediation strategies. The research employs mixed methods across European contexts, revealing patterns in digital deprivation, technological appropriation, and educational preparedness for the digital age. As principal investigator, she leads major collaborative projects including Flex-IT (examining cross-context technology use) and STRIDE (developing knowledge bases for reducing educational inequalities in Europe). Previously, she coordinated the NORAD-funded GEEP project (2008-2014) addressing gender equality, education, and poverty in post-conflict South Africa and Sudan. She co-founded the 'Digitale læringsarenaer' research group focusing on digital learning environments. Her dissemination extends beyond academia through media engagement including NRK features, Aftenposten op-eds, and Science Media Hub interviews addressing digital parenting debates and screen time discourse.

Irina Nikishinaمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Semantics
• Argument Mining
• Taxonomy Enrichment
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Irina Nikishina is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg's Department of Informatics, working in the Language Technology Group under Prof. Chris Biemann. As a researcher in computational linguistics and natural language processing, she contributes to projects like ACQuA-2.0, focusing on semantics, argument mining, taxonomies, and knowledge graphs. PhD in Computational and Data Science and Engineering (2022), Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Bachelor's and Master's degrees from National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) Her research spans taxonomy enrichment, comparative question answering systems, and biomedical concept representation. She organizes shared tasks like RUSSE’2020 and RuArg-2022, and co-founded the RusNLP semantic search engine for Russian NLP conferences. She chairs the Network Analysis track at the International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts (AIST) and has served as secretary for AIST 2020 and 2021. Recent publications focus on large language models' performance in lexical semantics, multilingual comparative argumentation systems, and knowledge graph integration for QA tasks. Her work includes developing tools like TaxFree for candidate-free taxonomy enrichment and exploring cross-modal approaches for taxonomic graph expansion.

• Indigenous Literature
• Postcolonial Literature
• Oral Traditions and Textualized Oratures
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Professor Susan Gingell is a distinguished scholar in the Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in Canadian, Indigenous, and diasporic literatures with a focus on textualized oratures. Her career spans four decades of influential research, mentorship, and editorial leadership in postcolonial and decolonizing literary studies. Her research centers on orality-literacy interfaces across Indigenous, Caribbean, and African diasporic contexts, with particular attention to sound identity, decolonial aesthetics, and the politics of voice. Gingell has pioneered methodologies for engaging with oral traditions in written form, examining how Cree-Metis, Inuit, Mohawk, and Caribbean writers navigate colonial legacies through literary innovation. Her work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical applications for decolonizing education. Gingell's publication trajectory reveals an evolution from foundational studies of Canadian poets E.J. Pratt and Robert Finch toward groundbreaking work on Indigenous and Caribbean oralities. Since 2000, her research has increasingly centered Indigenous knowledge systems, culminating in co-editing the seminal 2012 anthology Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond and organizing the eVOCative oral performance festival. Her scholarship demonstrates sustained engagement with how marginalized communities reclaim narrative sovereignty through literary expression. University of Saskatchewan Master Teacher Award (1994) Students Union Women's Centre Award (2003) Special M.A. Scholarship (Canada Council, 2012) Sabbatical Leave Fellowship (SSHRC, 1983-84) Doctoral Fellowships (Canada Council, 1974-77) As a dedicated mentor, Gingell has supervised seven graduate students to completion between 2005-2011, including award-winning dissertations on Indigenous literature and disability studies. Her co-supervision model demonstrates collaborative academic practice, while her postdoctoral mentorship of Wendy Roy on Carol Shields' work highlights her commitment to advancing emerging scholars. Gingell has secured significant research funding including SSHRC fellowships and Canada Council awards, supporting her editorial projects like the Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada contributions and the Gendered Intersections textbook. Gingell spearheaded the 2008 conference The Oral, the Written, and Other Verbal Media: Interfaces and Audiences alongside the eVOCative performance festival, creating vital interdisciplinary space for exploring oral traditions across academic and community contexts. Her leadership in the Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies continues to shape national conversations about decolonizing literary studies.