جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Niclas Abrahamssonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
• Bilingualism Research
• Phonetics and Phonology
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Niclas Abrahamsson is a Professor of Swedish as a Second Language at Stockholm University, where he also serves as the Director of the Centre for Research on Bilingualism . His research focuses on second language acquisition (SLA) , bilingualism , and phonological/phonetic development , particularly through the lens of age of acquisition and critical periods . He leads the MOB (Meta-research on Bilingualism) group, analyzing trends in bilingualism research and Swedish as a Second Language. PhD in Bilingualism (2001, Stockholm University) BA in Linguistics, Phonetics, and Psychology (1993) His research explores how age of onset and language aptitude influence nativelike attainment in L2 speakers, with a focus on voice onset time (VOT) analysis, neural constraints , and lexical deficits in bilinguals. His recent studies challenge the notion that bilingualism inherently causes linguistic costs, attributing observed deficits instead to second language acquisition processes. Abrahamsson has secured major grants from the Swedish Research Council (VR) , Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (RJ) , and Byggmästare Olle Engqvists Stiftelse . He supervises PhD students working on topics like Swedish compounding acquisition , language-dependent memory , and foreign accented speech perception . He teaches SLA, bilingual development, and psycholinguistics at all academic levels. Key Awards : VR Grant 2016-01630, RJ Sabbatical Grant SAB16-0051:1, Byggmästare Olle Engqvists Stiftelse Grant 200-0676 Abrahamsson's work frequently employs ERP studies and meta-analyses , emphasizing methodological rigor. He collaborates with institutions like the Multilingualism Lab and has contributed to foundational theories in critical period hypothesis and language aptitude research.

Susan Sayehliمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Psycholinguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Neurocognitive Linguistics
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Susan Sayehli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism , Stockholm University. She specializes in psycholinguistics and second language acquisition, with a focus on crosslinguistic influence and morphosyntactic processing. Research Interests: Neurocognitive aspects of language learning Focus intonation development in Swedish children Policy impact on SFL (Spanish/French/German) education ERP and eye-tracking methodologies for language processing Urban-rural educational disparities in language programs Current Projects: TAL – Alignment study on oral proficiency in Swedish schools Att lära sig fokusera – Intonation perception in Stockholm/Skåne children Prior Projects: SWOP2 – Swedish word order processing in L2 learners PSUII – Precursors of sign use in intersubjectivity

Ying Wangمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• English for academic purposes
• Applied corpus linguistics
• Second language writing
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Ying Wang is an Associate Professor in English linguistics at Karlstad University since 2020, specializing in English for academic purposes, applied corpus linguistics, and second language writing. She holds a PhD from Uppsala University (2013) and has taught courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels focusing on academic writing, second language pedagogy, and corpus methodology. Her research explores rhetorical structures in disciplinary genres, evaluative language resources, and the impact of extramural English activities on L2 writing development. Notable projects include the Swedish Learner English Corpus (SLEC) initiative and analyses of predatory publishing practices in political science. She has also examined government communication strategies during the UK's COVID-19 pandemic response through corpus-assisted discourse studies. Key research contributions span formulaic language use in ELF contexts, methodological innovations in corpus linguistics, and linguistic comparisons between well-established and predatory journals. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in education and scholarly publishing ethics. Publications span prestigious journals like English for Specific Purposes , Text & Talk , and Journal of Second Language Writing , reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to language studies. Current projects emphasize corpus-driven research on academic communication practices and their pedagogical implications.

Kathrin Kaufholdمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Academic writing
• Multilingual education
• Institutional communication
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Kathrin Kaufhold is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at Stockholm University's Department of English. Her research examines academic writing practices in multilingual and interdisciplinary contexts, focusing on knowledge recontextualization, translanguaging strategies, and institutional communication dynamics. She coordinates undergraduate thesis projects and teaches academic writing, research methods, and sociolinguistics. Current research explores participation in academic writing dialogues Investigates English's role in multilingual university environments Examines institutional communication mediation processes Her work bridges theoretical frameworks from Vygotskian socio-cultural theory and genre pedagogy with practical applications in writing center operations and healthcare communication. She leads the Language and Power research network addressing contemporary linguistic challenges in polarized academic environments. Key collaborations include projects with: Karolina Wirdenäs (healthcare communication) Niina Hynninen (academic writing evolution) Maria Kuteeva (language policy in Nordic universities) Her teaching emphasizes: Academic writing development Research methodology applications Discourse analysis frameworks Applied linguistics principles

• Linguistics
• Language Evolution
• Cultural Evolution
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Anna Jon-And is a Researcher and Director of the Center for Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University , affiliated with the Department of Psychology . Her interdisciplinary work bridges linguistics , cognitive science , and cultural evolution , focusing on how sequence representation , language contact , and computational models explain the emergence of human language and its unique properties. Research Interests include: Language evolution through sequence learning and cognitive constraints Contact-induced language change in Portuguese varieties (Angola, Mozambique, Afro-Brazilian communities) Computational modeling of grammatical structure emergence Comparative analysis of pidgins, creoles, and non-contact languages Neurocognitive prerequisites for language and cultural complexity Publications highlight trends in language evolution models , compositional systems , and cross-linguistic complexity cycles . Her work demonstrates how demographic factors and learnability pressures drive linguistic innovation in multilingual settings. The Center for Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University serves as the primary platform for her interdisciplinary research initiatives.

Frida Rudolphiمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Educational Inequality
• Social Stratification
• Economic Inequality
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Frida Rudolphi serves as a Researcher at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University and as an Assistant Professor (lektor) in the Department for Social Work at Umeå University. Her work focuses on understanding inequality in educational systems, particularly examining how social background, ethnic origin, gender, and family structure intersect with schooling outcomes across different educational stages. Her research employs a multidimensional approach to educational inequality, utilizing quantitative data and methods to examine both primary effects (differences in school performance) and secondary effects (differences in educational choices given performance). She investigates how these mechanisms operate across different educational transitions in Sweden and through comparative studies in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Her work reveals important insights about immigrant optimism, gender differences in educational outcomes, and how choice-driven education systems affect different student populations. Rudolphi's publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output spanning from the early 2000s to the present, with a particular focus on educational transitions, social stratification, and immigrant integration. Her research shows evolving patterns of inequality, with declining overall social class inequality in educational transitions since the mid-20th century, though primary effects remain substantial. Her comparative work across Western countries reveals that female educational advantage persists among second-generation immigrants despite varying gender norms in countries of origin. She actively participates in multiple research projects including IntegrateYouth (examining youth integration across five countries), Gender differences in education, Interlocking inequalities (a multidimensional perspective on inequality in Sweden), and YOUNGWORK (studying early labor market outcomes). Her work on computer gaming and educational outcomes represents a more recent expansion of her research interests into understanding contemporary influences on youth development.

Bo G Ekelundمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Literary Theory
• Postcolonial Literature
• Anglophone Caribbean Fiction
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Bo G Ekelund is a Professor of English Literature at Stockholm University's Department of English within the Faculty of Humanities. He received his PhD from Uppsala University in May 1995, served as a post-doctoral fellow at Uppsala's Department of English from 1996 to 2000, and has been at Stockholm University since summer 2000, where he was promoted to Professor in 2021. His office is located in Room E 854 at Universitetsvägen 10 E, 8th floor. Ekelund's research follows a tradition of critical social theory, heavily influenced by Pierre Bourdieu. His work spans several major projects including Literary Generations and Social Authority which analyzed 955 US prose fiction writers across 60 years, Studies in an Undead Culture: Scenes of Recognition in literature and politics 1980-2000 , and research on Caribbean Anglophone fiction funded by the Swedish Research Council. He has also conducted significant work on Swedish translations and the reception of international theory through projects funded by the Swedish Research Council. Ekelund's scholarly output demonstrates a consistent trajectory from his early work on John Gardner to his current focus on spatial theory, Caribbean literature, and geometric data analysis. His publications reveal a distinctive methodological approach that blends Bourdieusian sociology with innovative quantitative techniques like Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) to examine literary fields, spaces, and transnational knowledge flows. His work consistently interrogates the relationship between literature, place, and power across different geopolitical contexts. Ekelund has secured funding from prestigious sources including the National Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, and the RJ-funded research program Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Dynamics in World Literature . His research has established him as a significant figure in Scandinavian literary scholarship with a distinctive transnational perspective that bridges European and Caribbean literary studies. His work demonstrates how peripheral national contexts like Sweden can productively engage with global literary fields through methodological innovation and theoretical sophistication.

Kent Fredholmمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Language Revitalization
• Applied Linguistics
• Educational Technology
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Kent Fredholm is a researcher at Karlstad University, specializing in applied linguistics and educational research. His work focuses on language revitalization, particularly of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), and the role of technology in language learning. He leads projects funded by the Centre for Language and Literature Education (CSL), investigating Ladino teaching methods and student experiences. His research also explores machine translation's impact on language acquisition and digital writing strategies. Academic awards include the Royal Swedish Academy's 2020 prize for outstanding teaching and the European Language Label. Fredholm teaches language pedagogy and Spanish linguistics, and collaborates with the NatMin research network on minority languages. His projects often involve international partnerships, such as studies on intercultural dialogue among student teachers. Research Projects: Ladino revitalization, Sephardic language preservation, machine translation effects in education Awards: 2020 Royal Swedish Academy Prize, European Language Label Teaching: Spanish linguistics, teacher education courses on ethics and pedagogy Affiliations: CSL, UNDIG (Digitalization of Education), VIDA seminar

Ida Bergvallمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Mathematics Education
• Mathematical Linguistics
• Multimodal Analysis in Education
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Ida Bergvall is a Senior lecturer at the Department of Pedagogy, Didactics and Educational Sociology at Uppsala University. Her academic work focuses on the intersection of mathematics education, linguistic analysis, and multimodal communication in educational contexts. Dr. Bergvall's research primarily investigates mathematical subject language and its impact on diverse student populations. Her work examines: How linguistic features in mathematics tests affect different student groups The multimodal nature of mathematical communication (text, symbols, images) Information density in mathematical materials Differences between language use in mathematics and science The role of dynamic elements in digital teaching platforms Collaborative problem-solving approaches in mathematics education Her publication history reveals an evolving research trajectory from foundational linguistic analysis of mathematics education toward contemporary investigations of digital learning environments. Bergvall consistently applies social semiotic perspectives to understand how multiple modes of communication function together in mathematical education. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on dynamic elements in digital teaching platforms and their influence on students' reading behavior and comprehension processes. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the provided materials, her research appears to focus on collaborative projects examining mathematical language, particularly through the lens of TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) data analysis and contemporary digital learning environments.

Krister Schönströmمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Sign Language Studies
• Multilingualism
• Language Acquisition
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Krister Schönström is an Associate Professor and subject leader for Sign Language at Stockholm University's Department of Linguistics. He teaches courses on Swedish Sign Language and supervises students at all academic levels, including doctoral candidates. His research focuses on multilingualism among deaf individuals, language acquisition, and sign language proficiency assessment. Key projects include 'Promoting the reading of deaf students in sign language-based classrooms' (Skolfi-funded) and 'The multilingual situation of deaf refugees in Sweden' (VR-funded). He leads the 'From speech to sign' project on second language acquisition of sign language (RJ-funded 2017-2019). His work explores visual language learning dynamics, translanguaging in multilingual classrooms, and developing sign language proficiency tests. Collaborations include FORTE-funded research on deafblindness communication with Linköping University. Education: Not explicitly detailed in text Research Projects: Mulder (deaf refugees), Skolfi reading project, FORTE deafblindness study Grants: VR, Skolfi, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, FORTE Labs/Teams: Sign Language section leadership, collaborative work on multilingual deaf education His research spans bilingualism's bimodal aspects, second language acquisition challenges, and practical tools like sign language proficiency assessments. He emphasizes the visual modality's role in deaf learners' literacy and communication strategies.

Per Anderhagمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Science Education
• Aesthetics in Teaching
• Subject Didactics
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Per Anderhag is an Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University, focusing on taste, aesthetics, and learning science within practice-based educational research. He leads the science and technology network under Stockholm Teaching & Learning Studies and investigates how didactic models can support teachers, particularly in aiding students from non-academic backgrounds with Swedish as a second language (Skolfi project, 2022–2025). His work bridges theoretical frameworks like Bourdieu's pragmatism and Dewey's aesthetics with empirical studies on science education, teacher development, and technology learning. Key research trends in his publications include: (1) Aesthetic dimensions of science teaching, (2) Socioeconomic factors influencing student interest in STEM, (3) Technology education through robotics and programming, and (4) Collaborative didactic models for classroom practice. His methodology emphasizes real-time analysis of student-teacher interactions and sociocultural impacts on learning. He serves as associate supervisor for doctoral students Nhu Truong and Patrik Lindholm, contributing to educational research through classroom discourse studies and curriculum design. His work underscores equity in science education and the normative role of teaching practices in shaping student engagement.

• Educational Sciences
• Pedagogy
• Equity in Education
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Cecilia Thorsen is a Senior Lecturer in Education at University West, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Educational Sciences (2014) and serves as an active researcher in the Division of Educational Science and Languages. Her academic roles include teaching assessment methodologies, equity in education, and quantitative research methods at both undergraduate and doctoral levels. She supervises students across multiple programs. Research Focus: Academic Resilience: Investigates factors predicting resilience among students from disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly through projects like COMPASS (Changes in Compensatory Abilities in Schools). Student Motivation: Examines classroom dynamics, teacher-student relationships, and motivational practices in multilingual education contexts. Educational Equity: Studies how school-level factors and grading systems influence student outcomes, with a focus on reducing achievement gaps. Key Projects & Awards: Principal investigator in longitudinal studies using PISA and PIRLS data to identify school-level resilience predictors. Co-leads cross-European research on mathematics motivation in primary education. Active in refining pedagogical approaches for L2 motivation, particularly in multilingual settings. Teaching & Mentorship: Designs courses on formative assessment and grading practices emphasizing equity. Supervises doctoral students in educational measurement and resilience research. Publications: Her work spans over 50 peer-reviewed articles, with recent focus on school-level resilience factors (2025), L2 motivation validation (2024), and cross-country analyses of educational psychology phenomena (2023-2024).

• Applied Linguistics
• Language Policy
• Multilingual Education
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Marie Källkvist is a Professor in English with a didactic focus at Linnaeus University , Sweden. She holds a Docent in English with a linguistic orientation from Lund University (2012) and has served as an academic leader at multiple institutions, including Lund University, Malmö University, and Kristianstad University. Her expertise spans interdisciplinary research in language education, multilingualism, and policy analysis in Swedish schools and higher education. PhD in Applied Linguistics (Cambridge, 1997) Docent in English (Lund, 2012) Professor in English (Linnaeus University, 2023) Completed leadership and pedagogical training at Lund University Her research focuses on intersections of English language, didactics, multilingualism, and policy, employing sociocultural theory and nexus analysis. She explores how multilingual practices influence teaching and learning, particularly in secondary education and university settings, with a focus on translanguaging, vocabulary acquisition, and language policy implementation. Recent publications emphasize: Translanguaging pedagogy in multilingual English classrooms Teacher beliefs and practices about multilingualism Language policy negotiations in Swedish universities Impact of multilingual instruction on student engagement Development of assessment tools like the MultiBAP questionnaire Scientific awards and grants include: Vetenskapsrådet grants (2016, 2022) Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (2023) Norwegian Research Council grant (2020) Crafoordska Stiftelsen grants (2007, 2017, 2018) She has supervised 11 PhD students to completion, including Justyna Legutko, Tina Gunnarsson, and Elin Nylander, and currently serves as co-supervisor for three Swedish language PhD candidates. Her leadership roles include founding the English Education Scholars Sweden network and directing the Centre for Educational Linguistics at Linnaeus University.

Rakel Österbergمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Spanish Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
• Romance Languages
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Rakel Österberg is an Associate Professor in Spanish Linguistics at Stockholm University's Department of Romance Studies and Classics. Her work focuses on second language acquisition, academic writing, and heritage language education for Romance languages, particularly Spanish. She collaborates internationally through research groups like RomSLA (Romance Languages and Second Language Acquisition) and previously worked on the TAL project examining foreign language education alignment in Swedish schools. Research Themes: Syntax in native/non-native speech, multilingual writing development, heritage language biliteracy Teaching: Supervises bachelor and master's theses, teaches SLA, Spanish grammar, academic writing, and language education Key Collaborations: Works with Dr. Lars Fant (SU) on high-proficiency L2 syntax, co-authored projects with Dr. Alejandra Donoso (Linnaeus University) and Dr. Enrique Sologuren (Universidad de los Andes, Chile) Recent publications analyze syntactic peripheries in Romance languages, multilingual academic writing, and heritage language maintainence. She co-organized international workshops on Spanish heritage language in Sweden (2014, 2019) and contributes to shaping language education policy through the TAL project's findings. Contact: rakel.osterberg@su.se | ORCID: 0000-0002-6125-4755

• Second Language Acquisition
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Developmental Psychology
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Annika Andersson is a Senior Lecturer at Linnaeus University's Department of Swedish, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on second language acquisition, language processing in children, and bilingualism, employing ERP studies to investigate brain activity during language comprehension. She leads the LiLa Lab (Language, Cognition, and Culture Lab) and coordinates courses such as 'Efficient Scientific Writing' and 'Language Learning Under Special Conditions.' Key projects include the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation-funded study on language processing (2020–2025) and the RYE project on phonological training in educational contexts. Education: Preschool teacher training (Kristianstad University, 1986), BA/BS in Psychology and Linguistics (University of Oregon), followed by MS/PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. Her work bridges developmental psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience to understand multilingualism and neuroplasticity in language learners. Research Interests: Second language acquisition mechanisms, ERP-based neurophysiological studies of language processing, effects of first language on second language processing, and educational interventions for multilingual children. Recent studies explore semantic processing in verbal/visual narratives and cross-linguistic influence on verb semantics. Grants & Projects: Over SEK 5 million in grants, including Wallenberg funding for ERP studies in child language disorders and strategic investments in phonological training research. Collaborates with groups like NordEdLing and RIDE. Labs/Teams: Director of LiLa Lab, part of the Educational Linguistics and Language Processing research networks.