Coco Norén serves as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Uppsala University, holding a prominent leadership position within the University Board and Chief Officers as well as the University Management and Management Council. With extensive academic background in linguistics and discourse analysis, she bridges administrative leadership with scholarly expertise. Dr. Norén's research focuses on linguistic analysis of political discourse, particularly examining polyphony, reformulation strategies, and argumentation techniques in European Parliament debates. Her work explores how language functions across cultural and linguistic boundaries in multilingual political settings, with special attention to discourse markers, textual coherence, and the transformation of spoken debate into written records. She has made significant contributions to understanding how politicians construct arguments, establish ethos, and navigate cultural differences through language. Her publication record shows consistent scholarly output over several decades, with a concentration of recent work between 2012-2019. The research demonstrates methodological sophistication in analyzing parliamentary discourse, combining theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis of authentic political communication. As Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Norén brings her deep understanding of language and communication to university leadership, potentially informing institutional approaches to multilingualism, academic communication, and cross-cultural understanding within the university context.
