Teaching
Old English, Middle English, History of English, grammar, phonetics, lexicology, English for Academic Purposes.
Academic interests
Language history, medieval history, Old and Middle English syntax, word order change in Germanic and Romance, noun phrases in old Germanic languages (Old English, Old Norse, Old High German, Old Saxon, Gothic), corpus linguistics, corpus annotation, information structure.
Public engagement
Author of the book Fra englisc til English: et språk blir til, which is a popular account of the history of English aimed at a general audience. Organized the Festival of Words in 2020 and 2022.
Award
The Student Parliament Teaching Award 2023, especially for the Festival of Words and the musical language history lectures.
Professional service
Former chair of the Norwegian Academic Council for English Studies.
Former Vice-President for Teaching for the International Society of the Linguistics of English.