Academic interests
- Historical sociolinguistics
- Multilingualism and language contact
- Grapholinguistics
- History of the Germanic languages
- Deutsch als Fremdsprache, second/foreign language acquisition
- Onomastics
- Runology
- Historical cryptology
Projects
- DECRYPT: Decryption of historical manuscripts (2018–2024, co-PI, PI: Beáta Megyesi, funded by the Swedish Research Council, grant-number 2018-06074)
- Variation and contact in historical personal names (PI, 2019-2023, funded by the Swedish Research Council, grant-number 2018-01556)
- History, Identity, and Linguistic Diversity (HILD), connected research community (2022-)
- Promoting Learner Autonomy in Higher Education, 2012-2014, PI, University of Teacher Education Zug in collaboration with SEEU Tetovo, North Macedonia, project funded by the foundation éducation 21, Education for Sustainable Development
- Techniken und Praktiken mittelalterlicher kontinentalgermanischer Schriftlichkeit, 2005-2011, PI: Prof. Dr. Elvira Glaser and Prof. Dr. Ludwig Rübekeil, NCCR Mediality, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Zurich
- Sprachland. Lehrmittel für die Mittelstufe, 2007–2009, PI: Elsbeth Büchel and Ursina Gloor, University of Teacher Education Zurich
Courses taught
- TYSK3010 – Bacheloroppgave i tysk
I have taught university courses at undergraduate, Master’s and PhD level (subjects: German, Scandinavian and English linguistics, medieval studies, language learning and teaching, cultural studies) and also have experience as a primary school teacher.
Background
- Associate professor, German linguistics, University of Oslo, since 2024
- Senior lecturer/associate professor for German linguistics and language acquisition at the University of Gothenburg, since 2015 (currently on leave)
- Earlier employed as a lecturer and researcher at the universities of Zurich and Bern and the universities of teacher education in Zug and Zurich (Switzerland)
PhD in German linguistics, University of Zurich (2013); Habilitation in German linguistics and language acquisition, University of Gothenburg (2019); Diploma in Primary Education, teacher-training college Luzern (2000).