Research
My research focuses on experimental pragmatics and semantics. Using a variety of methodologies, including eye-tracking, behavioral tasks, and questionnaires, I investigate how children and adults process aspects of language such as figurative speech, pronouns, and speech reports.
From 2021-2026, I was the principal investigator of the project "The role of attention in communication (AttCom)", funded by The Research Council of Norway. The project investigated how ADHD affects language abilities in a person's first and additional languages.
Lab and EyeHub
I am the manager of the Socio-Cognitive Laboratory at ILN, a laboratory studying how people acquire, process, and produce (multiple) languages across the lifespan. From 2022-2024, I was the director of EyeHub, an interdisciplinary network for eye-tracking and pupillometry research at UiO.
Background
I have a PhD from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and a MA in German Language & Literature, and Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Previously, I have also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo in the project "Acquiring Figurative Meanings".