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
- Professor, German linguistics, University of Oslo, since 2024
- Senior lecturer/associate professor of German linguistics and language acquisition at the University of Gothenburg, 2015–2023
- Earlier employed as a lecturer and researcher of German linguistics and language learning and teaching 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).