Janus Mortensen
  

Janus Mortensen

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5547-3639

  • Emil Holms Kanal 4

    2300 København S

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Current research areas

  • AI and the university (the AI-UNI project)
  • English in Denmark (the ENIDA project)
  • The formation of social and linguistic norms in transient social configurations (the TMC Project)
  • University internationalisation and sociolinguistic change
  • The use of English as a lingua franca at Danish universities
  • Sociolinguistic perspectives on style and stylisation

Fields of interest

  • Language in social life
  • English as a lingua franca
  • Language ideology
  • Language policy
  • Linguistic history of Danish universities
  • University internationalisation

Teaching

  • Sociolinguistics
  • English as a lingua franca
  • Digital humanities
  • Pragmatics
  • English grammar
  • Written communication

CV

Education and affiliations

2024-Director, Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use, University of Copenhagen
2022-Professor of Multilingualism and Language Policy at Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use, University of Copenhagen
2015-2022Associate Professor of Language Policy at Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use, University of Copenhagen
2013-2015Associate Professor of English Language at Roskilde University
2010-2013Assistant Professor of English Language at Roskilde University/postdoctoral researcher at CALPIU research centre
2007-2010PhD student in Linguistics at Roskilde University, Department of Culture & Identity and Cardiff University, Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR)

2006

MA (cand.mag) in English & Danish Linguistics, Roskilde University

2004Visiting graduate student at Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR), Cardiff University
2002BA in English Language & Literature, Roskilde University


Externally funded collaborative research projects

2024-2028"AI and the University – Towards a sociolinguistics of literacy and voice in the age of generative language technology", funded by the Carlsberg Foundation (9,889,244 DKK). Principal Investigator. Grant holder. Host institution: University of Copenhagen.
2022-2025"Fighting food waste – Exploring the interplay between values, choices and habits", funded by VELUX FONDEN (4,954,415 DKK). Principal Investigator. Grant holder. Host institution: University of Copenhagen.
2021-2025"ENIDA – English and Globalisation in Denmark: A Changing Sociolinguistic Landscape", funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Humanities (6,175,076 DKK). Founding member, researcher. Grant holder: Dorte Lønsmann. Host institution: University of Copenhagen.
2016-2019"TMC – Transient Multilingual Communities and the Formation of Social and Linguistic Norms", funded by The Danish Council for Independent Research, Humanities (5,978,524 DKK). Principal investigator. Grant holder: Janus Mortensen. Host institution: University of Copenhagen.
2012-2015"LINGCORP – An Ethnography of Language Encounters: Language and Interaction in the Globalized Corporation", funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research | Humanities (6,496,582 DKK). Founding member, researcher. Grant holder: Hartmut Haberland. Host institution: Roskilde University.
2009-2011"CALPIU – Cultural and Linguistic Practices in the International University", funded by The Danish Council for Independent Research | Humanities (7,000,000 DKK). Founding member, researcher, data manager and steering group member. Grant holder: Bent Preisler. Host institution: Roskilde University.

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Language policy
  • English as a lingua franca
  • English Grammar
  • English in higher education
  • Pragmatics
  • Epistemic modality
  • Transient social configurations
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Style

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