CV

Current and recent positions

2023 - present Professor in The Psuchology of Language (NorS, University of Copenhagen)

2014- 2023 Associate Professor in The Psychology of Language (NorS, University of Copenhagen) 

2013-2014 Associate Professor in Danish Spoken Language (LANCHART, University of Copenhagen)

2012-2013 Supplemental Associate Professor, (INSS, University of Copenhagen)

2009-2012 Postdoc (Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication and University of Copenhagen, INSS) 

2010 Visiting researcher and lecturer (King’s College London, Centre for LDC)

Education

2013 Research management course (CBS/SIMI) 

2008  PhD (University of Copenhagen)

2003  MA in Danish Language (University of Copenhagen) 

Short presentation

I am interested in how meaning and interpersonal understanding in situated communication are related to more widespread socio-cultural and linguistic processes. In particular my research focuses on language use and communication in contemporary diverse urban contexts as well as the impact of digital communication and social media on young peolples future aspirations and participation in education.

Current research

I am currently the PI of the research project EDUCABLE, which explores how digital public, influencers and alternative schooling communities possibly impact young people's future aspirations and educational choices in combination with other factors:

https://nors.ku.dk/english/research/projects/educable/

I have also been affiliated with the research project SoMeFamily that investigated language and social media in the family: 

https://nors.ku.dk/english/research/projects/somefamily---language-and-social-media-in-the-familiy/

We have recently published this special issue on digital technology as human experience: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10MVRT870Z0

In addition to this I am the convenor of Linguistic Ethnograhy Forum

https://www.lingethnog.org/

Teaching

I teach in the psychology of language primarily the course on analysis and methodology as well as the psychology of understanding and in addition to this, I teach courses on language, power, identity and learning and socialisation.

I supervise a lot of MA dissertations with all kinds of interesting topics, but in my own work I mostly employ interaction analytical, discourse analytical and sociolinguistic methodology and I have a particular interest in the language use of children and youth, popular culture, leisure communities, identity practices, cultural diversity, digital communication and educational institutions.