Associate Professor

Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes

Department of Language, Literature, Mathematics and Interpreting
Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes
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BRAGE, B-1033-B
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Field of work

I hold a master’s degree in Scandinavian studies and a Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics from the University of Oslo.s a Ph.D. My research interests include language policy and planning, language attitudes and ideologies, and linguistic rights. I have mainly worked on minoritised langauges within the education sector. 

Head of Research Group Lesing, skriving og språkutvikling (Reading, Writing and Language Development)



Courses taught
  • BSSN801, Children's language development and language learning, online, 24/25
  • MGBNO301, Norwegian 2, module 1 - Language, culture and literature, 24/25
  • MGBNO401, Norwegian 2, module 2 - Language, culture and literature, 24/25
  • MGBNO550, Norwegian 3, module 4 - Master's thesis, 24/25
  • MGUNO503, Norwegian 3, module 3, 24/25, subject responsible
  • MGUNOR302, Norwegian 2, module 1, 24/25
  • MGUNOR402, Norwegian 2, module 2, 24/25
  • NOB801N, Norwegian 1, module 1 - Norwegian for starters, 24/25
  • NOB802N, Norwegian 1, module 2 - Training at intermediate grades, 24/25
  • NORU801N, Norwegian 1, module 1 - Language and text knowledge, 24/25

Publications

  • An ethnographic study on Nynorsk in Norwegian kindergartens: Findings and challenges

    Eli Bjørhusdal, Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2024)

  • Language policy on the ground in Norwegian kindergartens

    Eli Bjørhusdal, Gudrun Kløve Juuhl, Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2024)
    Linguistics and Education 2024 ;Volum 81.

  • Tourist guide technique i studiar av lingvistisk landskap

    Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2024)

  • Om språk- og tekstkvardagen i barnehagen:  Funn frå Multilit

    Gudrun Kløve Juuhl, Eli Bjørhusdal, Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2023)

  • Multilingualism, politics, social justice and language activism

    Haley De Korne, Pawel Kazimierz Urbanik, Aneta Pavlenko, Ingvild Priyanka Badhwar Valen-Sendstad, Gavin Mitchell Lamb, Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2023)
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