Linus Salö promoted to professor
Linus Salö at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism (Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism) has been promoted to professor. Engaging broadly with language policy, ideology and practice, his work spans the gamut from language issues and phenomena in academia to mother tongue instruction and the impact of the humanities in wider society.
Linus Salö is active in a number of fields, including sociolinguistics, bi/multilingualism, language policy, linguistic anthropology, science studies (history, sociology and sociolinguistics of science), and sociology of knowledge and education. First and foremost, his work deals with language policy and multilingualism in society. This includes historical enquiries into the education of linguistic minorities and other matters pertaining to minority language policy.
Another bedrock knowledge interest is the sociolinguistics of science in the era of internationalization, as unfolding within publishing language, language of instruction and workplace discourse. Within science studies, he also takes an interest in science–society interaction, practices of research evaluation, knowledge impact and knowledge politics of the humanities.
Linus Salö teaches and supervises at all levels: from undergraduates to the PhD Studies Program. His teaching deals with the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, history of thought in bilingualism research, language politics and ideology, and bilingual education.
Last updated: June 16, 2023
Source: Centre for Research on Bilingualism