Associate Professor

Gro Hege Saltnes Urdal

Department of Language, Literature, Mathematics and Interpreting
Gro Hege Saltnes Urdal
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KRONSTAD, A319
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Field of work

I teach and conduct research on Norwegian sign language, interpreting and education of interpreters. I am interested in how intersubjectivity /a common understanding is created in an interpreted event, and the relation between the interpreter education, the interpreter profession and the society in general. In the period 2021-2025 I manage the research project DEPICT together with Benjamin Anible. In DEPICT we investigate how depiction is used in signed languages, and in interpreted events, to promote inclusion and communication.

Sign language and interpreting, community interpreting



Courses taught

Signlanguage interpreting

Deafblind interpreting

The process of producing a BA-thesis

Interpreter ethics


Research areas
  • DEPICT - depiction in interpreted situations
  • Deaf students' experience as sign language interpreting students 
  • Deaf interpreters and market
  • Interpreter trainers as agents of change
  • Remote interpreting - students' learning and development

Research groups

Sign Language, Interpreting, Lingvistics and Communication

Language and society

Courses taught
  • NTS807, Norwegian Sign Language 2, module 3- Linguistic perspectives on Norwegian Sign Language and linguistic variation, 25/26
  • PHD950, Doctoral thesis, 25/26
  • TOS101, Professional knowledge and professional ethics, 25/26
  • TOS201A, Interpreting in practice - norwegian/arabic, 25/26
  • TOS301, Technology-mediated interpreting, 25/26
  • TST211, Sign Language Interpreting 1, 25/26
  • TST213, Interpreting, guiding and deion 1 , 25/26
  • TST313, Interpreting, guiding and deion 2, 25/26, subject responsible

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