Associate Professor

Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes

Department of Language, Literature, Mathematics and Interpreting
Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes
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Sogndal
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
  • MGBNO101, Norwegian 1, module 1, 25/26
  • MGUNO503, Norwegian 3, module 3, 25/26, subject responsible
  • MGUNO550, Norwegian 3, module 4 - Master's thesis, 25/26
  • MGUNOR302, Norwegian 2, module 1, 25/26
  • NOB802N, Norwegian 1, module 2 - Training at intermediate grades, 25/26
  • NORU802N, Norwegian 1, module 2 - Literature and text knowledge, 25/26
  • NSS801, Teaching Nynorsk as a Second Written Language, 25/26

Publications

  • Kommunal språkpolitikk. Prestisjeplanlegging som nynorskfremjing.

    Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes, Fredrik Hope (2025)

  • Nynorsk i livsløpet

    Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes, Eli Bjørhusdal, Berit Fjermestad, Caroline Fagerheim, Kirsti Lunde, Britt Iren Nordeide (2025)

  • Language policy for minoritised languages in Norway: the cases of Nynorsk and Sámi

    Eli Bjørhusdal, Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2025)

  • Walking tour methodology in the study of schoolscapes

    Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes (2025)

  • Språkpolitikk for minoriserte språk i Noreg: nynorsk og samisk

    Jorunn Simonsen Thingnes, Eli Bjørhusdal (2024)
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