Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
At Åbo Akademi, I am currently working in two multidisciplinary research projects:
REjustice: Linguistic justice, global migration and the Nordic welfare state (Linnaeus University and Åbo Akademi University; financed by The Swedish Research Council, 2023-2027), and
DOVE: Språket i domar i Sverige och Finland - variation och rättvisa (Language in judicial convictions in Sweden and Finland - variation and justice; financed by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, 2025-2027).
In addition, I am currently employed at the University of Turku in the research project Communicative patterns in two languages (financed by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, 2023-2026). I am also an active member of the research network Svenskan i Åbo (Swedish in Turku), which focuses on the use of Swedish in working life the Turku area.
My research profile at the University of Turku
Previous positions:
2023-2024: Post-doctoral researcher, Swedish and other languages in the linguistic landscape of specialized healthcare (Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland). University of Turku.
2019-2022: Post-doctoral researcher, EGS: Emergent Clausal Syntax for Conversation - Swedish in a Cross-Language Comparison (2018-2022, Academy of Finland). University of Helsinki.
2017-2019: Post-doctoral researcher (Svenska Kulturfonden). Affiliated with the research programme IVIP: Interaktion och variation i pluricentriska språk - Kommunikativa mönster i sverigesvenska och finlandssvenska (2013-2020, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond). University of Turku.
2010-2016: PhD candidate, Scandinavian Languages, University of Turku.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Scandinavian Languages, University of Turku
Award Date: 20 Dec 2016
Master, Scandinavian Languages, University of Turku
Award Date: 19 Aug 2010
External positions
Senior Researcher, University of Turku
1 Aug 2024 → 31 Dec 2026
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ReJustice: Nordic Research Environment on Language, Justice and the Welfare State (Swedish Research Council)
Gustafsson, K. (Project manager), Nordberg, C. (Principal Investigator), Kara, H. (Co-Investigator), Tolvanen, E. (Co-Investigator), Nikolaidou, Z. (Co-Investigator) & Åberg, L. (Co-Investigator)
01/08/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils
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DOVE: Språket i domar i Sverige och Finland – variation och rättvisa
Ervo, L. (Project manager), Tolvanen, E. (Principal Investigator), Kuosa, A.-M. (Principal Investigator) & Roos, L. (Principal Investigator)
01/04/25 → 30/09/26
Project: Foundation
Publications
- 1 Article
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Kieli ja oikeudenmukaisuus – vertaileva tutkimus Suomessa ja Ruotsissa kirjoitetuista rikostuomioista
Kuosa, A.-M., Tolvanen, E., Ervo, L. & Roos, L., 26 Nov 2025, In: Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta : Kieliverkoston verkkolehti. 16, 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Open Access