People

About me

I am full professor in German language, culture and translation at the Languages Unit of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences of Tampere University. I lead BA, MA and PhD studies in German linguistics and translation. I am director of Langnet, the Network of Doctoral Programmes in Language Sciences in Finland. I sit in the steering board for Plural (the multidisciplinary research centre for languages and cultures). I co-lead Tampere Accessibility Unit and the Multimodality in Translation and Interpreting research group.

In research, I specialise in 

• accessibility (esp. audio-description)
• multimodal and intermodal translation and interpreting
• blind-sighted and other asymmetrical interaction
• teamwork
• distributed/interactive intelligence and the interface of cognition and interaction
• human-centered machine learning (esp. machine perception, automatic video description, audio captioning)

I teach advanced- or intermediate-level courses in German language, translation studies, and accessibility. I supervise MA and PhD theses; Promotionsvorhaben zu den oben genannten Themenbereichen in den Fächern Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft und Translatologie sind besonders willkommen!

Responsibilities

Head of German studies in the Languages BA and MA programs and in the MA program of multilingual communication

Co-leader of TACCU (Tampere Accessibility Unit)

Co-leader of MULTI (Multimodality in Translation and Interpreting research group)

Director of Langnet, the Network of Doctoral Programmes in Language Sciences in Finland

Founding member of NIICTE (international Network of Inclusion and Inclusive Communication in Tertiary Education)

Research topics

accessibility (esp. audio-description), multimodal and intermodal translation and interpreting, blind-sighted interaction, teamwork, distributed cognition and the interface of cognition and interaction, human-centered machine learning (esp. machine perception, automatic video description, audio captioning)

Research fields

linguistics, translation studies

Responsibilities

PhD, Title of docent (Finnish)

My research deals with multimodality of interaction, multilingualism, and second language learning. I am especially interested in the role of bodily and material resources in action formation and ascription. My recent publications address e.g. the role of hand gestures in giving instructions, checking understanding, and securing intersubjectivity in various multilingual interactions. 

I am the PI of the Academy of Finland funded project Globalizing construction work and local language practices (GLO-LO) (2020-2024). The project uses multimodal conversation analysis to investigate how co-workers coordinate courses of physical action in consruction work and how they use different languages as well as embodied and material resources in this.

I am also involved in the research project Embodied Language Learning through the Arts (ELLA) (2021-2024) led by professor Eeva Anttila (The University of Arts Helsinki) and funded by Kone foundation. The multidisciplinary research project focuses on how embodiment, artistic activity and language are intertwined. It develops artistic and pedagogical practices that seek to engage human beings holistically, within their social and material environments. The project maps the impacts of these practices especially within culturally diverse settings.

My previous project ‘Co-designing social interactions in everyday life’ (2017-2020, funded by Emil Aaltonen foundation) analysed how second language users of Finnish deploy linguistic, embodied and material resources to construct meaningful social actions in interactions outside of language classrooms, i.e. ‘in the Wild’, and how they learn the language at the same time. 

 

Research unit

NewWorkTech

Responsibilities

The Library's Research Data Services provide support for a broad range of questions related to data management and data protection. As a Data Manager, I support research projects in, among other things,

• Data management planning
• Compilation of a Data Management Plan (DMP)
• Risk management and preparing data protection documentation
• Preparing data for analyses

My responsibilities are always tailored to meet the needs of each particular research project.

For more information about data management services, please visit the intranet handbook Research and Development (Research Data Management). More information on data management can be found in the Data Management section of the Library's Researcher's Guide.

Data management professionals can be reached at the address researchdata@tuni.fi