During the last couple of decades, evolutionary theory has expanded its subject matter beyond its traditional topics, such as the origin of life, the study of biodiversity, and the physiological ...read more
In this research project, I investigate the development of complex sentence structures in Swedish as a foreign language. In this longitudinal study, the learners’ use and development of finite subordinate ...read more
This study is about changing culture. It deals with the acquisition of a mobile phone by young people in Yaoundé (Cameroon), its level of usage or of social connectivity, and ...read more
Based on eight chapters, half of which have been published as research papers, this thesis demonstrates the role of cultural factors such as urbanity in response styles of survey data. ...read more
This PhD research examined contemporary perceptions of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) through the lens of competing authoritative discourses. It maintained a particular focus on conceptualizations of the relation between FGC and religion, ...read more
This project investigates the ways in which linguistic diversity, multilingualism and translanguaging are institutionally managed in the Belgian asylum procedure. Drawing on linguistic-ethnographic data, this study (a) analyses language ideological ...read more
In this research project, the concept ‘sheltering and heating programs’ of philosopher Peter Sloterdijk will be applied to the study of contemporary German language literary travel texts. Programs of sheltering and ...read more
In the wake of the discovery of the archive of Ur-Utu, chief dirge singer of the temple of Annunītum in Sippar-Amnānum, the department of Assyriology has taken an interest in ...read more