as well as the situation of the Sami languages and the organisation and effect of language revitalisation activities in the education sector and society at large.
Rolf Theil
Professor Emeritus of General
He worked at the University of Oslo from 1976 until 2016, from 1994 as a full professor. He has lectured and done
research in the fields of general linguistics, African linguistics, Fulfulde, Hausa, Bantu languages, Omotic languages, Chinese, Cree, Saami languages, Romani languages, and Dardic languages. He has carried out linguistic fieldwork in Cameroon, Mali, Ethiopia, and Zambia.
Jamie Johnston
Associate Professor at OsloMet
Her main area of interest concerns the social role of public libraries and how they can support immigrant integration and foster
greater social cohesion in culturally and ethnically diverse societies. Currently, her research is focused on how conversation-based programming, such as language cafés and conversation groups, can support immigrant integration with emphasis on the social and political dimensions of integration.
Svein Willassen
PhD in Digital Forensics
Through Telenor Digital he has collaborated with Mozilla on improving WebRTC, the communication technology of the future.
