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Tampere University
johanna.vaattovaara [at] tuni.fi (johanna[dot]vaattovaara[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358504377056

About me

My brief CV in Linkedin 

Latest publications in TUNICris 

Publications and activities before 8/2017 in UH TUHAT Research database 

Responsibilities

Projects with external funding: 

  • Arkisuomien kielitietoisuudet ja muutos / LANGAWARE - Co-investigating and developing societal awareness of linguistic variation and change, Koneen säätiö 2023-2025
  • Educational Platform for Sustainable Cultural Diversity in Latin America (EPSULA ), EU Erasmus+ Capacity Building (2023-2025, partner)

Head of the Degree Programme in Languages (1.1.2021-)

Board member of Education Council, Tampere University (1.1.2022-31.12.2025)

Board member of Research Centre PLURAL (Multidisciplinary Research Centre for Languages
and Cultures), 1.8.2017-31.12.2020 (Head of the board 1.8.2019-31.12.2020)

Vice member of Societal Interaction Council, Tampere University (1.1.2019-31.12.2021)

Scientific Advisory Board member of the ITC faculty

Teaching during 2024-2024 (courses, portfolios)

KIE.SUY.420 Maisteriseminaari MA Thesis Seminar (ti 12-14) 

KIE.KA.210 Tutkimuksen teon perusteet/kielitiede Basics of Research:

linguistics (vastuuopettaja; sl to 14-16) 

KIE.KM.362 Kieliasenteet ja kieli-ideologiat tutkimuskohteena Language

awareness and attitudes as object of research (portfolio) 

KIE.AV.341 Tutkimustiedon yleistajuistaminen (PER IV; in collaboration with Aalto and Helsinki University)

Research unit

Research Centre PLURAL, Faculty of Information Technlogy and Communication Studies

Research fields

Sociolinguistics (Perceptual sociolinguistics and Applied Sociolinguistics)

Language awareness, attitudes and ideologies 

Finnish language in change

Educational sociolinguistics (University Pedagogy of language teaching and learning)

Science communication and public understanding of science

Exploratory Practice in research design, Citizen Science