Projects

Current Projects

*ReVeal – Real-life Vignettes for an Equitable and Accessible Learning (Since 2025)

Principle Investigator: Svenja Hammer (NTNU), Timothy Smith (Uniarts Helsinki, Finland)

Project partners: Heidi Pedersen (NTNU, Norway)

Gemma Goodall (NTNU, Norway)

Planning of a pilot study in 2026

*From Linguistic Awareness to Linguistic Responsible Pedagogy: Paraprofessionals Supporting (Nordic) Languages (PARLAN – PARaprofessionals for LANguage) (since 2025)

Principle Investigator: Svenja Hammer (NTNU)

Project partners: Jenni Alisaari (University of Eastern Finland)

Leena Maria Heikkola (The Artic University of Norway (UiT))

Simeon Oxley (University of Uppsala, Sweden)

Project lead in the preparation of a joint Nordplus proposal

*Practices related to AI in Higher Education and Research (HAI) – H(AI)gher Education (since 2024)

Principle Investigator: Svenja Hammer (NTNU)

Project partners: Leena Maria Heikkola (The Artic University of Norway (UiT))

Jenni Alisaari (University of Eastern Finland)

Michael Grothe-Hammer (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)

Lasse Vuorsola (Postdoc at Stockholm University, Sweden)

Dirk Michel-Schertges (Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Danmark)

Project lead in the submission of a joint Norsforsk proposal (declined)

*OPETAN (since 2017) Project partner within the international project Observations of Pedagogical Excellence of Teachers Across Nations

Principle Investigator: Kara Mitchell Viesca (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA).

Project partners: Jenni Alisaari, Emmanuel Acquah, Nancy Commins (University of Turku, Finland),

Johanna Ennser-Kananen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland),

Ratha Perumal (King’s College London, UK),

Annela Teemant (Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis, USA).

Funded by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) International Seed Grant. Funded with 7000$ as knock-on financing.

Involved in developing the project idea and proposal writing

https://cehs.unl.edu/icmee/opetan/

Former Projects

* ICMEE (2016-2021) Project Partner within the international project International Consortium for Multilingual Excellence in Education

Principle Investigator: Kara Mitchell Viesca (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA).

Funded by the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition National Professional Development Program. Funded with 2.74 million $.

Involved in developing the project idea and project consultant with research duties

https://cehs.unl.edu/icmee/

* DaZKom-Video (2017 - 2019) Project partner in the German project DaZKom-Video: Performanznahe Messung von Deutsch-als-Zweitsprache-Kompetenz bei (angehenden) Lehrkräften [Performance-Oriented Measurement of German as a Second Language Competency (GSL-Competency) of (Pre-Service) Teachers]

Principle Investigators: Timo Ehmke (Leuphana University of Lüneburg),

Barbara Koch-Priewe, Anne Köker, Udo Ohm (Bielefeld University).

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Involved in developing the project idea, proposal writing and budget planning

https://www.dazkom.de/projekte/dazkom-video/

* DaZKom (2012 - 2015) Research Associate in the project DaZKom: Professionelle Kompetenzen angehender LehrerInnen (Sek I) im Bereich Deutsch als Zweitsprache [Professional competencies of pre-service teachers (secondary schools) for German as a Second Language]