Marjut Johansson
Professori, ranskan kieli/Professor, French marjut.johansson@utu.fi +358 29 450 3318 +358 50 328 9207 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: 315 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-0586 |
Areas of expertise
interactional (socio)linguistics, sociocultural linguistics, discourse analysis, interaction with social robots, digital discourse, computer-mediated communication, political media discourse, language use in professional and expert contexts, multilingualism and language practices, language learning and language expertise
interactional (socio)linguistics, sociocultural linguistics, discourse analysis, interaction with social robots, digital discourse, computer-mediated communication, political media discourse, language use in professional and expert contexts, multilingualism and language practices, language learning and language expertise
Biography
I work as Professor of the French Studies, my expertise is in applied language studies.
I have served as the Head of the School of Languages and Translation Studies during 2017-2024.
Previously I have worked as a university teacher and as a lecturer at the Universities of Tampere and Turku, as a visiting scholar at the Université de Provence, France (1997) and as a senior scientist at the Academy of Finland (2009-2010).
I have completed MA studies at the Université de Provence and at the University of Turku where I also defended my PhD thesis (2000).
Research
My recent research interests cover three major topics:
1) Interaction based on artificial intelligence, espcially human-robot interaction. The main topic here is human-robot interaction in foreign language situations. Read more on the site of RoboLang -research team: https://sites.utu.fi/robolang/
2) Sociopolitical media discourse. I have worked on a variety of topics in socio-political media discourse, including work that examines transformations of online news discourse, social media discussions, and multimodal digital texts. I have co-edited several volumes and special issues pertaining to these topics: Analyzing Digital Discourses (Johansson, Tanskanen, Chovanec, 2021),Special issue on Mediatizing emotion: Networked Practices of Stance-taking in Reactions to Global Events and Crises ( Giaxoglou and Johansson, 2020).
3) Language use in professional and expert contexts, multilingualism, language practicies and policies. At present, I work on the research topic of Finnish foreign language education policies, French among other languages.
Teaching
Teaching: courses on discourse and interaction studies as well courses on sociolinguistics,especially on topics related to the French-speaking world, multilingualism and language policies.
Teaching: courses on discourse and interaction studies as well courses on sociolinguistics,especially on topics related to the French-speaking world, multilingualism and language policies.
Supervision: Supervision of MA and doctoral theses. I am interested in supervising projects whose theoretical and methodological approaches are related to any of topics described above.
Publications 
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- Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (2025) The Language of Digital Education. An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts Johansson, Marjut
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Less or more widely studied languages – How has language specialist education in Finland changed in twenty years? (2025) Linguistic and Intercultural Landscapes in the European Higher Education Veivo, Outi; Norro Soili; Johansson, Marjut
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - VIERAIDEN KIELTEN OPISKELUN JA OSAAMISEN TULEVAISUUS SUOMESSA. Visioraportti (2025) Kolehmainen, Leena; Johansson, Marjut; Lähteenmäki, Mika; Vilkuna, Outi; Koistinen, Satu
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Kielitaito on osa kansallista huoltovarmuutta — Suomi tarvitsee jatkossakin useiden vieraiden kielten osaajia (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Kielten opetuksen noidankehästä kestävään kielikoulutuspolitiikkaan (2024)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Kielten osaajien vähentyminen on uhka tiedon huoltovarmuudelle (2024) Lähteenmäki Mika, Kolehmainen Leena, Johansson Marjut
(Other publication) - ‘Am I saying it wrong?’ Progressivity-related troubles and instructional opportunities in child-robot L2 interaction (2023)
- Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kielten opiskelu vähentyy – miksi? (2023)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Playing with Pronunciation (2023)
- Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Advice-Giving between Young Learners in Robot-Assisted Language Learning (2022) Proceedings of the Conference : Human Perspectives on Spoken Human-Machine Interaction Honkalammi Hilla-Marja, Veivo Outi, Johansson Marjut
(D3 Article in a professional conference publication) - A Friend or a Machine? A Study on the Child–Robot Relationship in a Foreign Language Class of Young Learners (2022)
- Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta – helmikuu 2022: Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022) Johansson Marjut, Maijala Minna, Mutta Maarit, Veivo Outi
(D6 Editorial work for a professional compilation book) - Sosiaaliset robotit ja kielenoppiminen (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Vuorovaikutus ja kielenoppiminen sosiaalisen robotin kanssa (2022)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy (2021) Johansson Marjut, Tanskanen Sanna-Kaisa, Chovanec Jan
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Practices of Convergence and Controversy in Digital Discourses (2021) Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy Johansson Marjut, Tanskanen Sanna-Kaisa, Chovanec Jan
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Talking with a chatbot: Simulated understanding of human-chatbot communication? (2021) Analyzing Digital Discourses. Between Convergence and Controversy Johansson Marjut
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Affectivity in the #jesuisCharlie Twitter discussion (2020)
- Pragmatics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Introduction: Networked practices of emotion and stancetaking in reactions to mediatized events and crises (2020)
- Pragmatics
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kielipolitiikasta kielikoulutuspolitiikkaan: historia, tulevaisuus, ideologia (2020)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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