Professor Kersti Börjars (born 1960) is a linguist who is Master of

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Education

Börjars was educated in Sweden at

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(''Filosofie Kandidat''), and then in the Netherlands at the

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(''Doctorandus'') before completing a PhD at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

Academic career

Since 1994, Börjars has been a member of staff at the University of Manchester, where she was promoted to professor in 2002. During 2002, she was a visiting professor at Göteborg University, and she is currently a professor at the

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. From 2004 to 2008 Börjars was Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the Faculty of Humanities. Börjars was Head of School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures from 2009 until 2012. until 2019 she was Associate Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students. Since January 2020 she has been

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. Börjars was the President of the

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from 2005 until 2011. She is the editor of the ''

Journal of Linguistics The ''Journal of Linguistics'' is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering all branches of theoretical linguistics and the official publication of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain. It is published by Cambridge University Pre ...

''. Since January 2017, she has been a professor in Nordic Languages at the University of Oslo.

References

External links

Staff profile at the University of Manchester
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borjars, Kersti Uppsala University alumni Leiden University alumni Masters of St Catherine's College, Oxford Living people 1960 births Academics of the University of Manchester