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

St Catherine's College, Oxford St Catherine's College (colloquially called St Catz or Catz) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is the newest college admitting both undergraduate and graduate students. Tracing its roots back to 1868 (although t ...

Education

Börjars was educated in Sweden at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance durin ...

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

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of L ...

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

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...

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

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top univers ...

. 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 Master of

. Börjars was the President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 2005 until 2011. She is the editor of the '' Journal of Linguistics''. 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
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