Research projects and groups at the Department of Language and Communication Studies

Russian World Next Door

The AASIS project (Automatic assessment of spoken interaction in second language) develops automatic assessment of spoken interaction for Finnish learners.

This project investigates the characteristics of children’s Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) development and learning from a multidisciplinary perspective that combines novel insights from language assessment, multilingualism research, sociolinguistics and c

Building Blocks -hanke tutkii työelämässä tarvittavien suomen kielen resurssin kehitystä aikuisilla maahanmuuttajilla, joiden tavoitteena on työllistyä omalle alalleen Suomessa.

SYNTHETICA-consortium is funded by the Research Council of Finland for the period 2024-2026.

The project will produce a Swedish translation of the Finland-Swedish sign language corpus, a lexical database and a signed user manual.

This site presents the Pseudo-Galenic Late Mediaeval medical bestseller variously titled De spermate, Microtegni etc., with bibliography on the transmission and historical context of the text

DigiTala - research project between University of Helsinki, Aalto University and University of Jyväskylä developing a digital tool to assess oral language skills

Hetkellisyys ja visuaalisuus sosiaalisen median uutissisällöissä -tutkimushankkeen esittely

This research project examines how local democracy is accomplished through interaction between citizens and city experts.

From the Fog of War project examines the experiences and perceptions of Finnish war correspondents and photographers and their local fixers about their work in the Russo-Ukrainian war over a period of ten years.

I projektet GBLS undersöks spelandet av digitala språkdataspel som resurs vid inlärning av svenska. Projektet fokuserar på finska ungdomars inlärning av svenska.