Centre for Applied Language Studies
Our research has three focus areas: assessment of language proficiency and for learning, language learning, teaching and multiliteracies, and language in communities and societies. These areas are interlinked and aim to explore individual, community and societal language phenomena and challenges and to provide research-based solutions.
In the Faculty's Doctoral Programme in Humanities and Social Sciences, one specialisation is Language Studies and Communication Studies. The specialisation is organized in cooperation between the Department of Language and Communication Studies and the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS).
In the specialisation of Language Studies and Communication Studies, you may conduct doctoral research in e.g. Applied Language Studies or Applied Linguistics. As research on applied language studies is multi-disciplinary, doctoral studies are suitable for candidates with a background not only in languages or linguistics, but also for those with an interest in language and a background in education or social studies in general.
If you are interested in doing a PhD at CALS, please read more about our focus areas of research and contact our before applying. The doctoral education at CALS is associated with the research on applied language studies conducted at CALS in the areas of assessment of language proficiency and for learning; language learning, teaching and multiliteracies; and language in communities and societies. For more information about CALS' doctoral studies, please contact senior lecturer Mari Honko.
The Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) is a research institute at the University of Jyväskylä. The aim of the centre is to develop language education on a wide-ranging basis. Research conducted in the CALS anticipates and takes into account social needs and issues. Common to all research is the view on language as a social and interactive phenomenon that constructs identities and culture.
Research projects are characterized by a multidisciplinary and applied approach that brings together perspectives from, for example, language study, sociology, educational research, and pedagogy. Research is focused on the effects of social changes on language education.
