Jenny Tarvainen

Jenny Tarvainen

University Teacher
Unit
Centre for Multilingual academic communication
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Fields of science
516 Educational sciences
6121 Languages

Biography

The responsible use of AI in teaching and research is my area of expertise. I teach AI competence to students, doctoral researchers, and university staff. In addition, I contribute to the development of university-level AI practices and policies. I am a member of the JYULearn AI and Future Skills Working Group, where I am responsible for developing the University of Jyväskylä's ethical AI competency goals.

I work as a University Teacher in (Finnish) Written Communication at Movi (the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication). I serve as the team leader of the Written Communication teacher group and as the coordinator for bachelor's level studies. In addition to teaching AI competence, I teach academic writing in bachelor level communication and language courses for students in the field of IT.

In addition, I am in the final stages of completing my doctoral dissertation in the field of linguistics.

Research interests

In my docoral research, I examine the mechanisms of sociospatial segregation combining linguistics, language technology, and urban studies. The aim of the research is to clarify the role of language use in the process of segergation in order to prevent socio-spatial inequality and develop cities that are more equal.

My research interests also include the development and utilization of Finnish language models, as well as AI literacy and the pedagogical use of AI in higher education.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access
International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer.
Jóhannesdóttir, Sigurbjörg
Kousa, Päivi
Korkala, Salme
Tarvainen, Jenny
Björnsdóttir, Kristín
Háhn, Judit
Dau, Susanne
Brooks, Eva Irene
Sjöberg, Jeanette
Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf
Berbyuk Lindström, Nataliya
Sofkova Hashemi, Sylvana
Lundin, Mona
Oyedeji, Shola
Støckert, Robin