
Sofia Kotilainen
Biography
PhD (Finnish History), Docent (Adjunct Professor, Finnish History, Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Cultural History, University of Turku and onomastics, University of Helsinki), MSSc (Economics and Business Administration), MSSc (Political Science).
Researcher, university teacher and non-fiction writer. Project researcher in the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥.
Part-Time Teacher of Finnish language academic writing, research process / project skills and writing communication in Movi (and Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius). I teach the students of different faculties from freshmen to doctoral researchers. I also evaluate Maturity Exams.
Research interests
Research interests: academic writing, applied linguistics, cultural history, higher education, history of education, family and kin networks, literacy skills, name-giving practices, pedagogy, personal names.
Member of these research networks:
New Trends in Nordic Socio-onomastics, People's Names Research Network, Early Modern Morals Research Center.