Academic positions
2025–
Associate Professor of Phonetics
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford
2022–2025
Postdoctoral research scientist
Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
2021–2022
Two fixed-term part-time positions as lecturer
Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam
2018–2022
PhD fellow
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
2013–2017
Various teaching and research assistant positions
School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Education
2023
PhD in Linguistics
Leiden University
2018
MA in Linguistics
Aarhus University
2016
BA in Linguistics and China Studies
Aarhus University
Internationalization
2020
The Arctic University of Norway – Tromsø
Center for Advanced Studies in Linguistics
3 month research visit
2018
Aarhus University
Peter Skautrup Centre for Jutlandic Dialect Research
2 month research visit
2017–2018
KU Leuven
ResMA Advanced Studies in Linguistics
Full semester exchange
2016
Peking University
European–Chinese Language and Culture Programme
Full semester exchange
Research grants
2026–2027
John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund E1D00380, £9,858
Danish /d/-vocalization in real and apparent time
2024
Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowship (CF24-1380), DKK 1,899,313 (approx. €250,000)
Category-shifting Change in Real Time (CatChaRT)
(annulled due to scheduling conflict)
Other grants and awards
2026 Peter Ladefoged Award for best presentation at the Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians in the tradition of Peter Ladefoged
2024 Journal of Phonetics 2023 Best Early Career Scholar’s Article of the Year
Service roles
University of Oxford
2025– Co-convenor of General Linguistics Seminar
Kellogg College
2025– Governing Body member
Other roles
2026– Associate editor of Nydanske Sprogstudier
2026– Member of Danish Censor Corps
2021–2023 Board member of Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
2014 Co-founder and editor of Skrifter om Samtalegrammatik
2013–2018 Wed editor of samtalegrammatik.dk
Conference and workshop organization
Lookiiiiiiiiiiing at stylised sustained prosody around Australia
Special session of Australian Linguistic Society 58 hosted at McGriffith University, 2–5 December, 2025
Co-organized with Kathleen Jepson and John Mansfield
Phonetics and Phonology in Denmark 4
University of Copenhagen, 7–8 October, 2024
Co-organized with Nicolai Pharao and Anna Jespersen
How segments influence prosody in the languages of the world
Special session of Speech Prosody hosted at Leiden University, 2–5 July, 2024
Co-organized with Menghui Shi
Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe 29
Digital meeting hosted at Leiden University, 26–28 January, 2021
Member of organizing committee
Reviewing
Funding: National Science Centre Poland, UK Research and Innovation
Journals: Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Glossa, Journal of Linguistics, Journal of Phonetics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Laboratory Phonology, Languages, Nydanske Sprogstudier, Ord & Sag, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Book chapters: Brill, Oxford University Press, Springer, University of Toronto Press
Proceedings articles: International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Interspeech, Møderne om udforskningen af dansk sprog
Conference abstracts: Australian Linguistic Society, Conference of the Student Organization for Linguistics in Europe, International Conference on Tone and Intonation, Laboratory Phonology, Phonology in the Nordic Countries
Affiliated research networks
2025– Oxford Phonetics Laboratory
2022–2023 Empirical Foundations of Phonology (EmpiPhon)
2020–2022 Open Science Community, Leiden
2020–2021 Tromsø/Verona phonology circle
2017– Sounds of Language and Speech (Aarhus University)
2015 Danish-accented Chinese (Aarhus University)
2013–2018 Danish Talk-in-Interaction (DanTiN)
Teaching
Full term courses
University of Oxford
2026–2027
Experimental phonetics
MSt/MPhil Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics option
Lecturing, one-on-one tutoring, convening
2026
Phonetics and phonology
Final Honours School in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
Four lab report seminars, small-group tutoring
2025–2026
Phonetics and phonology
Linguistics Preliminary Examinations
Co-convening. Four lectures on acoustic phonetics + weekly classes (two groups)
2025–2026
Special topic in phonetics
MSt/MPhil Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics option
One-on-one tutoring and convening
2025–2026
Phonetics and phonology
MSt/MPhil Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics option
Small-group tutoring
2025
Phonetics
MSt/MPhil Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics Foundation Course
Lecturing and convening
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
2023
Phonetics and statistics
BA3 Phonetics and Speech Processing
Taught seminars, graded weekly exercises
University of Amsterdam
2022
Introduction to linguistics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups), graded final presentations
2021
Phonetics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups) in a hybrid format, graded weekly exercises
Nominated for the Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022
2021
Phonology
BA2 Linguistics
Taught seminars in a hybrid format, graded exercises and final presentations
Nominated for the Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022
Leiden University
2022
Words, sentences, and sounds in interaction
BA3 English Language & Culture
2022
Analyzing English words and sounds
BA1 English Language & Culture
Taught seminars (two groups) and gave one lecture
2019–2021
The phonetics of English
BA1 English Language & Culture
2019: Taught seminars
2020: Taught seminars (three groups in person, one group online) and gave one online lecture
2021: Taught seminars in the first block
Aarhus University
2016
Understanding linguistics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups)
2014
Structure, meaning, and use
BA2 Linguistics
Teaching assistant, gave feedback on assignments
2014
Danish and the languages of the World
BA1 Linguistics
Teaching assistant, gave feedback on assignments
2013
Phonetics and phonology
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (three groups), graded assignments
Workshops
2024
Plotting acoustics data with the praatpicture R library and Shiny app
3-hour workshop
Phonetics and Phonology in Denmark 4, University of Copenhagen
2018
Skriftsprog vs talesprog
4-hour workshop
Holstebro Gymnasium
2017
Acoustics and Praat
3-hour workshop
Department of Linguistics, Aarhus University
2017
DanTiN: Danish Talk-in-Interaction
4-hour workshop
Herning Sprogfestival, Herning Gymnasium
Guest lectures
2021–2022
Advanced phonology 2
MA Linguistics, Leiden University
Course coordinator: Bert Botma
2020–2022
Data management
Centre for Linguistics graduate school, Leiden University
Course coordinators: Fieke Schoots and Kristina Hettne
Thesis evaluation
Doctoral dissertations
2026
Maria Evjen
The acoustics and perception of the Norwegian merger of /ʃ/ and /ç/
University of Oslo
Supervised by Sverre Stausland Johnsen and Timo Roettger
Second opponent at public viva
Master’s theses
2026 One MA theses in MA Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
2026 One MA theses in MA Linguistics, Aarhus University
Undergraduate theses
2026 Two BA theses in BA Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
2021 Two BA theses in BA English Language & Culture, Leiden University