Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki (Finland). He is Director of the TENSION research group (diversities and interculturality in education) and Vice-Director of the SEDUCE doctoral school at Helsinki (Society, culture and education). Dervin also holds several professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden. Prof. Dervin specializes in intercultural education, the sociology of multiculturalism and student and academic mobility. He has widely published in international journals on identity, the 'intercultural' and mobility/migration (over 100 articles and 50 books). Dervin is one of the most influential scholars and critical voices on intercultural communication education in Europe.
External positions
Chair Professor, Renmin Univ China, Renmin University of China
Sep 2016 → …
Guest Professor, Karlstad University
Feb 2016 → …
Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Queensland
Nov 2015 → …
Distinguished Professor, Baoji University of Arts & Sciences
May 2014 → …
Associate Professor, Taylor's university
May 2012 → …
Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
2012 → …
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- multicultural / intercultural education / teacher identity, hybrid student identity
- Teacher education
- higher education
- internationalization of education
- 6121 Languages
- Applied linguistics, discourse studies, pragmatics
- 5141 Sociology
- multiculturalism
- migration
- mobility
- identity
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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A plea for change in research on intercultural discourses: A ‘liquid’ approach to the study of the acculturation of Chinese students
Dervin, F., 2011, In: Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 6, 1, p. 37-52 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Turbulence in intercultural communication education: does it affect Finnish higher education?
Dervin, F. & Tournebise, C., 2013, In: Intercultural Education. 24, 6, p. 532-543 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Impostures interculturelles
Translated title of the contribution :Intercultural hoaxes Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Johdanto uuteen kulttuurienväliseen viestintään ja kasvatukseen
Translated title of the contribution :An Introduction to New Intercultural Communication and Education Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Analysing legislation on Inclusive Education beyond essentialism and culturalism: Specificities, overlaps and gaps in Four Confucian Heritage Regions (CHRs)
Yuan, M., Gao, W., Liu, X. & Dervin, F., 2022, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 70, 2, p. 165-185 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Holocaust education research project
Malama (former Matilainen), M., Dervin, F., Kallioniemi, A. & Salmenkivi, E.
01/12/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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AGORAEd: AGORA for the study of social justice and equality -research centre
Brunila, K., Ikävalko, E., Leiviskä, A., Lehtonen, J., Masoud, A., Mertanen, K., Tiainen, K., Simola, M., Honkasilta, J., Kurki, T., Pesonen, J., Dervin, F., Salo, U., lanas, M., Järvensivu, V. A. S., Kallioniemi, A., Pitkänen, H., Varjo, J., Mikkola, A., Paakkari, A., Hohti, R., Tainio, L., Hakala, K., Niemi, A., Vainio, S. E., Kasa, T., Valkonen, S., Jones, M., Green, C., Hinke Dobrochinski Candido, H. & Zamotkin, I.
Project: Other project
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Indigenous Research Methods in Academia
Virtanen, P. K., Keskitalo, P., Olsen, T., Guttorm, H., Seurujärvi-Kari, I., Porsanger, J., Kivinen, I. E., Outakoski, H., Kramvig, B., Olthuis, M., Paksi, A., Rahko-Ravantti, R., Rasmussen, T., Tafjord, B. O., Utsi, M., Kantonen, L., Äärelä, R. & Dervin, F.
01/03/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Appointed Adjunct Professor with the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia
Dervin, Fred (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Appointed Distinguished Professor in education and linguistics
Dervin, Fred (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), UK
Dervin, Fred (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Grading Committee Member (arvolausetoimikunnan jäsen)
Kirsti Lonka (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group) & Fred Dervin (Supervisor)
31 May 2019Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
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Languages and internationalization in higher education
Deborah Clarke (Speaker: Presenter) & Frederic Dervin (Speaker: Presenter)
25 Mar 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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IRUAS Conference 2017 The University of Teacher Education PHBern and Bern University of Applied Sciences “Stronger together: collaboration in higher education”
Fred Dervin (Speaker)
Jan 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Criticality in Education (Research)
Ashley Simpson (Attendee) & Frederic Dervin (Attendee)
31 Aug 2017 → 1 Sep 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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“People who don’t live what we live, don’t understand” : Youths’ experiences of hypermobility
Arniika Kuusisto (Supervisor), Fred Dervin (Supervisor) & Arto Kallioniemi (Supervisor)
2017Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Press / Media
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BRI pins hope on deepened intercultural communication
09/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Chinese education mode sets sail to find new opportunities abroad
26/04/2017
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Intercultural Competence in EFL Textbook
13/05/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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Internationalization Symposium set for May 18
12/05/2016
1 item of Media coverage
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