Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Fred Dervin is a world-renowned interculturalist who has made a strong impact on Intercultural Communication Education and Research over the past 25 years. A Full Professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences (University of Helsinki, Finland), Dervin proposes original and refreshing approaches to understanding the politics of global interactions by challenging conventional paradigms and blending interdisciplinary insights. His work aims to inspire e.g., teacher educators, researchers and students to rethink and reshape the notion of interculturality. With over 300 publications, Dervin is included in the Stanford Elsevier List of the world’s best scientists (Top 2%). His latest books include The Routledge Handbook of Critical Interculturality (2024, Routledge) and Intercultural Self-Defence (2025, Routledge).
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
- Intercultural education / teacher identity, hybrid student identity
- Teacher education
- higher education
- internationalization of education
- Language education
- 6121 Languages
- Applied linguistics, discourse studies, pragmatics
- 5141 Sociology
- multiculturalism
- migration
- mobility
- identity
Collaborations and top research areas from the last 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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AI for Critical Interculturality
Dervin, F., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Enfant élève apprenant (University of Lille, France)
Dervin, F. (Participant)
01/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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AGORAEd: AGORA for the study of social justice and equality -research centre
Brunila, K. (Project manager), Ikävalko, E. (Participant), Lehtonen, J. (Participant), Masoud-Jaakonaho, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Mertanen, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Tiainen, K. (Participant), Simola, M. (Participant), Honkasilta, J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Kurki, T. (Participant), Pesonen, J. (Co-Principal Investigator), Dervin, F. (Participant), lanas, M. (Participant), Kallioniemi, A. (Participant), Pitkänen, H. (Participant), Varjo, J. (Participant), Mikkola, A. (Participant), Paakkari, A. (Participant), Hohti, R. (Participant), Tainio, L. (Participant), Hakala, K. (Participant), Niemi, A.-M. (Participant), Vainio, S. E. (Participant), Kasa, T. (Participant), Valkonen, S. (Co-Principal Investigator), Jones, M. (Participant), Green, C. (Co-Principal Investigator), Hinke Dobrochinski Candido, H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Hinke Dobrochinski Candido, H. (Co-Principal Investigator), Green, C. (Co-Principal Investigator), Kontio, H. M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Peltola, M. (Co-Principal Investigator), Tervo, V. (Participant), Tähkä, I. (Participant), Hirsaho, A. (Participant), Mäkelä, E. M. (Participant), Yliniva, K. (Participant) & Mäkelä, K. (Participant)
Project: Other project
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Indigenous Research Methods in Academia
Virtanen, P. K. (Project manager), Keskitalo, P. (Project manager), Olsen, T. (Project manager), Guttorm, H. (Participant), Seurujärvi-Kari, I. (Participant), Porsanger, J. (Participant), Kivinen, I. E. (Participant), Outakoski, H. (Participant), Kramvig, B. (Participant), Olthuis, M.-L. (Participant), Paksi, A. (Participant), Rahko-Ravantti, R. (Participant), Rasmussen, T. (Participant), Tafjord, B. O. (Participant), Utsi, M.-B. (Participant), Kantonen, L. (Participant), Äärelä, R. (Participant) & Dervin, F. (Participant)
01/03/2017 → 31/12/2018
Project: Research project
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Promoting Social Justice Teacher Education
Dervin, F. (Principal Investigator)
01/11/2015 → 01/12/2017
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, F. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Appointed Distinguished Professor in education and linguistics
Dervin, F. (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, F. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Languages and internationalization in higher education
Clarke, D. (Speaker: Presenter) & Dervin, F. (Speaker: Presenter)
25 Mar 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Grading Committee Member (arvolausetoimikunnan jäsen)
Lonka, K. (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group) & Dervin, F. (Supervisor)
31 May 2019Activity: Examination types › Opponent of doctoral dissertation
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“People who don’t live what we live, don’t understand” : Youths’ experiences of hypermobility
Kuusisto, A. (Supervisor), Dervin, F. (Supervisor) & Kallioniemi, A. (Supervisor)
2017Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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International conference on Chinese teachers internationally
Dervin, F. (Chair)
May 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Criticality in Education (Research)
Simpson, A. (Attendee) & Dervin, F. (Attendee)
31 Aug 2017 → 1 Sept 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Internationalization Symposium set for May 18
12/05/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media