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 → …Keywords
- 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.
Publications 2004 2019
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
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
Impostures interculturelles
Dervin, F., 1 Jan 2012, Paris: L'Harmattan. 137 p. (Logiques sociales)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Johdanto uuteen kulttuurienväliseen viestintään ja kasvatukseen
Dervin, F. & Keihäs, L., 2013, Turku: FERA Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura. 160 p. (Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia; no. 63)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 2009 2019
Cost Action CA15130 Study Abroad Research in European Perspective (SAREP)
31/12/2014 → 01/12/2019
Project: Research project
Holocaust education research project
Malama (former Matilainen), M., Dervin, F., Kallioniemi, A. & Salmenkivi, E.
01/12/2012 → …
Project: Research project
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.
Project: Research project
Prizes
Appointed Adjunct Professor with the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia
Fred Dervin (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Appointed Distinguished Professor in education and linguistics
Fred Dervin (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), UK
Fred Dervin (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2006 2019
Languages and internationalization in higher education
Deborah Clarke (Speaker: Presenter), Frederic Dervin (Speaker: Presenter)25 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Schools: Studies in Education (Journal)
Fred Dervin (Reviewer)2017 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
Main supervisor
Fred Dervin (Supervisor)2017 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
International conference on Chinese teachers internationally
Fred Dervin (Chair)May 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Criticality in Education (Research)
Ashley Simpson (Attendee), Frederic Dervin (Attendee)31 Aug 2017 → 1 Sep 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
Finnish educators keynote speakers at symposium ‘Living and Learning on the Border’ set for this Saturday
01/02/2016
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Article on book with Laura Keihäs in Finnish
01/01/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media