Bilde av Markusson, Elin Furu
Bilde av Markusson, Elin Furu
Assistant professor Department of Education elin.f.markusson@uit.no +4778450353 Alta You can find me here

Elin Furu Markusson


Job description

I teach Norwegian and language related topics in the teacher education. My research interests include topics like language and education, identity, language and affect, language ideologies and language policy.

In my research I am particularly interested in how students with the school subject Sámi as a second language experience the transition from lower secondary school to upper secondary school, in relation to their language choices and language practices.


  • Åse Mette Johansen, Elin Furu Markusson :
    'I know the world in two languages': Sámi multilingual citizenship in textbooks for the school subject Norwegian between 1997 and 2020
    2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Elin Furu Markusson :
    Dissonance between the legal and affective right to learn Sámi
    19. August 2025 ARKIV
  • Anne Randi Solbakken, Elin Furu Markusson, Lukas Espenes Kosner :
    Sámegieloahpahus Norgga oahpahusvuogádagas / Samiskopplæring i det norske utdanningssystemet
    2025 ARKIV
  • Åse Mette Johansen, Hilde Sollid, Elin Furu Markusson :
    Exploring Indigenous language education through team ethnography
    2025 ARKIV
  • Elin Furu Markusson, Åse Mette Johansen :
    Mellom inkludering og indigenisering: Framstilling av samiske språk og språkforhold i et norsklæreverk i perioden 1997–2020
    2023 ARKIV
  • Elin Furu Markusson, Åse Mette Johansen :
    «Derfor har vi lite felles å bygge på når samer og norsktalende nordmenn skal forsøke å forstå hverandres språk». En kritisk nærlesing av læreverk i norskfaget på ungdomsskoletrinnet
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 01. June 2020 ARKIV

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    Research interests

    Sociolinguistics, multilingualism, Indigenous language, language ideology, language policy, language and identity


    Member of research group / centre




    Byggetrinn 1-3 & SIVA-bygget 2010


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