Ulla Sivunen

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Ulla Sivunen is a Finnish Deaf academic currently pursuing doctoral research in applied linguistics and inclusive education at the University of Jyväskylä. Her work focuses on media use, multiliteracies, linguistic agency, and accessibility among young deaf and hard-of-hearing people in digital environments.

Quick Facts

Ulla Sivunen

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Status	Active
Personal Information
Birth Date	1979-01-01
Birth Place	Finland
Residence	Finland
Academic Background
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h-index (Sc)	n/d
Fields	Education, Accessibility, Applied Linguistics
Affiliation	University of Jyväskylä
Academic Profiles
Website	University of Jyväskylä
ORCID iD	0000-0003-2480-9798
ResearchGate	Ulla-Sivunen
Academia	UllaSivunen
Social Media
Instagram	@ullas_phd_notes
Facebook	@Ulla-Sivunen

(GS) = Google Scholar ● (Sc) = Scopus ● Last update: 2025-08-07

Early Education and Academic Background

Ulla Sivunen completed a Master of Education in Class Teacher Education at the University of Jyväskylä between August 2001 and June 2006. Later, she earned a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the same university, studying from August 2019 to June 2021^[1].

Doctoral Research and Academic Position

Following her master’s studies, Sivunen became a doctoral researcher at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Jyväskylä. She holds a post-graduate study right and works as a grant researcher within the Faculty of Education and Psychology^[2]. Her doctoral project, known as "Project VIKHMOT", is conducted under the Language Campus of the university^[2][3].

She served as a visiting scholar at SIGNS@HWU, a research cluster at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, during January and February 2025^[4].

Research Interests

Sivunen’s research spans applied linguistics, inclusive education, media education, media studies, technology-mediated communication and learning, accessibility, interpreting, equality, identity, language ideologies, and human rights^[4]. She is particularly interested in exploring multiliteracies and linguistic agency among deaf and hard-of-hearing youth in digital and media environments^[3][4][5].

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1. ResearchGate. (n.d.). Ulla Sivunen – Doctoral researcher at University of Jyväskylä.
2. University of Jyväskylä. (n.d.). Ulla Sivunen – Grant researcher, post-graduate study right.
3. Sivunen, U. (2025). Lived experiences of language use and (in) accessibility among multilingual deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents and young people in technology-enhanced learning in Finland. Deafness & Education International, 1-27.
4. Heriot-Watt University (SIGNS@HWU). (2025). Ulla Sivunen profile.
5. Auer, P., Bruwer, B.J., February, P., Festa, F., and Sivunen, U. (2025, February 17). Enhancing Minority Languages for Inclusion. All Means All! - OpenTextbook for Diversity in Education. https://book.all-means-all.education/ama-2025-en/chapter/minority-languages/