Peter Wikström
Research
I am Associate Professor of English Linguistics, specialized in discourse analysis applied to digital, online, and social media environments.Ìý I am a member of KuFoÌýthe Research Group for Culture Studies, one of ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s prioritized research groups.
In the period 2020–2024,ÌýI am principalÌýinvestigator ofÌýtheÌýprojectÌýNon-apologies: The reception of public apologies in mediated interaction in the era of #MeToo, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Reg no P19-0213:1). The project is conducted together with Erica Sandlund, andÌýhosted by the Department of Language, Literature, and Intercultural Studies. (Project website)
Further in 2020–2024, I am project researcher inÌýThe Swedish r-word: Uses and negotiations of the terms race and racism in contemporary Swedish online andÌýsocial media discourse, funded by the Swedish Research Council (Reg noÌý2019-03291). The principal investigator is Tobias Hübinette, and the project is hosted by the KuFo, the Research Group for Culture Studies. (Project website)
In 2019,ÌýI was postdoctoral researcherÌýat the Department of Educational Studies at ¹û¶³´«Ã½.ÌýMy postdoctoral project focusedÌýon the in-class but off-taskÌýuse of Snapchat by students among Swedish upper-secondary school students. The project wasÌýconducted in collaboration withÌýLinked ClassroomsÌýand results are forthcoming.
In 2017, I defended myÌýdoctoral dissertationÌýi tweet like i talk: Aspects of speech and writing on Twitter. The project considers various aspects of 'spokenness' in the use of written English on Twitter, centered on the question of what spokenness may actually come to mean, how orality can be remediated, in a digital writing space. The dissertation comprises case studies investigating the communicative functions of hashtags, various functional and formal aspects of the use of conversational reported speech, and normative aspects of how Twitter users themselves construe 'talk-likeness' on Twitter.
Other research projects I have been involved in have centeredÌýin studying the relationship between SLA and extramural activities involving English, such as playing video games (with Pia Sundqvist),Ìýhigh stakes oral examinations in L2 English learning in Sweden (Testing Talk; Swedish Research CouncilÌýReg no 2012-4129; project leader Erica Sandlund), popular music discourses (a KuFo project), and the discursive construction ofÌýpolitical correctnessÌý(with several KuFo scholars). I have also recently been research assistant in theÌýLund University-based projectÌýMultiLingual SpacesÌý(VetenskapsrÃ¥det Dnr. 2016-03469; project leader Marie Källkvist, Lund University). More informationÌý.
Teaching
Starting in 2024, I serve as Director of Studies for English, Spanish, and Intercultural Studies, at the Department of Language, Literature and Intercultural Studies. During this period, I teach mainly advanced level courses in English linguistics, in our MA program. My courses tend to center applied linguistic perspectives, discourse analytic methods, and media and social media language as empirical materials. My main profile courses are ENAS05 Language and social media, and ENAS08 Critical approaches to language and discourse.
Publications
- Tobias Hübinette, Peter Wikström, 2024
- Peter Wikström, Susanne Duek, Marie Nilsberth, Christina Olin-Scheller, 2024
- Tobias Hübinette, Catrin Lundström, Peter Wikström, 2023
- Tobias Hübinette, Peter Wikström, 2023
- Tobias Hübinette, Catrin Lundström, Peter Wikström, 2023
- Peter Wikström, Tobias Hübinette, 2023
- Tobias Hübinette, Catrin Lundström, Peter Wikström, 2023
- Editor, 2023
- Tobias Hübinette, Peter Wikström, 2023
- Peter Wikström, Tobias Hübinette, 2023
- Peter Wikström, Marie Nilsberth, 2022
- Tobias Hübinette, Peter Wikström, Johan Samuelsson, 2022
- Peter Wikström, Tobias Hübinette, 2021
- Christina Olin-Scheller, Marie Tanner, Stig-Börje Asplund, Janne Kontio, Peter Wikström, 2021
- Peter Wikström, 2019
- Peter Wikström, 2019
- Peter Wikström, 2018
- Erik van Ooijen, Peter Wikström, 2018
- Pia Sundqvist, Peter Wikström, Erica Sandlund, Lina Nyroos, 2018
- D. O'Reilly, Pia Sundqvist, Peter Wikström, Erica Sandlund, Lina Nyroos, 2018
- Peter Wikström, Erica Sandlund, 2018
- Peter Wikström, 2017
- Editor, 2016
- Peter Wikström, 2016
- Peter Wikström, 2016
- Peter Wikström, 2016
- Peter Wikström, 2016
- Peter Wikström, 2015
- Pia Sundqvist, Peter Wikström, 2015
- Peter Wikström, 2014
- Peter Wikström, 2014
- Peter Wikström, 2014
- Pia Sundqvist, Erica Sandlund, Lina Nyroos, Peter Wikström, 2013
- Pia Sundqvist, Peter Wikström, 2013
- Pia Sundqvist, Peter Wikström, 2012