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Dr. Sune Vork Steffensen (Ph.D. 2007, Aarhus University) is Professor of Language, Interaction, and Cognition at the University of Southern Denmark and serves as Chair of the Humanities at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. His research explores the complex interplay between human cognition and language, specifically how thinking and speaking mediate interactions between individuals, groups, and societies with their social and material environments.
As an internationally recognized leader in ecolinguistics, Dr. Steffensen has developed a highly transdisciplinary approach that integrates radical embodied and distributed cognitive science, ecological and dialogical linguistics, and Marxist anthropology. His significant contributions to radical embodied cognitive science focus on language's role in human thinking and the application of qualitative methodologies—particularly cognitive ethnography and cognitive event analysis—to understand cognitive dynamics between human agents and their social and material environment.
Dr. Steffensen's scholarly portfolio includes six edited volumes and over 80 articles and book chapters. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Language Sciences.
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, Ph.D., The grammatical subject, Aarhus University
Award Date: 1. Feb 2007
Current external positions
Guest Professor, Southwest University
1. Dec 2022 → …
Keywords
- Language and Thinking
- Humanities
- Language and Society
- Philosophy of the Humanities
- Philosophy and Cognition
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Research output
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Language as an Ecological Phenomenon: Languaging and Bioecologies in Human-Environment Relationships
Steffensen, S. V. (Editor), Döring, M. (Editor) & Cowley, S. J. (Editor), 2024, Bloomsbury Academic. 260 p. (Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics).Research output: Book/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Surveying ecolinguistics
Steffensen, S. V., Apr 2025, In: Journal of World Languages. 11, 1, p. 1-49Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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On the demarcation of ecolinguistics
Steffensen, S. V., 1. Dec 2024, In: Journal of World Languages. 10, 3, p. 499-527Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ecolinguistics: The state of the art and future horizons
Steffensen, S. V. & Fill, A., 2014, In: Language Sciences. 41A, p. 6-25Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ecolinguistics and Emplacement: Language, Languaging and Place
Cowley, S. J. (Editor), Döring, M. (Editor) & Steffensen, S. V. (Editor), 2025, New York: Taylor & Francis. 222 p.Research output: Book/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Time and Temporality in Languaging
Steffensen, S. V. (Guest lecturer)
1. Dec 2020Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
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Languaging, Embodiment and Cognition
Steffensen, S. V. (Organizer)
Nov 2019Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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4th International Conference on Ecolinguistics
Steffensen, S. V. (Chairman)
12. Aug 2019 → 15. Aug 2019Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Cognitive processes in embodied interaction: the case for Cognitive Event Analysis
Trasmundi, S. B. (Speaker) & Steffensen, S. V. (Speaker)
1. Mar 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Cognitive processes in embodied interaction: the case for Cognitive Event Analysis
Steffensen, S. V. (Lecturer) & Trasmundi, S. B. (Lecturer)
Mar 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
Projects
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EPICLE: The Ecology of Psychotherapy - Integrating Cognition, Language and Emotion / Funded by VELUX fonden
Steffensen, S. V. (PI), Jensen, T. W. (PI), Philipsen, J. S. (Co-PI), Trasmundi, S. B. (Co-PI) & Worsøe, L. B. (Co-PI)
01/02/2016 → 31/01/2021
Project: Research
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Farmers' pasts and futures in Europe: Memory, subjectivity and resistance
Askegaard, S. T. (Project participant) & Steffensen, S. V. (Project participant)
01/04/2024 → 30/04/2025
Project: Research
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SimLEARN: SimLEARN: Reducing adverse events through transfer of interprofessional skills
Abildgren, L. (PhD student), Lebahn-Hadidi, M. (PhD student), Hounsgaard, L. (Supervisor), Steffensen, S. V. (Co-supervisor), Toft, P. (Co-supervisor), Mogensen, C. B. (Co-supervisor) & Frandsen, T. F. (Co-supervisor)
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2024
Project: PhD Project
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3KO: Kommunikation, kognition og kompetenceudvikling i sundhedsvæsenet
Schwalbe, D. M. (Project participant), Steffensen, S. V. (Project manager), Gregersen, T. A. (Project participant), Timmermann, C. (Project participant) & Ammentorp, J. (Project manager)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Det stod ikke skrevet i folkeskolens karakterbøger, at Peter Borberg skulle blive akademiker og forfatter
18/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Det stod ikke skrevet i folkeskolens karakterbøger, at Peter Borberg skulle blive akademiker og forfatter. Nu fylder han 50
17/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Det stod ikke skrevet i folkeskolens karakterbøger, at Peter Borberg skulle blive akademiker og forfatter. Nu fylder han 50
17/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Prizes
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SCC Fast track - uddelingsrunde april 2024
Askegaard, S. T. (Recipient) & Steffensen, S. V. (Recipient), 1. Apr 2024
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Grant from the Carlsberg Foundation
Steffensen, S. V. (Recipient), 2018
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Grant from the NORDEA Foundation
Steffensen, S. V. (Recipient), 2016
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HUM-SEED grant from the Faculty of Humanities, University of Southern Denmark
Steffensen, S. V. (Recipient), Jun 2014
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Grant from Hans Christian Andersen Academy Visiting Professorial Fellowship
Steffensen, S. V. (Recipient), May 2013
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Teaching & Supervision
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Interaction and Cognition in Organizations
Simonsen, L. M. & Steffensen, S. V. 12/03/2019 → 12/03/2019
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Kommunikations- og videnskabsteori
Steffensen, S. V. & Trasmundi, S. B. 03/02/2017 → 15/12/2017
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Interaktivitet og Kognition i Organisationer
Steffensen, S. V. & Philipsen, J. S. 01/02/2016 → …
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching