CV

A brief CV of Jussi Ylikoski

Nationality, ethnicity and language
1974– Finnish
 

Degrees

2009__________ Ph.D., Saami Language, U. of Oulu, Finland
1999 M.A., Finno-Ugric Languages, U. of Turku, Finland
1998 B.A., Finnish Language, U. of Turku, Finland
 

Current employments

9/2022– Full Professor of Finno-Ugric Languages, U. of Turku, Finland
8/2017–7/2027 Adjunct Professor of Saami Language (20%), Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Guovdageaidnu, Norway
and also Father of five, husband of one
 

Previous employments

7/2017–8/2022 Full Professor of Saami Language, Giellagas Institute for Saami Studies, U. of Oulu, Finland
1/2014–6/2017 Full Professor of Indigenous Languages, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
9/2012–12/2013 Full Professor of Saami language, Sámi University College, Guovdageaidnu, Norway
8/2011–9/2012 Associate Professor of Saami language, Sámi University College
1/2009–7/2011 Postdoctoral researcher, U. of Helsinki, Finland
8/2007–12/2008 Acting University lecturer, Dept. of Finno-Ugrian Studies, U. of Helsinki
8/2004–7/2007 Researcher, Giellagas Institute for Saami Studies, U. of Oulu
1/2001–7/2004 Postgraduate student, LANGNET, the Finnish Graduate School in Linguistics, U. of Turku, Finland
 

Journal editor

2019– Editor-in-chief, Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen
2014–2017 Editor (member of the editorial board), Sámi dieđalaš áigečála
2012–2013 Editor-in-chief, Sámi dieđalaš áigečála
2011–2012 Editor (member of the editorial board), Sámi dieđalaš áigečála
2005–2012 Editor (editor-in-chief), Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne
 

Other

2005–2012, 2019– Member of the board, Finno-Ugrian Society, Helsinki
2022–2028 Member (in respect of Finland), Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Council of Europe
2023–2026 Member of the board, Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing
2023–2025 Member of the board, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
2022–2026 Principal Investigator of the Academy of Finland project “A Skolt Saami Grammar for the Skolt Saami: A Descriptive Reference Grammar of Skolt Saami”