Johanna Laakso

Current position:

Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Vienna

Address:

EVSL Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Campus AAKH
Spitalgasse 2-4 Hof 7
A-1090 Wien
Austria
phone: (+43 1) 4277 43019
email: johanna.laakso@univie.ac.at

Education, Professional Experience Record:

October 2000-to date: Professor of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Vienna
1997: Docent of Finno-Ugric language studies, University of Helsinki
1990: Ph.D., University of Helsinki
1987-2000: Research assistant (1990, 1991-1992 deputy professor), Institute for Finno-Ugric Studies of the University of Helsinki
1986-1987: Research assistant, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
1986: Studies in Estonia (Pedagogical University of Tallinn; Institute of Language and Literature [now: Institute of the Estonian Language])
1984-1985: Studies in Hungary (ELTE, Budapest)
1979-1985: Finno-Ugric Studies, Finnic languages and general linguistics at the University of Helsinki

Member of professional bodies:

Member of the International Organizing Committee of the Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum
Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Coresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Member of the Editorial Board: Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, WEB-FU, Keel ja Kirjandus
Member of the International Council of the Institute of the Estonian Language
Member of linguistic societies, including the Finno-Ugrian Society, Societas Uralo-Altaica, Association for Linguistic Typology
Organiser of 8 symposia between 2000 and 2008

Further scholarly activities