Communication in STEM

The research field

The research group Communication in STEM investigates the communicative skills that STEM students and employees need in their studies and work. The group is inspired in its research by subjects and areas such as rhetoric, professional language and terminology, technical communication, and intercultural communication.

Much of the work is practice-oriented and focuses on effective ways to teach and learn language and communicative skills specific to STEM.

Based on KTH's language policy, we aim to promote linguistic diversity within academia and in the workplace. To achieve this, we work in multiple languages besides English and support their use in STEM-related academic and professional contexts.

Examples of recent or current projects

• Studies within COIL , internationalisation at home, and virtual mobility
• Studies within intercultural competence  and Case Method
• Studies and a book  on effective scientific writing
• KTH Guide to Scientific Writing in English
• A progressive framework of communication skills  and a catalogue of communication activities  for student engineers

Visiting research fellow in Language and Communication

Sal Consoli  is a visiting research fellow in Language and Communication with affiliation at Moray School of Education at the University of Edinburgh . He brings expertise in practitioner research to support staff in Language and Communication to develop a range of projects on topics including Swedish as a foreign language, literature on sustainability, inclusivity, intercultural communication, the KTH guide to scientific writing, and critical and ethical use of AI tools.

Contact

If you are interested, want to know more or want to contribute, contact Ida Pinho, pinho@kth.se