Jamie Rinder

My work combines teaching, practice-based research, and international collaboration to strengthen both language proficiency and multilingual awareness among students and staff.

I am a co-founder of the Global Engineers Languages and Skills (GELS) network, where I have led the development of the GELS framework of engineering communication skills and acatalogue of communication activities. These resources are free, language neutral, and designed to improve the quality of engineering communication in any language. I have introduced these resources through workshops at KTH and at universities across Europe and Japan, helping to promote both specialist language development and multilingual education.

At KTH, I teach English for academic and professional purposes and have also trained staff in English for specific purposes. In the classroom, I encourage course participants to reflect on how academic communication functions across languages and cultures, supporting linguistic diversity and raising awareness of how English works as a lingua franca in STEM. I am also a tutor at KTH's Centre for Academic Writing and Rhetoric (CAS), where I support students to communicate their knowledge and ideas effectively in English.

Together with colleagues Jane Bottomley and Susanna Zeitler Lyne, I initiated and have created the KTH Guide to scientific writing, which is a key resource for raising awareness about scientific writing and improving language quality at KTH and beyond. I have presented the Guide at KTH events, international conferences, and universities in the UK, France, Finland, Lithuania, Italy, and Japan.

KTH courses in English for academic and professional purposes

KTH Centre of Academic Writing and Rhetoric

KTH Guide to scientific writing

Global Engineers Languages and Skills (GELS) network

A catalogue of teaching and learning activities for engineering communication (GELS network)