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Person behind the research: language researcher Jelske Dijkstra

Person behind the research: language researcher Jelske Dijkstra

Person behind the research: language researcher Jelske Dijkstra

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Jelske Dijkstra (1979) stuurt internationale projecten aan bij Mercator Europees Kenniscentrum voor Meertaligheid en Taalleren, onderdeel van de Fryske Akademy. Ook doet ze onderzoek naar taaloverdracht onder Friese ouders en begeleidt ze wetenschappers bij hun promotie. ,,Just dy ôfwikseling fyn ik hearlik.”

This is how language researcher Jelske Dijkstra is introduced. It is the sixth article in a series of 12: the Fryske Akademy and the daily newspaper Friesch Dagblad are working together in 2025 to put the people behind science in the spotlight.

For what do scientists do all day, and, better still, why do they do what they do? Where does that passion for the Frisian language and culture actually come from? Every month in 2025, in the Wykein supplement of the Friesch Dagblad, you can read more about what drives our colleagues and why they put their working lives at the service of Frisistics.

The interview with Jelske can be read on the Friesch Dagblad website (login required).

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