Henrika Florén

From Learner to Professional: Transpositioning, Multimodality, and Critical Interactional Competence. Dr David Wei Dai and Dr Simin Ren, UCL Institute of Education. Today 7 November 2025 12.00-1.30 pm (London time) Via Zoom. Please register via: forms.office.com/e/TgBhFdLdMU

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Thank you and see you soon again! I hope you get some well deserved rest Janina.

Groningen at night. Lights and reflections in a window.

Dachshund on a lead.

From Groningen and the #12ICOM conference, organised by Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social and her team, to the quiet at home. It's a privilege to meet and discuss with other #multimodal researchers across the world. Then, a walk in the woods with my dog and time to reflect provides balance.

What a busy week! But I'm back to 30 min of running/walking in the morning and that feels good even if I'm out of shape.

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For those who might be interested: Call for Challenge-led, interdisciplinary projects. UCL GrandChallenges @ucl.ac.uk #AcademicSky #research
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Thank you!

I write and I write. I've restructured chapter 7 and reframed chapter 8. It's like domino. You change one thing and all the rest moves (or falls). How I wish I could have done a PhD by publication, if only because you cannot be asked to reframe what has already been published. #PhDlife #AcademicSky

The never ending story of my doctoral thesis writing continues. I'll just go on and work but I do wish there was an end in sight.

This week I've given presentations on AI in HE, and been evacuated from a train, amongst other things. But summer is here and the birds are singing.

White flowers on moss

Back from London the woods are more fabulous than ever.

Two dogs in the woods

Back to work and #research tomorrow but I've had some glorious days off. Nature, my dogs and time outdoors balance that other key part of my life which is my work and research @ioe.bsky.social

I've been focusing on getting my #PhD thesis document in shape for a full read by my supervisors @ioe.bsky.social. Now things feel strange - a mix of being adrift and on holiday. I've slept longer, minded my chickens, walked the dogs, normal non-writing-at-all-hours things. #AcademicSky #PhDlife

I'm still writing but spring comes anyway with promise and cherry flowers and busy bees and nesting birds.

There is still time to join us if you are interested in #Multimodality. Registration is open until one hour before the event forms.office.com/e/5MqF2qW0WV

This was interesting: "Generative AI Turns Bloom’s Taxonomy Upside-Down: Implications for Creativity and Learning (by Michele Galla, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis)

"an intelligence defined by paradox"
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Organisational Semiotics in Visual Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Join us for an inspiring talk with Prof Theo van Leeuwen! 9 May 2025 at 1-2.30 pm CEST. Online (link upon registration)
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Organisational Semiotics in Visual Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health Professor Theo Van Leeuwen in the Multimodality Talks Series – Conversations with Multimodality.

Don't miss the #Multimodality Talk this Friday 9 May online at noon London time (or 1 pm CET): Organisational Semiotics in Visual Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health with prof Theo van Leeuwen. There is still space to sign up. Registration via link, below. #AcademicSky #MultimodalSky

Exciting news! Prof Theo van Leeuwen's #Multimodality Talk on "Sexual and reproductive health promotion – an organizational semiotic approach". 9 May, 12-1.30 London time. It's online, free and all interested are welcome. #AcademicSky #ResearchSky

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The time it takes to #write and #rewrite a research monography is extensive (understatement), and you sit, sit, sit on a chair all day. So, in between stretches of writing I made some plum and rhubarb jam. The writing is slow but I feel good about the jam. #AcadmicSky #PhDlife @ioe.bsky.social

Thank you. No specific style but I like colour.

In between polishing and proofreading my thesis text I made a cake. I feel quite proud. #phdlife #AcademicSky

New Chapter – Social Semiotics and Multimodality

This chapter, for the forthcomming 3rd edition of the Elsevier Encyclopeida of Linguistics, is now availalbe online (ref doi-link in referece) Abstract Multimodal Social Semiotics (MMSS), as the conjunction of Social Semiotics and multimodality,…

Social Semiotics and Multimodality Multimodal Social Semiotics (MMSS), as the conjunction of Social Semiotics and multimodality, forms a comprehensive theoretical framework for understa…

For those interested in #multimodality, our article for the forthcoming 3rd Ed of the Elsevier Encyclopedia in Linguistics is available online. @sophiadiamantop.bsky.social #multimodality #AcademicSky

I have company when I write. That is, I sit on a hard chair and stare at a screen and type. Harry cuddles in an armchair nearby

Colour ... I like colour

It's today and registration is open until 1 before the event. Come join us for an interesting Multimodality Talk with Dr Polina Mesinioti at 12 (London)/ 1pm (Stockholm). Registration link below

Have you registered? It's tomorrow but there's still space to join. It's free and online but requires registration (see link below). This Multimodality Talk is hosted by the Unit of Teaching and Learning at Karolinska Institutet @ki.se #multimodality #MedEd #research