Biography 个人简介
Alin Olteanu is an established researcher in semiotics, broadly. He is a leading scholar in semiotic approaches to education and literacies. He has a vast international experience, having conducted research projects at several universities and published prolifically on topics such as education, literacy, ulticulturalism, cognition and technology.
Currently, he is particularly interested in how ongoing digitalization is extending cognition, pluralizing social representation modalities and producing new imaginaries.
Alin is the book reviews editor of the journal Social Semiotics (Taylor & Francis) and vice-editor of the book series Numanities – Arts and Humanities in Progress (Springer). He reviews for many journals in the areas of semiotics, linguistics and education.
Besides, Alin is treasurer of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics and organizational assistant of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies.
During 2022-2024 he served as the representative for Germany on the Executive Committee of the International Association for International Association for Semiotic Studies.
