About

I’m a maître d’enseignment et de recherche / Lehr- und Forschungsrat (‘senior lecturer’) at the Department of Multilingualism and Foreign Language Education at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. In 2024, I obtained a Bachelor’s degree in computer science at the University of Berne (thesis), where I’m currently pursuing a Master’s degree in statistics.

I’m also a saxophonist with Beat Moustache, a ska-pop band that mostly plays original songs in Bernese German, and Pädu & Mätthus belgischer Fanclub, a three-man band (Pädu on guitar/voice, Mätthu on drums/voice, and yours truly as eye-candy and for some saxophonistic and Belgian input) that plays mostly covers.

Short CV

  • 2024–…: M.Sc. Statistics and data science, University of Berne (CH)
  • 2020–2024: B.Sc. Computer science with a minor in mathematics, University of Berne (CH)
  • 2017–present: Senior lecturer, Department of Multilingualism and Foreign Language Teaching, University of Fribourg (CH)
  • 2014–2017: Lecturer, Department of Multilingualism and Foreign Language Teaching, University of Fribourg (CH)
  • 2014: Ph.D., University of Fribourg (CH)
  • 2010: Research assistant, Scandinavian Department, University of Groningen (NL)
  • 2010: M.A. European linguistics, University of Freiburg (D)
  • 2009: Internship, Scandinavian Department, University of Groningen (NL)
  • 2007: B.A. English and Swedish linguistics and literature, Ghent University (B)

Contact

University of Fribourg
Multilingualism and Foreign Language Education
Rue de Rome 1
CH-1700 Fribourg
Switzerland

jan.vanhove@unifr.ch