Dr. Stellan Petersson

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Stellan Petersson is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, primarily focusing on semantics and its interplay with context dependence, as well as theories of communication within philosophy and cognitive science. He obtained his PhD in theoretical philosophy in 2019 with a dissertation exploring truth-conditional pragmatics and indexicalism. Petersson has developed formal semantic analyses addressing context-dependent aspects of language, including noun and adjective phrases. His ongoing research includes work on tense and aspect in Swedish languages and lexicography concerning emotive meaning in controversial words. He has been active in the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology, teaching subjects such as rhetoric and discourse analysis while also contributing to the department as an environmental sustainability representative.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Gothenburg

Master Program
Requirements
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:18
Reading
Required:18
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree (180 credits) with a major in Political Science English 6/English B from Swedish upper secondary school
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate and transcripts
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Identification document
  • Statement of Intent (if applicable for specific tracks)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Department of Political Science; focus on International Administration and Global Governance (IAGG).