Kimmo Kosonen, Ph.D.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Education, University of Joensuu, Finland, 1998
• M.A., Education, University of Joensuu, Finland, 1992

Current positions

• Certified Senior Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL International, 2012–
• Lecturer, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2004–

• Member, UNESCO Regional Language & Education Issues Advisory Committee (now Bangkok Multilingual Education [MLE] Working Group), Thailand, 2004–

• Multilingual Education (MLE) Consultant, SIL Mainland Southeast Asia Group, 2003–

Other professional experience and service

• SIL International Literacy and Education Consultant, 2010–2011
• Consultant, Language and language-in-education policy research, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO), 2007–2009
• Consultant, “Assessment of opportunities and challenges for the implementation of mother tongue-based bilingual education (MTBBE) in Vietnam”, UNESCO-Hanoi,  2009

• Representative to United Nations agencies in Asia and the Pacific, SIL International, 2003–2007
• MLE Consultant, SIL Mainland Southeast Asia Group (MSEAG), 1997–2007
• Consultant, Language use in Southeast Asian education, UNICEF-Laos, 2003
• Senior Assistant Professor, Multicultural Education, University of Joensuu, Finland, 1996–1997
• Researcher, Department of Education, University of Joensuu, Finland, 1993–1996
• Teacher of Refugees, Joensuu and Kontiolahti, Finland, 1992–1993

• Consultant, Language policy and practice in Vietnamese education, UNICEF-Vietnam, 2004
• Literacy Specialist, SIL MSEAG, 1998–2003

• Visiting Lecturer and Consultant, Language development, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 2000–2002

Professional memberships

• Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
• Union of Education in Finland

Language proficiencies

• Finnish: ILR 5
• English: ILR
• French: ILR
• German: ILR
• Spanish: ILR
• Swedish: ILR
• Thai: ILR

Research interests

• Language-in-education and language policy
• Basic education and literacy in non-dominant languages
• Multilingual education (MLE)
• Local language development
• Planning and evaluation of rural education programs