Dr Jeff Bezemer

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Senior Research Fellow
    • Deputy Director of MODE
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communication and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • I am an ethnographic researcher with a particular interest in learning, identity and communication. My publications deal with educational, medical and academic practice in a changing social, technological and representational landscape.
  • Teaching:
    • I am Co-Investigator on a number of research methods training and capacity building programmes funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. They include
      - Multimodal Methodologies for Researching Digital Data and Environments (MODE): A node of the National Centre for Research Methods (2011-2014) [www.ncrm.ac.uk/research]
      - Ethnography, Language and Communication: A Researcher Development Initiative (2007-2009) [www.rdi-elc.org.uk]
  • Research Projects:
    • I am Principal/Co-Investigator on a number of research projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. They include
      - Transient Teams in the Operating Theatre (2012-2013)
      - Digital Technologies in the Operating Theatre (2011-2014)
      - Gains and Losses: Changes in Knowledge, Representation and Pedagogy (2007-2009) [http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-062-23-0224/read]
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Phil Jones: The Bones of the Book (London College of Communication)
  • Professional Activities:
    • I am Convener of the Linguistic Ethnography Forum, a Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics [www.uklef.net], and review editor of Visual Communication [http://vcj.sagepub.com/]
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Miami, 2010;
      International Symposium on the School Textbook, Kongju, Korea, 2008;
      American Educational Research Association, New York, 2008;
      International Conference on Learning, Johannesburg, 2007
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Netherlands – multilingualism and education
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Dutch (fluent)
      French (basic)
      German (basic)
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Culture, Communication and Media
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • 3rd Floor, London Knowledge Lab
    23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • Bezemer, J., Cope., A., Kress, G. and Kneebone, R. (2011) '"Do You Have Another Johan?" Negotiating Meaning in the Operating Theatre. ', Applied Linguistics Review 2, 313-334.
  • Bezemer, J., Murtagh, G., Cope., A., Kress, G. and Kneebone, R. (2011) '"Scissors, Please" The Practical Accomplishment of Surgical Work in the Operating Theatre.', Symbolic Interaction 34, 3, 398 - 414.
  • Bezemer, J. & D. Mavers (2011) 'Multimodal Transcription as Academic Practice: A Social Semiotic Perspective. ', International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14, 3, 191 - 207.
  • Bezemer, J. & C. Jewitt (2010) Multimodal Analysis: Key issues. In: L. Litosseliti (ed), Research Methods in Linguistics. . London: Continuum.
  • Bezemer, J. & G. Kress (2009) 'Visualizing English: A Social Semiotic History of a School Subject. ', Visual Communication 8, 247 - 262.
  • Bezemer, J. & G. Kress (2008) 'Writing in Multimodal Texts: a Social Semiotic Account of Designs for Learning. ', Written Communication 25, 2, 166 - 195.
  • Bezemer, J (2008) 'Displaying Orientation in the Classroom: Students' Multimodal Responses to Teacher Instructions. ', Linguistics and Education 19, 2, 166-178.
  • Bezemer, J. (2007) ''They don't have that feeling'. The attribution of linguistic resources to multilingual students in a primary school', Linguistics and Education 18, 1, 65 - 78.