Jieun Kiaer is YBM KF Professor of Korean Linguistics at the University of Oxford.

Her research focuses on Korean and East Asian linguistics, with particular interests in multilingualism, pragmatics, translanguaging, and the language of Hallyu (the Korean Wave). She explores how language, culture, and technology move across borders, and how language learning can empower young people.

She is also a novelist and poet. Her works include Seoul Mothers (2025) and the bilingual poetry collection Have You Had Your Rice? (2025). Alongside her linguistic project, she is also currently working on a Leverhulme-funded documentary on the haeneyo with the film maker CW Winter.

Research Interests
Her research centres on Korean and East Asian linguistics, with a particular focus on Hallyu (the Korean Wave), multilingualism, translanguaging, and translingual lexical interaction. Her work engages with pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and language ideologies, and examines the interplay between language, culture, and technology, including AI, digital communication, and language education in global contexts.

Further details are available at: https://www.ames.ox.ac.uk/people/jieun-kiaer