Bernanke got the most laughs – humour reveals leadership style in central banking
In meetings at the US central bank, laughter is not just atmosphere – it is a signal. A new study shows how humour is linked to leadership style.
Associate Professor Christian Langerfeld
- Christian.Langerfeld@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 92 35
- Department
- Professional and Intercultural Communication
- Office
- D207
- Expertise
- Professional communication Corpus analysis Natural language processing digital humanities
bIOGRAPHY
Christian Langerfeld is an Associate Professor of Digital Text Analysis at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). His research centers on professional and specialized communication, employing corpus linguistics and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to analyze textual data from business-related domains.
Recently, he has focused on examining meeting transcripts of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), exploring the roles of humor and interruptions in meeting interactions.
He has held his current position since 2022 and earned his PhD from the University of Bergen.
Areas of expertise (Norwegian):
Fagkommunikasjon, Metaforer i fagspråk, Korpusanalyser, Juridisk språk
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Andersen, Gisle; Langerfeld, Christian | Humour and laughter as indicators of meeting leadership style in FOMC meetings | Discourse Studies; 2024 |
| Langerfeld, Christian; Andersen, Gisle | The Dynamics of Turn-taking in Meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee | FACHSPRACHE Volume 45 (3-4); page 187 - 210; 2023 |
| Simonnæs, Ingrid; Langerfeld, Christian; Roald, Jan; Sandvei, Beate | Teaching legal translation in Norway - JurDist: an online course | Terminology Science and Research - Journal of the International Institute of Terminology Research Volume 25; page 28 - 39; 2015 |
TEACHING AREAS
German language and society