Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund University in Sweden, where she also lectured for many years. She is the author of numerous works, including "An Unconventional Lover's Poetry: Abu Nuwas: Arabic Text, Commentary and Translations", "Abu Nuwas: Selected Poems of Love, Wine and Life", "The Philosophy of Love: Bridging Western, Eastern, and Arabic Thought", "The Many Faces of Joy: Happiness in Philosophy, Religion, Literature and Art", "Lexique thématique de l'arabe pratique", "A Vocabulary of Arabic in Daily Life", "A Dictionary of Economics and Business, English - Arabic", "Arabic Love Poetry from the Desert: Majnun Leyla, Arabic Text, Commentary and Translations", "Arabic Proverbs and Wise Sayings", "Causes and Principles in Arabic", "A Study of Arabic Phonology", "The Basics & Intricacies of Arabic Morphology", "The Phonological Changes due to the Hamza and Weak Consonant in Arabic", "A Study of the Assimlation and Substitution in Arabic", "The Essentials of the Class of the Strong Verb in Arabic", "The Complexity of the Irregular Verbal and Nominal Forms & the Phonological Changes in Arabic", "Majnun Leyla: Poems about Passion", and "Arabic Morphology and Phonology based on the Marah". Her research and writing span both creative and scholarly works, bringing together literary sensitivity and rigorous linguistic analysis.

She has also published a few articles on Arabic linguistics in  the Journal of Arabic Linguistics (ZAL or Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik), Wiesbaden, e.g. "Conversion of the yā' into an alif in Classical Arabic", "The vowel transfer in Classical Arabic", and "Anomalous Elision and Addition of a Vowel in Classical Arabic". In addition, She wrotea lemma on sarf "morphology/phonology" to the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Volume 4 , a reference work widely consulted by specialists in the field.

Alongside her academic publications, she is the author of the poetry collections "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" and "The Invitation".