Academic background

• Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo (since 2025)
• Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo (since 2019)
• Fulbright Scholar, at Harvard University & Woodrow Wilson Center (2021-2022)
• Associate Professor, Oslo New University College (responsible for course ‘Geopolitics in the Arctic’) (Since 2018)
• PhD International Relations, University of British Columbia (UBC) (2015-2019)
• Visiting researcher, Brenn School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California Santa Barbara (2019)
• Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo (2017-2019)
• Program Coordinator and Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), Oslo (2014-2017)
• M.Sc. European Politics and International Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2009-2010)
• Bachelor Political Economy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (2006-2009)

Professional experience

• Research Director Marine and Polar Issues, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (since 2025)
• Senior Advisor, High North Center, Nord University Business School, Bodø (part time), (since 2015)
• Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC (since 2021)
• Senior Fellow, The Arctic Institute, Washington DC (since 2011)
• Acting Director, North Norway European Office, Brussels (2013)
• Advisor, North Norway European Office, Brussels (2010-2014)
• Visiting research fellow, Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program, Toronto (2013)
• Research intern, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC (2011)