Academic background

• Master of Law, Copenhagen University (1983).
  
   

Professional experience

• Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute (since 2022)
• Senior Policy Analyst, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2013-2022)
• Affiliated as researcher with The K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø, Norway. (2016 – 2020).
• Self-employed consultant (2013)
• Senior International Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Denmark (1993 – 2013, with temporary assignments in between).
• Research Fellow at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan (2008 – 2010).
• Associate Professor in International Environmental Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (2006 – 2008).
• Deputy Head of Secretariat, Danish State Railways, Denmark (1991 – 1992).
• Head of Section, Ministry of Environment, Denmark (1983 – 1991).