Academic background

• Political Science/International relations, PhD

Professional experience

• Director, NOREF (Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution)

• Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, USA

• Head of “Centre for Middle East and geo-politics”, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

• Project Manager, The Secretariat of the Foreign Minister, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs                       

• Senior Researcher Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

• Senior Advisor, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Peace & Reconciliation/The MFA’s “Refleksprosjekt”

• Head of NUPI’s “Hegemony-project”, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

• Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)