Academic background

• Full professor competence, 2008
• Dr. Polit., University of Oslo, 1999 (political science)

Professional experience

• Visiting researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-07).
• Research Director the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2003-06).
• Programme director - European Policy, at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2000-03).
• Member of the Board and Council at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1995-97).
• Part-time employment at the Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (1994-96).
• Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (1994-98).
• Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, Department of Ocean Pollution (1991-92).
• Scholarship, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1990-91).