Academic background

• Full research professor competence (2008)
• PhD, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science (1999 )
• Master, Political Science - international relations, University of Oslo (1991)
• Polish history, culture and language. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (1984-1985)
   

Professional experience

• Leader of several national and international research projects (since 1999)
• Member of the Research Council of Norway’s advisory board for Horizon 2020 (climate, environment, natural resources, and raw materials (2016–2021)
• Visiting researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-2007)
• Leiv Eriksson scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (2006-2007)
• Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2003-2006)
• Programme director - European Policy, at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2000-2003).
• Staff representative, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1995-1997).
• Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (1994-1998).
• Researcher at the Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (part time, 1994-1996)
• Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment (part time, 1991-1992).
• Journalist in the magazine ‘Nature and Environment’. Friends of the Earth Norway (freelance, 1988-1994).