Education

Dr. Philos. (University of Oslo, 2002)
 
Cand Polit. (political science; University of Oslo, 1993)

MA (international journalism; City University, London, 1987)


Languages spoken

Norwegian, English, Russian, German, Spanish, Italian,
some Serbian (BCS), basic French


Work History

Dec 2011- June 2012       
Reporting Officer, UNICEF Yemen (Sana'a) 
 

2012 à
Consultant part of the Framework Agreement on Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding between the Nordic Consulting Group and NOREF (Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre) 

2009 à                 
Freelance – independent analyst and international reporter 1994-2008              

1994-2008
Researcher (Senior Researcher) at PRIO 

2008                     
OSCE long-term observer at parliamentary elections, Georgia 2008 (April-May) 

2007-2008              
Researched the projects ’Internationalized Statebuilding and Theories of Military Unit Cohesion’ (funded by the Norwegian MoD) and ’The Role of East Timor's Security Institutions in National Integration – and Disintegration’ (funded by the MFA) 

2006                      
On leave (language studies) 

2002-2005              
'Military Intervention and Post-Conflict Nation-Building', post-doctoral project (funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Defense) 

2003-2005; 2007     
Academic Coordinator, Australian National University (ANU), PRIO, and Bjørknes College joint postgraduate degree program in international relations, specialising in peace and conflict studies 

1997-2001             
'Nationalism, National Identity and the Post-Soviet Russian Military', doctoral project financed by a grant from the Norwegian Research Council, with additional project grants from Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Norwegian Foreign Ministry, NATO, and Brown University 

2000-2003              
Book review editor of Journal of Peace Research 

1999-2001              
Course Leader, six-week graduate course C-154 Peace Research, 'Armed Conflicts – Causes and Responses'. International Summer School (ISS), University of Oslo 

1997-1998              
Fulbright Research Associate, Center for Slavic and East European Studies, University of California, Berkeley 

1991-1994             
Nordisk Østforum. Editor-in-chief of quarterly Nordic journal on Russian and East European affairs.

à 1994                 
Worked as a journalist for several newspapers, including Dagens Næringsliv, Verdens Gang, and Dagbladet 


Other 

2004 à                 
Member of Utlendingsnemnda (UNE) – the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board. UNE is an independent quasi-judicial Appeals Board that handles appeals of rejections by the Directorate of Immigration pursuant to the Immigration Act 

2008, 2009             
Consultancies related to the establishment of new MA programs in Peacebuilding / Peace and Conflict Studies at the Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA., and Tischner European University in Krakow, Poland 

2005 à                 
Member of Norcap, an emergency stand-by force whose members are assigned to the United Nations and other international organizations in emergency operations 

1997 à                 
Member of Nordem, a specialty roster with assignments within the areas of human rights monitoring, election supervision/ observation and investigation of serious human rights violations