Field of work
Associate Professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)- Campus Sogndal- HVL Business School
Section for Legal and Social Studies
Work Experience: Associate Professor Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences 2015-2017.
Associate Professor Development Studies Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 2010-2014.
Associate Professor Spanish, The Artic University of Norway -Campus Alta 2007-2010 Education: Teacher Education-University of Oslo 2016
Ph.D Social Anthropology Center for Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) 2006 Cand.Polit-Political Science University of Oslo 1993
Research interests: Education for Sustainable Development. BRICS. Comparative and International Education Civil Society and Social Movements. Migration. Democracy and Citizenship. Political Ecology. Latin American Politics. International Relations. Technology and Innovation.
Courses taught
- Teacher Education
- Human Geography
- Social Sciences
- International Relations
- Sustainable Mobility
- Social Anthropology
- Social Work
- Development Studies/ Global history
- Examen Facultatum
- Comparative Politics
- Political Science
- Spanish
Research areas
- Bolivia
- Ecuador
- Mexico
- Social Movements and Civil Society
- Indigenous rights
- Teacher Education
- Chile
- Development
- Legal Anthropology
- Political Ecology
- Brazil
- Comparative and international education
- South Africa
- Sustainable Mobility
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Rumania
Research groups
- Diversity in Education ( Dive)
- The Norwegian Association of Latin American Studi
- Political Ecology Network ( POLLEN)
- COMPARE - Comparative perspectives in education in Southern Africa and Northern Europe
- Education for Sustainability
- Nordic Place Research
- SA206, Culture, Identity and Global Crises, Fall 2024
- SA589, Comparative Politics, Spring 2025
- SA590, International politics, Spring 2025
- SOS130, Classical Sociological Perspectives, Fall 2024