Current positions:

Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Social Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University (since 2021)

Adjunct Research Professor, Arena - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (since 2021)

Previous positions:

Associate Professor, School of Business, Faculty of Social Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University (2019-2021)

Adjunct Senior Researcher, Arena - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (2019-2021)

Senior Researcher, Arena - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (2008-2019)

Education:

Cand.polit (M.Phil) (University of Oslo)

PhD (European University Institute)

Academic interests and background:

I am a political scientist with an interest in public policy, political theory, migration policy, europeanization and the EU. I have published extensively on issues such as European citizenship, EU integration, European crises, citizen deliberation and Norwegian and European migration policy. In addition, I pursue more general interests in political theory focusing on citizenship politics, as well as qualitative methods and process tracing.

I have worked on these and related issues since my PhD which I did in Department of Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute - under the guidance of Prof. Friedrich Kratochwil. Central to my work has been the conviction that normative debates on citizenship - both national and European - are better off when informed by the practices of citizenship. A testament to this common thread in my work is the continued discussion of such issues visible in my latest book Challenging European Citizenship (co-authored with Agustín José Menéndez) which was published by Palgrave in 2020.

I am member of the Research Group in Public Administration at Oslo Metropolitan University, focusing on the role of citizenship in public administration, the interlinkages between migration policy and integration policy from a transnational perspective, and the democratic implications of digital platforms in local politics. In my research position at Arena, University of Oslo, I cooperate internationally with a research team analyzing the place of minority groups in public space, from the vantage point of different normative theories of minority integration.

PhD:

Prospective PhD students can contact me related to topics such as citizenship politics and the public sector, rights issues and a digital public sector, citizenship theory and politics, free movement, migration and EU integration.

Full CV available upon request.