2024 (Sept.) - Post.doc research fellow, Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder.
2023 (Nov.) - Affiliated researcher, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.
2024 (May-Aug) - Post.doc researcher, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University.
2019-2023 - Assistant Professor and Programleader, University of the Faroe Islands
2018-2019 – Lecturer and Programleader, University of the Faroe Islands
2018 Ph.D. in political science, dual degree from Department of Political Science, Aarhus University & University of Faroe Islands.
2005 MSc in political science/Cand.scient.pol, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.
2020-2025 Research grant from Carlsbergfondet, follow link * | Carlsbergfondet
2019 Researcher travel grant for Arctic Circle, Ministry for Education and Research, Denmark.
2015 Ph.D. research grant, Research Council Faroe Islands.
ECPR General Conference, University College, Dublin 12-15 August 2024.
ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Vienna, Vienna 6-8 July 2023.
ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Sciences Po, Paris, 30 June – 2 July 2022.
Nordic State Audit Seminar, Faroe Islands, May 12, 2022.
Danish Political Science Association, Vejle, 28-29 oct., 2021.
Nordic Political Science Association (NoPSA), virtual, August 2021.
ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, virtual, 1-2 July 2021.
ECPR joint sessions, Transnational Parliamentarism, virtual, 17-28 May 2021.
Perspectives on Self-government: Åland, Grönland och Färöarna, Hanaholmen, Esbo, Finland, 25 August, 2021.
Danish Political Science Association, virtual panel, October 2020.
Danish Political Science Association, Vejle, 24-25 October, 2019.
Arctic Circle, 12 October, 2019.
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, USA, April 2018.
Danish Political Science Association, Vejle, October 2016
Research seminar (host): Parliaments – across and within. University of the Faroe Islands, May 6-7, 2022. Funded by Carlsbergfondet.
Research project meeting, self-government in the Arctic, Quèbec, Canada, November 2021. Funded by the Danish Research Council.
Research project meeting, self-government in the Arctic, Nuuk, Greenland, August 2022. Funded by the Danish Research Council.
Research project, book meeting, How Self-government works in Northern Europe, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, 9–10 September, 2022. Funded by the Finnish Political Science Association.
Workshop (host), Gateway to the Arctic VII, jointly organised by the AWI Climate Office, the Research Initiative for Regional Climate Change REKLIM (Germany), the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) (France), and the University of Faroe Island, 25-27 February, 2020.
Frequent participation in Faroese media, especially public service station (KVF), and several times in Danish public service media (DR) and Ritzau, and on occasion also in Danish newspapers: Politiken and Jyllands-Posten. Additionally for Altinget, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH in Copenhagen, and Le Monde Diplomatique.
2023- 2024 Head of section, Center for vocational training.
2013-2015 Teacher and examiner, University of the Faroe Island and Upper secondary school, Hoydalar, Faroe Islands
2012-2013 Head of department, Social Services, Faroe Islands
2011-2012 Head of Section/Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs, Faroe Islands
2010-2011 Adviser/analyst for the House of Industry, Faroe Islands
2005-2010 Head of Section/Adviser, Ministry of Social Affairs, Faroe Islands
2002-2004 Research assistant for expert group established by the North Atlantic parliamentary group in the Folketing
2002-2003 Research assistant for the Regional Research Centre (Faroe Islands)