Welcome. 

I am Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, where I am PI of the ERC Starting Grant project ResilienceBuilding: Social Resilience, Gendered Dynamics, and Local Peace in Protracted Conflicts. 

My research focuses on gender, peace and security; gender, climate crisis and social resilience; communal violence and civil wars; and civilian agency, local peace building and peace processes.  

I completed my PhD in Political Science/International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute (2013). I was previously an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam and have held visiting positions at the Hertie School in Berlin, King’s College London, Yale University, and Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta.