Mari Elken

Academic Interests

• Quality in higher education
• Qualifications frameworks
• Governance, policy and organization of higher education

Background

• 2019 – t.d.  Associate Professor II at LINK/IPED University of Oslo
• 2016 – t.d.Senior researcher at NIFU
• 2016 PhD, Educational Science at University of Oslo
• 2013 – 2016 Researcher at NIFU  
• 2009 – 2013 Research fellow at University of Oslo 
• 2008 MPhil in Higher Education at University of Oslo         
• 2006 – 2008 Research assistant at University of Oslo        
• 2004 BA cum laude, Art teacher, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia  

Appointments

• 2018 – (2022) appointed member of the Young Academy of Norway, 4-year term
• 2015 – t.d. deputy head of research (higher education) at NIFU
• 2018 – t.d.      member of editorial board for European Educational Research Journal
• 2017 – t.d.      member of editorial board for Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
• 2014 – 2017   member of the Board of governors at the European Consortium for Higher Education Research (CHER), 4-year term.