Academic Interests
- Behavioral Learning Disorders
- Comparative and International Studies on Education
- Special Needs Education
- Sociology of Education
- Phenomenology
Behavioral Learning Disorders include: The Body and Learning, Skill Knowledge (from novice to expert), Sociology of Education, Self-concept and Disruptive Behavior in Schools.
Background
Higher education
1994
Dr. Scient. (PhD) in Special Needs Education. Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Norway. Dissertation: The Body in Special Needs Education. An empirical and theoretical study of adapted physical activity and self-concept for pupils with physical disabilities (Published in Norwegian only).
Employment history
2014-
Project Scientist. Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
2007-2016
Head of master’s program, SPED4300 – Social and Emotional Difficulties
2011-2015
Head of research group “Disruptive Behavior in Schools”, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Norway
2013-
Special Advisor at Peder Sather Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2006-
Professor, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Norway
2006
Guest Professor, University of Virginia, USA
2006-
Leader of the student exchange program between the Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Oslo, Norway and the University of California.
2002-2012
Head of Academic Board. Berkeley Center, USA
2006-2012
Head of the project on the establishment of Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley.
2004-2005
Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley.
1996-2006
Associate Professor, The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
2001
Guest Professor, University of Linköping, Sweden
1993-1996
Head of Research and Development, The National Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Department of Special Needs Education, UiO
1989-1993
Research Fellow, University of Oslo
Board member
2002-2012
Head of Academic Board, Berkeley Center, USA
2014-2018
Member of Scholarship Committee, Norway-America Association (NORAM)
2004-2006
Head of Erasmus Mundus' Master Program. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
2003-2006
Member of Consortium for Erasmus Mundus Program, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
Researcher profile
Interview with the Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo.