Work experience
2010–2011 Schibsted management programme for experienced middle managers, Sweden and Norway
2008–2013 Culture and debate editor, commentator and head of department, Aftenposten daily newspaper; also research editor from 2013
2006–2008 Debate and op-ed editor, commentator and head of department, Aftenposten daily newspaper 2005 Commentator, Aftenposten daily newspaper (50% position)
2004 Acting debate and op-ed editor, Saturday columnist and acting head fiction critic, Dagbladet daily newspaper
2003–2004 Regular columnist, Morgenbladet weekly newspaper
2000–2006 Editor, Samtiden (Norwegian political and literary magazine)
1996–2000 Publishing editor, Universitetsforlaget publishing house
1989–1994 Sub-editor, UiB-Magasinet, University of Bergen
1989–1992 Journalist, Aftenposten daily newspaper, temporary appointment
1985–1989 Journalist and editor, Bergens Tidende daily newspaper, various temporary appointments

Education
2005 Dr. philos, Media Studies, University of Bergen
1996 Cand. Philol., University of Bergen.

Minor subjects:
Administration and organisation theory, basic course, University of Bergen
History of ideas, basic course, University of Oslo
Social science methodology
Mandatory introductory course in philosophy (Examen philosophicum)
Humanities examination (humanioraprøven)

Book publications in English
2007 Life with Cancer, 75^th anniversary of the Norwegian Radium Hospital, co-editor with Øyvind S. Bruland, Aschehoug forlag publishing house
1994 Wittgenstein and Norway, co-editor with Kjell S. Johannessen and Rolf Larsen, Solum Forlag publishing house

Translations
Translated two collections of essays by Georg Henrik von Wright from Swedish, and two philosophical-literary works by Ludwig Wittgenstein from German.

Publishing prizes
2010 Special Award, Norwegian Library Association
2009 Innovator of the Year, Oslo Redaktørforening (association of editors in Oslo)
2007 The Great Journalist Prize
2006 Magazine of the year (for Samtiden)
2005 The Melsom Prize, Det Norske Samlaget publishing house

Other appointments
Spring 2013 Member of the Norwegian Press Association’s review committee for the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the Norwegian text advertising code, representing the Association of Norwegian Editors
Autumn 2013 Initiator of Norsk forening for forskningsjournalistikk (Norwegian research journalism association), together with NRK and forskning.no
Board member, Norwegian Festival of Literature
Board member and member of the Advisory Board, Norwegian Polytechnic Society
Board member, Norwegian Non-fiction Writers And Translators Association
Board chair, Norsk biografisk selskap (Norwegian biographical association)
Board chair, Norwegian Association of the Periodical Press

Founding member of the latter two associations.