Responsibilities
- Part of the leadership team for USN's strategic research area Energy, Climate, and Environment
- Member of Marketing Management research group
- Principal investigator for two externally funded research projects
- Course responsible for Consumer Behavior and Experimental Design at the PhD program in Management
Competences
- Professor of Marketing
CV
HIGHER EDUCATION/OTHER TRAINING
2011: Marketing/PhD Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
1994: International Hotel and Tourism Management/MSc University of Stavanger
POSITIONS
2020 - Present: Professor of Marketing, University of South-Eastern Norway
2004-2020: Associate Professor of Marketing, University of South-Eastern Norway
1994-2004: Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Stavanger
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
2023-2026: USN Strategic research area Energy, Climate, and Environment. Member of leadership team.
2022-2024: Capture – Novel “smart bin” development for recycling. USN Project leader. Eurostars.
2022-2025: Demand effects of climate-neutral investments in cruise industry. USN project leader. Regional Research Funds
2019-2024: Tour Packaging for Festivals and Events. Researcher. Norwegian Research Council2013-2016: REISEPOL. Leader WP 4. Norwegian Research Council
2012-2016: Buskerud Fylkeskommune – Norsk reiselivsmonitor – Leader WP 2 - Oslofjordfondet
2014-2016: VRI3 Buskerud. Researcher. Norwegian Research Council
2011-2013: VRI2 Buskerud. Researcher. Norwegian Research Council
EXPERIENCE FROM NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION/NETWORKING
2023: Visiting Professor Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
2022-present: National representative, EMAC (European Marketing Academy)
2008-2009: Visiting Scholar University of Colorado, Boulder USA
2008-present: Member of International Competence Network for Tourism Research. A research network with partners from universities around the world
1992-1993: Visiting Master student, Cornell University, School of Hotel Management
OTHER MERITS
Supervision of students
50+ Bachelor students
4 Master's students
6 PhD students
Other relevant professional experiences
2024: Member of university appointed peer-review committee for periodic evaluation of Master in Service Leadership, University of Stavanger.
2024: PhD evaluation committee for Mohammad Zarei, Norwegian School of Economics
2024: PhD evaluation committee for Z Luyt, North-Western University, SA. External Examiner.
2023: PhD evaluation committee for P Ndebele, North-Western University, SA. External Examiner.
2021: Project leader, development of PhD Management, USN School of Business
2020: Member of NOKUT appointed expert committee, accreditation of Master of Science program in Marketing Management, Høgskolen Kristiania.
2020: Member of university appointed peer-review committee for periodic evaluation of Bachelor in Hotel Management, University of Stavanger.
2020: Member of university-appointed committee to assess and evaluate USNs PhD Programs.
2019: Member of university appointed expert committee for accreditation of PhD program in Social sciences, University of Stavanger.
2019: Phd evaluation committee for Nhat Quang Le, Norwegian School of Economics.
2019: PhD evaluation committee for May Irene Furenes, University of Stavanger.
2019: PhD evaluation committee for Afra Koulai, USN.
2018 - present: Member of editorial review board, Journal of Consumer Marketing
2016: Member of university appointed expert committee for accreditation of Bachelor in Business administration, Høgskolen Kristiania.
2011: Member of NOKUT appointed expert committee, accreditation of Master of management program in Consumer behavior, Høgskolen Kristiania.