Kompetanse
Area of research intrest: Regional Industrial Development, Tourism, Innovation, entrepreneurship
Business Learning and entrepreneurial ecosystem
Teaching Experience: Management, Innovation, Tourism Management, Organizational Theory,
Organizational Psychology, entrepreneurship, scientific methods, Industrial
Development, Service management, Business Finance
CV
Work experience
2026
Vice dean, School of Business University of South Eastern Norway
2023
Associate Professor, School of Business University of South Eastern Norway
2022-2023
Sabbatical
2021-2022
Associate Professor/Director with responsible for external relations at the School of Business University of South Eastern Norway
2018 - 2021
Head of Department of Business, Strategy and Political Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway
2019-2020
Head of EVU/EMM at the Business School, USN
2016- 2018
Head of research group Industrial management at HSN (University College of Southeast Norway
2012 - 2020
Chairman of the Board BN Bygg AS
2012- 2015
Director of Centre of Tourism Management, BVUC (Buskerud and Vestfold University College)
2011-2012
Member of the Board Nore and Uvdal Industrial Company
2008-2009
Chairman of Hokksund Town Council
2007- 2008
Deputy Chairman of Hokksund Town Council
2003-2006
Chairman of Ethnic Music Club
2003
Associate Professor at BUC
2002-2003
Board member of Ethnic Music Club
1999-2003
Assistant Professor, BUC
1998- 2000
Senior Planner, deputy manager of Memento Advertising Agency
1992
Personally owned consultancy company
1993 - 1998
Assistant Professor, Buskerud and Vestfold University College
Education
2014
Philosophiae Doctor
2008
- Participating researcher. Conversation and knowledge creation through the qualitative methods. Phd course at UMB
- Experience of Nature, use of the environment and Second Homes
2005
- Brand Management, Phd course at the Norwegian School of Economics
- Research design and methodology choice, Phd course at the Norwegian School of Economics
- Testing causal models, Decision models in marketing Phd course at the Norwegian School of Economics
2001- 2003
- Immaterial rights, Master’s Degree Course Product development, Master’s Degree Course
- Intra/ entrepreneurship, Master’s Degree Course
- Innovation Technology, Master’s Degree Course
- Total Quality Management, Master’s Degree Course
1997 - 1998
Quantitative Methods, Phd course at the University of Michigan
- Organization Theory, Phd course, University of Oslo
- Qualitative methods, Phd course, University of Oslo
1993
- Major in Business Finance, The National Teacher Training College for Commercial Subjects
- Minor Course in Social Pedagogy University of Oslo
1991
Bachelor’s Degree (candidata magisteri) from the University of Trondheim
Research projects:
2025
Head of project RIØM Sparebankstiftelsen
2024-2025
Head of project SUBBIL, Energy, Clima and environment, USN intern
2014 -2016
Head of project VRI 3- Regional Innovation in Tourism, Health, and High-tec Industry, The Research Council of Norway
2013- 2013
Head of project: Second Home owners value creation in Sigdal Municipality
2012 - 2013
Head of project: Guest Satisfaction at Destination Norefjell
2012 -2016
Head of project: Tourism monitoring, The Oslofjord Funding, BFK, IN
2011 - 2013
Deputy Head of project VRI 2- Tourism at Hemsedal, the Research Council of Norway
2010 - 2011
Head of Pilot project – Development of Tourism Monitoring, the Oslofjord Funding
2010 - 2010
Head of project –Second Home Tourism in Buskerud and the value creation?
2009-2011
Research within the VERDI project, EU project
2008 - 2010
Deputy Head of project VRI 1 –Tourism, the Research Council of Norway
1994 -2008
Head of project and associate member of various research projects, partly reflected in publications