CV
For publications and talks, see separate pages.
Education
PhD Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (History of Business, Technology, and the Environment), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2007. Dissertation: “The infrastructure of everyday environmentalism. Tomra and the reverse vending machine, 1970-2000.” Advisor: Prof. Per Østby.
Cand.Philol. (M.A.) History (Technology) Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2001. Thesis: Tidens krav. Framveksten av det vitenskapelige husstellet i Norge, 1900 – 1940. Directed by Prof. Per Østby. (On the emerging discourse of scientific management of housekeeping and the home in Norway, 1900 – 1940)
Cand.Mag. (B.A.) Major in History; Minors in Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1999.
Academic Work Experience
Associate Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical, Philosophical, and Religions Studies, Umeå Universitet, Sweden. 2010-
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2008 – 2011.
Lecturer, “KULT2203 – Signs and Objects“, NTNU, 2003 – 2008.
Freelance Web Designer, 2000 – 2010.
Research fellow (PhD grant), Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2004 – 2007.
Visiting Research Assistant, Department of Science, Technology and Society, University of Virginia / Committee on the History of Environment and Technology (CHET), Fall 2005 & Spring 2006.
Researcher on the project “Risk and Safety in the Transport Sector“, NTNU/SINTEF, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004.
Research Assistant, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, Fall 2003.
Lecturer, Introductory Course in the History of Technology, NTNU, Fall 2002.
Research Assistant, Internet History in Norway, NTNU, Spring 2002.
Lecturer, Examen Philosophicum (Obligatory Introductory Course in Philosophy), “Technology and Science in Use”, NTNU, Spring 2001.
Teaching Assistant, Examen Philosophicum, NTNU, Fall 1999, Spring & Fall 2000.
Freelance Book Editor, Department of Philosophy, NTNU, 1999-2000.
Assistant Editor, Trondheim Series in History, Norwegian Civil Service, 1997.
Academic Service
Co-convener, “Environmental History as a Taught Discipline.” Third NEHN workshop, Roskilde, spring 2011. With Bo Poulsen (Roskilde University Center).
Co-convener, “The Future of Environmental History in the Nordic Countries.” Fourth NEHN workshop, Turku, August 2011. With Jaana Laine (Helsinki University).
Executive Council Member, Society for the History of Technology, 2010-2012.
Co-convener, “Bringing STS into Environmental History.” International workshop, Trondheim, August 2010. With Dolly Jørgensen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Sara Pritchard (Cornell University).
Co-convener, “Environmental Histories of the North: Landscapes, Voices, Traditions.” Second NEHN workshop, Stockholm, October 2010. With Sverker Sörlin (Royal Institute of Technology).
Referee, “Counter Nature(s): Revising Nature in an Era of Environmental Crisis.” Interdisciplinary Symposium arranged by Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES), Uppsala University, November 2009.
Convener, “Institutionalizing Environmental History in the Nordic Countries.” First NEHN workshop, Trondheim, November 2009.
Reviewer of research project proposal, Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, Sweden, 2009.
Regional representative for the Nordic Countries, European Society for Environmental History, 2009-present.
Board Member, European Society for Environmental History, 2009-present.
Founder and director, Nordic Environmental History Network, 2009-present.
Program Committee Member (Chair 2010), International Conference for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) Annual Conference. Victoria, Canada, 2008; Budapest, Hungary 2009; Tampere, Finland, 2010.
List Editor, H-Sci-Med-Tech. Leading international scholarly discussion list, 2008-present.
Member, The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize Committee, Society for the History of Technology, 2007-2009. Chair, 2009.
Referee for various publications: The Northern Review; Journal of Design History; Journal of Rural Studies; Historisk Tidsskrift (Sweden); Technology and Culture; Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism (review board member); Environment and History; Business History Review; Fagbokforlaget (Oslo); Tapir Akademisk Forlag (Trondheim); Rodopi (Amsterdam).
Co-organizer, 2nd Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science (WHEATS), University of Virginia
Co-organizer, €-Motion Workshop, Second Mobility Theme of Tensions of Europe, Trondheim, Norway.
Awards and Grants
“Kungens gästprofessur i miljövetenskap” to invite professor Nancy Langston (University of Wisconsin-Madison to Umeå, 2012-2013.
“Visiting professor grant,” to invite Ursula K. Heise (Stanford) to Umeå University as guest professor, 2011.
“Bringing STS into Environmental History,” Workshop funding. Research Council of Norway , Faculty of Arts, NTNU, Cornell University, Network in Canadian History of Environment. Co-applicants Dolly Jørgensen (NTNU) and Sara Pritchard (Cornell), 2010.
“Establishing Environmental History in Norway.” Network support grant, Research Council of Norway, 2010.
“Environmental Histories of the North.” Workshop funding. Network in Canadian History of Environment, 2009.
“Valuing Nature.” Grant development support. Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2009.
Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize for best first essay in history of technology, Society for the History of Technology, 2009.
Nordforsk Network Grant, Nordic Environmental History Network, 2009.
Sparebanken Midt-Norges gavefond til Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, 2008.
Research Travel Grant, Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2008.
3-year postdoctoral grant awarded by the Miljø 2015 program, The Research Council of Norway, 2008 – 2010.
1-month grant for research project development, Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2007.
SHOT International Scholar, 2005 – 2007.
Conference travel grants (SHOT Young Scholars Travel Fund Grant 2005, 2006; The Business History Conference 2006; Doing Digital History Workshop 2006, ICOHTEC 2007, ASEH 2008).
1-year grant for research stay abroad awarded by the Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2005 – 2006.
3-year PhD grant awarded by Productivity 2005, NTNU/The Research Council of Norway (2 years) and the Faculty of Arts, NTNU (1 year), 2004 – 2007.