Academic interests
- The audit society and power dynamics of care
- Qualifying for professional careers
- Disease prestige and informal priority settings
- Qualitative research designs and research ethics
Courses taught
I teach courses at postgraduate level in power dynamics of care, theories of health and illness, shifting knowledge regimes, qualitative research design and research methods, as well as research ethics.
Background
- Elected as Associate Dean of studies, Faculty of Medicine, 2011-2014
- Professor in Health Sciences, University of Oslo (from 2005)
- PhD in Social/Educational science from University of Oslo, 1994
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Ballarat, Australia (2004-2006)
- Registered nurse in 1979 and Graduate Diploma in Anaesthetic Nursing 1981
- Program manager for the Master Program in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 2003-2009
Awards
The Department of Health Sciences was awarded (2011) the Ministry for Education and Research award for top quality education.
Positions held
- Leader of the research group for medical humanities
- Board member of the inter facultary network PluRel (Religion in Pluralist Societies), University of Oslo
- Board member of Centre for Gender Research
- Board member for the Norwegian Research Council’s program in psychiatry (2011- )
- Board member for The Faculty of Social Sciences (1989-1992)
Collaboration
Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne University, Australia
Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, related to the project "Disease prestige and informal priority settings. A collaborative case study of brain diseases". Funded by the Norwegian Research Council
As an adjunct professor at the Centre for the Studies of the professions, Oslo University College I do research related to the project: "Qualifying for professional careers". Funded by the Norwegian Research Council.