Research Interests
I mainly research the Arab-Israeli conflict with a focus on the various diplomatic endeavours ranging from the late 1940s up until today.
I have done research and published on various phases in this history, including:
- The UN negotiations following the 1948 war
- The Zionist movement, and later Israel's, succesful attempt to gain international recognition and UN membership
- The US lead negotiations during the late 1970s leading to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty
- The Obama era initiative to reach Israeli-Palestinian peace
- The history of US Jerusalem policy
A central focus of my research is the lack of Palestinian inclusion in these international approaches to the conflict.
Background
Working experience:
2018 - : Senior Researcher at PRIO
2016-2018: Associate Professor at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
2016 - : Editor of Store Norske Leksikon articles on the Middle East
2011-2016: PhD Candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
2011: Researcher at PRIO
2010: Board member of the Nordic Society for Middle East Studies
January 2010 -2011 : Editor, Babylon, Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier
January - May 2010: Booknote Editor, Journal of Peace Research.
2009 - 2010: Guest lecturer at the University of Oslo: "Neighbourhood Bully? The Great Powers and the Middle East Since 1945"
December 2008 - : Research Assistant for Professor Hilde Henriksen Waage
August 2008 - February 2010: Managing editor, Journal of Peace Research
May 2008 - January 2010: Managing Editor, Babylon, Nordisk Tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier
January-July 2007: Trainee at the Norwegian Embassy in Amman, Jordan.
2004 - 2007: Board member of Spire, The Development Fund Youth, a Norwegian NGO.
2003 - 2006: Assistant Editor at Solum Forlag, Solum Publishing House.
Education:
2011-2016: PhD in History at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
2006-2008: MA in History at the University of Oslo (UiO)
2002-2005: BA in History at the University of Oslo (UiO)
1999-2002: International Baccalaureate (IB), St. Stephen's School of Rome. Received the Bilingual Diploma.
Languages spoken:
Bilingual Norwegian and English.
Can speak Italian.
Basic Arabic