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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

Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2008 – 2010.

Lecturer, “KULT2203 – Signs and Objects“, NTNU, 2003 – 2008.

Freelance Web Designer, 2000-2007.

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

Program Committee Chair, International Conference for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) Annual Conference, Turku, Finland, 2010.

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, Sweden.

Postdoctoral Grant Reviewer, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap).

Regional representative for the Nordic and Baltic Countries on the European Society for Environmental History Board.

Program Committee Member, International Conference for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) Annual Conference, Victoria, Canada, 2008 and Budapest, Hungary, 2009.

List Editor, H-Sci-Med-Tech. International scholarly discussion list.

Arranger, Miljø og kultur (Environment and Culture) interdisciplinary seminar series, NTNU.

Member, The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize Committee, Society for the History of Technology. Chair of committee in 2009.

Referee for various publications.

  • Article, Technology and Culture, 2008.
  • Article, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2008.
  • Article, Environment and History, 2008.
  • Chapter, Amelien and Krogh (eds.) Den kultiverte maten: En bok om norsk mat og matkultur (Oslo: Fagbokforlaget, 2007).
  • Book, Døssland and Løseth, Havfiskeflåten i Møre og Romsdal og Trøndelag, bind 1. Mot fjernare farvatn 1860-1960 (Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2006).
  • Book, Bjarnar, Berge, and Melle, Havfiskeflåten i Møre og Romsdal og Trøndelag, bind 2. Fra fri fisker til regulert spesialist 1960-2006 (Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2006).

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

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.

Mass Media Appearances

Interview, “Toppseilas på grønn bølge,” in Universitetsavisa, January 7, 2008.

Interview, “Best på miljø når det er lettvint og lønnsomt,” in Adresseavisen, November 19, 2007.

Interview, “Flintstekens apostler” in Kommunikasjon, No 3, 2006.

Interview, “Ryddetrenden kommer” in Aftenposten (National newspaper), December 27, 2004.

Debate with Erling Dokk Holm concerning Guest Editorial (see Publications), Dagsnytt 18, NRK P2 (National news radio program), June 10, 2004.

Interview, “Trøndernes forbruksvaner”, NRK Midtnytt (Regional news TV program), February 27, 2004.

Interview, “Unyansert syn på forbruk”, in Under Dusken, (Regional magazine), April 22, 2002.

Interview, “Jeg handler, altså er jeg”, in Adresseavisen (Regional newspaper), February 15, 2001.