Academic Interests
Sociology of religion, Social movements, Migration, Gender, Sociological theory, Writing and Research design
Teaching
- SOS 2700 Religious fundamentalism, extremism and violence
Higher education and employment history
- Research director Department of Sociology and Human Geography, March 2020 -
- Professor Department of Sociology and Human Geography, September 2013 -
- Associate professor Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, January-August 2013
- Interim Research Director KIFO Centre for Church Research 2012-2013
- Research Associate KIFO Centre for Church Research 1997-2013
- Adjunct Professor Norwegian School of Theology 2005-2012
- Research Associate The Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California 2002-2013
- Visiting Scholar University of California at Santa Barbara, 2000-2001, 1990-1991, 1988-1989
- Dr. polit 2000, University of Oslo
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Appointments
Editorial positions:
- Editor of Religion and Social Order book series (Brill), 2016-
- Co-editor Nordic Journal of Religion and Society (level 2) 2004-
Other appointments:
- Adjunct Professor KIFO Centre for Church Research 2013-
- President International Society for the Sociology of Religion/Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (ISSR/SISR), 2019-
- Vice-President International Society for the Sociology of Religion/Société Internationale de Sociologie des Religions (ISSR/SISR), 2015-2019
- Council member Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR), 2016 – 2018
- Vice-President International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee 22 (Sociology of religion), 2006-2014
- Board of directors The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies, 2015 – current
- Board of directors Nordic Board for Periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOP-HS), 2021 – current
- Leader of the arranging committee for the Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion (NCSR), Oslo, August 1-3, 2018
- Board of directors Ansgar Theological College 2010-2012
- Member of the arranging committee for the Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion (NCSR), Kristiansand, August 4-6 2010
- Board of directors Centre for Church Research 2002-2008
- Member of the arranging committee for the Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion (NCSR), Oslo, August 10-13 2000
Research administration and cooperation
- Co-Investigator in the research program “Nonreligion in a Complex Future” at University of Ottawa, Canada, November 2019-2025 (see https://nonreligionproject.ca). The project includes Canada, the US, the UK, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and the Nordic countries.
- Principle Investigator of the NORDCORP (NOS-HS research project “The role of religion in the public sphere. A comparative study of the five Nordic Countries” (NOREL) 2009-2014 (see www.religioninpublicsphere.no). The project cooperated with Uppsala University, Sweden, Aarhus University, Denmark, Church Research Institute, Finland, University of Iceland, and University of Agder, Norway.
- Leader of KIFO research area, “Religion in the public sphere” (ROR), 2005-2008
- Leader of the KIFO Research project “Life Stories and Worldviews” 2000-2004