There are three senior researchers linked to the ARENA centre on a part time basis.
Svein S. Andersen is a professor of Sociology at the BI - Norwegian School of Management. Andersen was joint academic director (with Johan P. Olsen) at ARENA from September 1998 to August 2000. Andersen holds a PhD from Stanford University.
Andersen has had a part time connection with ARENA since 2000.
Jeff Checkel is a professor of political science at Universitetet i Oslo. From 1998 - 2000 he was professor and senior researcher at ARENA. From 2000 he has been a professor at DEpartment of Political Science at the University of Oslo. Checkel has been Visiting Scholar and Humboldt Fellow at Universitaet Konstanz and Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh. He holds a PhD from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Agustín José Menéndez is a senior researcher at University of Leon. Menéndez was senior researcher at ARENA from 2000 - 2003, and has now a part time connection with ARENA.
Menéndes holds a PhD in law from European University Institute in Florenze.