1997-2000:

Post-graduate degree in political science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1990-1996:

Undergraduate degree in sociology, political science and history, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2001- :

Researcher/coordinator for the Industrial Ecology Programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1999-2000:

Research assistant for the Industrial Ecology Programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1998-1999:

Assistant in an international research project, Public Participation and Environmental Science and Technology Options, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2001- :

Member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment

2001- :

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council

1995-1999:

Member of Sør-Trøndelag County Council

1991-1995:

Deputy member/member of Malvik Municipal Council

2001- :

Member of Sør-Trøndelag Socialist Left Party environmental committee

2001- :

Member of the board of Malvik Socialist Left Party

2000-2001:

Deputy chairman of Malvik Socialist Left Party

1998-2000:

Member of the Norwegian Labour Party group for technology and the environment

1995-1997, 1991-1992:

Member of the board of the Social Democratic Student Association in Trondheim

1991-1993:

Member of the board of the Sør-Trøndelag Labour Party

1991-1995, 1986-1987:

Various posts in the Norwegian Labour Youth League

1994-2001:

Member, Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the National Executive Committee of The Future in Our Hands

1994:

Chairman of the youth committee of the Nord-Trøndelag Union of Municipal Employees

1991-1992:

Chairman of the Organizing Bureau of Norwegian School Student Unions

1990-1991:

Chairman of the Sør-Trøndelag School Student Committee

1998:

Member of the board of the Centre for Environment and Development at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology