My research interests are social and cultural analysis between Pierre Bourdieu and Ernesto Laclau (mostly with attention to nationalism and sports in physical education and in the mediatisation of large sporting events), the subject of knowledge and education, particularly in the tradition after Freud and in the philosophy of Wolfgang Schirmacher, and readings of art and literature from a philosophical and social perspective, including poetry (Ulven, Miłosz) and film (Bergman) and deliberations on creativity, reason and silence.

Experience

• Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa, Gdańsk (2022-2023): Adjunct Lecturer in English and Linguistics.

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Thank you. I really enjoyed your lectures (they were one of my favourites) and I appreciate the opportunity I had, to learn with your help.

• University of Gdańsk (2013-2016): Visiting Lecturer in Scandinavian Studies.
• Roehampton University (2004): Visiting Lecturer in Sports Studies.
• University of kwaZulu/Natal (1998-2001): Adjunct Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies.
• University of Minnesota (1995-1997): Adjunct Teacher in Scandinavian Studies.
• Various public schools in and around Oslo (2002-2012): Teacher, languages and social science.
• Dagbladet, daily newspaper (1993-2000): Journalist in the news and entertainment sections.

Education

• PhD (Media Philosophy): European Graduate School, 2017.

Dissertation: “Perversion’s Beyond: life with mediatization,”supervised by Prof. Wolfgang Schirmacher.

Committee members:

Prof. Catherine Malabou (University of London, UK)

Prof. Sharif Abdunnur (Yeditepe University, Turkey)

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• PhD (Cultural Theory): University of Roehampton, 2012.

Dissertation: “Signifying the Body: sport, nation and the cultural analysis of P. Bourdieu,” directed and supervised by Prof. Stephen Wagg.

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• MA (Scandinavian Studies and English): University of Minnesota, 1997.
• Cand.mag. (BA): University of Oslo and Tromsø, 1994.
• PPU (Practical Pedagogical Education): University of Oslo, 2011.

Memberships

• British Philosophy of Sport Association.
• International Society for Research on Solitude.
• Association for Cultural Studies.
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS).

Service

• Inscriptions, a peer-reviewed journal for contemporary thought on philosophy, psycho-analysis, and the arts, Editor-in-Chief (2018 to present).

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Thanks so much. Working with Inscriptions has been a tremendous pleasure.

• Conference organiser for the Ereignis Conference, Beyond dualism (2023), Kierkegaard: Acts of philosophy (2022) and Event and Becoming (2021).

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Thank you for a conference that more than met all expectations, both in terms of organization and content. All the talks were at a really high professional level. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s the best I’ve experienced for the last many years.

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