Academic interests
Professor in media innovations at the University of Oslo and Chief Scientist at SINTEF Digital. I focuses on the use, motivations, and societal impact of generative artificial intelligence technologies, including chatbots and large language models like ChatGPT and Bard.
I am currently the project leader for "An-AI-Powered Society" and "The AI Democracy Research Group". Two research initiatives examining how generative AI influences free speech and democracy in society.
Courses taught
JOUR4200 - Journalistikkforskning: Teoretiske perspektiver (Master) 2019
MEVIT3350/4350 - Media and Politics 2018
MEVIT4311 - Media Innovations and generative AI (Master), 2019, 2021, 2023
MEVIT1300 - Journalistikk, makt og mediebruk 2019
MEVIT2113 - Politisk kommunikasjon, Spring 2021 and 2022 (Bachelor)
Background
Recently been featured among the world's top 2% scientists list, according to a Standford University study.
Worked on various projects (e.g. SocialHealthBots, REVEAL, CitiSense, EuKidsOnline, i2i, Citizen Media) and for a range of European companies, including several international collaborations.
Visiting scholar: New York University in 2010.
Education: Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies, University of Oslo (2012) and M.Sc. in Psychology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2000).
Master of management program in Innovation Management in a Global Business Perspective, Norwegian Business School (2014).
Awards
- CHI 2021 Award: The SIGCHI “Best of CHI” awards honor the top 5% of conference submissions. ACM-press. May 8-13, 2021 Online Virtual Conference
(originally Yokohama, Japan) - Awarded as the Conference Best Paper: The International Symposium on Media Innovations. April 24-25, 2014. Oslo.
- Awarded as one of 10 top articles from the 10 years of The International Journal of Web Based Communities. (Tenth-anniversary issue).
- Awarded as the Conference Best Paper: The IADIS International conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media. July 19-21, 2014, Lisbon.
- Awarded as the Conference Best Paper: The IADIS International Conference on Web-Based Communities. July 09-10, 2008, Amsterdam.
Appointments
- 2023-2024: Member of National AI-expert group, Norwegian Research Council.
- 2022-2023: Expert panel member Swedish Research Council
- 2021-2022: Expert panel member Starting Grant 2021 Evaluation (ERC-2021-StG), European Research Council
- 2018-present: Editorial board Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- 2018-present: Director of the Centre for Research on Media Innovations (CRMI) (IMK, UiO)
- 2019-2023: Research director - Department of Media and Communication, UiO
- 2020-2023: PhD-leader - Department of Media and Communication, UiO
- 2017-2025: Deputy member of Personvernsnemda (Privacy tribunal). Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
- 2018-2020: Editorial board Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift
- 2016-2017: Member of the National working group on Open Access to Research. Ministry of Education and Research
- 2016-2020: Advisory board on gender balance in science. The Norwegian Research Council
Positions held
- Professor in Media Innovations at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway.
- Chief Scientist at SINTEF, Sustainable Communication Technologies (in Oslo, Norway).