Nominators
- Cecilie Nordfeldt, PhD Research Fellow, SV
- Cicilie-Merethe Fagerlid, PhD Research Fellow, SV
- Aina L. Hagen, PhD Research Fellow, SV
- Ida Erstad, PhD Research Fellow, SV
Election statement
Temporary faculty members are a large and diverse constituency at the University of Oslo. It is therefore important that we use our opportunity to influence the direction of the university. As your representative on the University Board, I wish to represent a clear and consistent voice that safeguards our interests in the best possible way.
It is my concern that the temporary staff are recognised and treated as members of the faculty, and I will work for improved integration of the temporary staff in the existing scientific communities. I will work for an increased awareness regarding the use of temporary employment at the university, for predictable conditions during the term of employment, and for improved opportunities to plan future career trajectories. I will work to implement less time consuming and more transparent recruitment and hiring procedures, as well as improved routines concerning the defence of doctoral dissertations. I will fight for the university as a diverse and heterogeneous institution, where research, teaching, and dissemination are the primary objectives, and there is space and scope for different roles and career paths. I believe our opportunities to develop our competence and fulfil our potential are not best served by a narrow professionalization, where only measurable outputs and publication points count.
As a representative on the university board, I will draw on my diverse experience as a temporary member of scientific staff at the Norwegian Research Council, the Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU), the Nordic Africa Institute, and the University of Oslo. My experience as a board member of the Africa Network Norway will also be an asset. At all these institutions, I have been an active member of the research community, who has worked constructively with the management and administration to further our interest in the best possible way. I appreciate the prospect of pursuing this work in new ways at the University of Oslo.
Background
- Born 1971
- B.A., University of Oslo 1996
- Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford 1998
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford 2003
- PhD Research Fellow, Norwegian Research Council 2000-2002
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, NTNU 2004-2006
- Nordic Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute 2006-2010
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UiO 2010 –
- Board Member, Africa Network Norway 2005-2010