Languages spoken:

English, German, Norwegian, Russian

Working experience:

2007- Special Advisor on Strategy and Development, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO

2002-6: Chief Administrator, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO.

1998-2003: Project Development and Grant Specialist, PRIO

1992-98: Assistant Director, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh

1990-92: Assistant Director, International Business Center, University of Pittburgh

1988-90: Program Officer for International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1979-87: Editor/Translator, Radio Liberty Research Bulletin, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Munich

Education:

1978 MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Indiana University, USA.
1976 BA in German and Russian, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA.

1978-79 Graduate scholarship, Freie Universität Berlin
1975-76 Undergraduate scholarship, Leningrad State University
1975 Undergraduate scholarship, Universität Heidelberg