Cathrine Thorleifsson is driven by teaching and mentoring students. She has developed a new subject at SAI, which she will be teaching in the autumn. On the research side, she is examining how democracies can be strengthened and authoritarian forces prevented.
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Christopher Rettedal Fardan is inspired by his colleagues at C-REX and is in the process of publishing a book based on his award-winning doctoral thesis.
Nantje Fischer believes she has the dream job as the head of the CENSE research center and an associate professor in health psychology.
– Researching sexuality - a topic that fascinates most people - really energizes me!
As the newly appointed director of ARENA, Pernille Rieker has ambitions for the center’s researchers to become even more active in the public debate about Europe’s future. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in the mountains or on the golf course.
Starting a new job is always a bit overwhelming, but fortunately, Maria Gulseth Berge feels confident in the fields she will be working with as the careers coordinator at the Faculty of Social Sciences: "I’m looking forward to what’s next!"