Area of responsibility

Kristin has been the director for Kilden genderresearch.no since since 1. February 2024. 

Education and expertise

Kristin completed her PhD in medical anthropology at the University of Oslo in 2017. In her thesis, she interviewed Scandinavian expectant parents of children born to surrogacy and surrogate mothers from India. She has also held a postdoctoral position at UiO, where she continued her research on assisted reproduction in a project on so-called social egg freezing among women in Norway. Kristin also has experience as a researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, where she has researched local prevention work against radicalization and violent extremism, especially administered by the police. Kristin has previously worked for Kilden genderresearch.no as a science journalist, and has also been a journalist and shift editor at the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen.

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Area of responsibility

Kristine is our communications adviser and responsible for our social media channels. She is also responsible for raising awareness of what we do here at Kilden, for example our events and our publications.

Education and expertise

Kristine has a master's degree in political science from the University of Oslo. Her background is from organisation work in civil society, and she has extensive ecperience from communication work in the gender equality field. 

Area of responsibility

Susanne is a science journalist and editor-in-chief of Kilden’s news magazine. She also teaches courses in research dissemination and organises conferences and seminars. 

Education and expertise

Susanne has a second degree (hovedfag) in literature studies from the University of Oslo, and she wrote her thesis on Per Olof Enquist’s novel Captain Nemo’s library. She has several years’ experience of journalism, both as a freelance journalist and from the Norwegian Nurses Organisation's journal Sykepleien.

Area of responsibility

Kristin is the web editor of Kifinfo.no, which entails responsibility for the operation, content and development of the website's Norwegian and English versions. Kifinfo.no is an assignment we carry out on behalf of the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (the KIF Committee). Kilden also has social media accounts related to our work on the kifinfo.no website, and Kristin is responsible for those as well.

Education and expertise

Kristin has a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Oslo, where she wrote her thesis on perceptions of equality among people of Somali origin in Norway. Her work experience includes a period as a research assistant at the University of Oslo and as an employee in the public administration, including working with refugees. Kristin has long experience of online dissemination. She has worked on gender balance and diversity in research for years and knows the research system well.

Area of responsibility

Vibeke works on the website Kifinfo.no, which is an assignment we carry out on behalf of the Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research (the KIF Committee). She is also responsible for the operation and content of the website eeagender.org, which is an assignment for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

Education and expertise

Vibeke has a master's degree in social anthropology from the University of Oslo, where she wrote her thesis on young women from minority backgrounds and higher education choices. Her background includes experience as a minority counsellor and senior adviser in the Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and as an information officer for the NGO Dråpen i Havet. 

Area of responsibility

Trine conducts research reviews in various formats, such as scoping reviews and policy briefs. She also has the scientific responsibility for the website kvinnehistorie.no (in Norwegian only). Trine gives many lectures on gender equality and teaches courses in gender perspectives in research, in addition to organising conferences and seminars.

Education and expertise

Trine has a PhD in history from the University of Oslo, where she specialised in the history of the women's movement. Before joining us here at Kilden, she held a teaching and research position at the University of Oslo's Centre for Gender Research.

Area of responsibility

Elin is our web editor and responsible for updating and developing our website. She is also the editorial secretary of the Journal of Gender Research and takes part in our work with research reviews, in addition to performing administrative duties.

Education and expertise

Elin has a PhD from the Centre for Gender Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where she wrote her thesis on rhetoric in feminist philosophy. Her background includes experience as a science journalist and adviser in the Norwegian Association of Researchers.

Area of responsibility

Hanne is a science journalist and writes articles for Kilden’s news magazine. She is also in charge of the english version of the news magazine, and for the publication section.

Education and expertise

Hanne has a master’s degree in the history of religion from the University of Oslo.

Area of responsibility

Simon works primarily with Kilden's assignments and contributes to our work with research reviews. He also writes articles for our news magazine.

Education and expertise

Simon has a master’s degree in history from the University of Oslo. In his master thesis, he explored the world of homosexual "cruising" in New York in the period 1945-1982. His work experience includes a period as a research assistant at the same university, and as a freelance journalist for the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen and Kilden's news magazine.