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• Sociology
• Consumer Behavior
• Food Culture
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Annechen Bahr Bugge is a sociologist and Researcher I at Consumption Research Norway (SIFO), Oslo Metropolitan University. Her work focuses on food culture, culinary heritage, and sustainable consumption patterns, with particular emphasis on Norwegian dietary traditions and their evolution from the 16th century to present day. PhD in Sociology (2005) from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Current leader of FoodStories project (2025-2028) examining Norwegian food heritage Previously led FoodLessons project (2021-2024) connecting culinary history with future food development Her research explores: dietary transitions, plant-based diets, food policy interventions, and the sociocultural dimensions of food consumption. She has published extensively on Norwegian food culture, including the book Fattigmenn, tilslørte bondepiker og rike riddere (2019) and upcoming Food Cultures of Norway: Cuisines, Customs, and Issues (2025, co-authored with Henry Notaker). Recent publications focus on: food heritage revitalization, sustainable diets, retail interventions for healthier choices, and digital marketing influences on youth consumption patterns. Her work combines historical analysis with contemporary food challenges to inform future sustainable food systems. For a complete overview of her research and publications, see her Cristin profile: Cristin Profile

Marcelo Javier Cardenas ToledoView profile

Researcher

• Sustainable Consumer Behavior
• Circular Economy
• Environmental Sustainability
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Marcelo Javier Cardenas Toledo is a Research Assistant at the University of Agder (Norway) and a PhD candidate under a Cotutelle agreement with RMIT University (Australia). His research focuses on circular economy practices and their impact on consumer food waste engagement, sustainable consumer behavior, and organizational sustainability transitions. Education: Master of Environment from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor’s in Marketing from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Magna Cum Laude). He has taught in Australia and Ecuador, including as a sessional lecturer at RMIT’s School of Media and Communication. Research Interests: Circular Economy applications, sustainable business practices, and CSR. His work has been published in journals like Journal of Cleaner Production and Psychology & Marketing , earning a Best Paper Award at INEKA 2019. Labs/Teams: Affiliated with research groups at UiA. No grants or specific labs mentioned, but collaborates across institutions under Cotutelle.

• Wireless Communications
• Machine Learning
• Digital Twins
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Pierluigi Salvo Rossi is a Professor at the Department of Electronic Systems , Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( NTNU ), with additional roles as Deputy Head of Department (since 2021) and Deputy Manager at the Center for Green Shift in the Built Environment (since 2022). He also serves as a part-time Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy's Gas Technology department. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy (2005) Dr.Eng. (cum laude) in Telecommunications Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy (2002) Research Interests span Wireless Communications , Digital Twins , Machine Learning , and Statistical Signal Processing , focusing on applications like Industrial IoT , Fault Detection , and Energy Systems . His recent Publications highlight trends in Federated Learning , Graph Signal Processing , and Multi-Sensor Anomaly Detection across domains from Natural Gas Pipelines to Subsea Leakages . Scientific Awards include: Exemplary Senior Editor, IEEE Communications Letters (2018) Department Ambassador, NTNU (2016) IEEE Senior Member (since 2011) Professional Roles encompass editorial leadership (e.g., IEEE Sensors Journal) and conference organization (e.g., General Chair for IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, 2022). He leads major funded research projects like PREFERENCE (RCN, 2023-2027) and AUTOSHIP (RCN, 2020-2028).

• Wildlife Ecology
• Large Mammal Conservation
• Human-Wildlife Conflict
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Martin Mayer serves as Associate Professor at the University of Inland Norway within the Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology and the Department of Forestry and Outback Studies. Based at the Evenstad study location, his research focuses on large mammal ecology in human-dominated landscapes across Scandinavia and Europe. His primary research interests center on Wildlife Ecology and Large Mammal Conservation , with particular emphasis on human-wildlife conflict resolution, road ecology, and carnivore management. Mayer investigates how species like moose, deer, and beavers adapt to anthropogenic landscapes through habitat selection, movement patterns, and population dynamics. His work integrates cutting-edge methodologies including GPS telemetry, drone surveillance, and citizen science data to address conservation challenges in agricultural and urban settings. Analysis of Mayer's recent publications reveals strong trends in using roadkill data for population monitoring, examining spatial constraints on wildlife movement, and developing mitigation strategies for human-wildlife conflicts. His research increasingly incorporates cross-border European perspectives on wildlife management while maintaining a strong foundation in Scandinavian field ecology. Mayer actively contributes to the LARGE research group (ecology of large animals), which conducts field studies on ungulate behavior, predator-prey dynamics, and landscape-scale conservation planning in Norway's boreal ecosystems.

Hans Jonas Fossum MoenView profile

Associate Professor

• Autonomous Systems
• Sensor Technologies
• Robotics
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Hans Jonas Fossum Moen is an Associate Professor with a 20% appointment at the Department of Technology Systems, University of Oslo (UiO), and holds a 100% position as a researcher at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). His primary affiliation is with the Section for Autonomous Systems and Sensor Technologies. He is based at the Kjeller campus, with a visiting address at Gunnar Randers Road 19 and a postal address at Postboks 70. His research focuses on advancing autonomous systems and sensor technologies, particularly in the domains of swarm robotics, multi-agent coordination, and optimization algorithms. Key areas include UAV navigation, distributed localization in IoT networks, radar detection enhancement, and adaptive control systems for multi-functional swarms. He emphasizes the integration of biological principles into robotic systems, as evidenced by his participation in the ICRA 2018 Workshop on Swarms. His publications consistently highlight contributions to swarm intelligence, with a focus on improving data quality and efficiency in robotics applications. He has collaborated extensively with colleagues such as Kyrre Glette, Oleg Yakimenko, and Jan Dyre Bjerknes, exploring topics ranging from task allocation in multi-agent systems to evolutionary algorithms for filter optimization. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical engineering challenges in autonomous systems. No scientific awards have been explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. Moen’s advising and grants narrative indicates no listed advisees or active grant projects, though his 20% UiO position suggests potential involvement in academic supervision. His primary research activities are embedded within FFI and the Autonomous Systems section at UiO, contributing to interdisciplinary efforts in sensor technologies and robotic systems.

• Pension Systems
• Welfare State Research
• Income Distribution
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Axel West Pedersen is a Professor at the Department of Social Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences , Oslo Metropolitan University. He holds a joint position between OsloMet and the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) Institute . His work focuses on pension systems, welfare state research, income distribution, and aging-related policy challenges. Core Research Areas: Pension system development, welfare opinion analysis, income inequality, poverty studies, and ecological adaptation of welfare states. Active Projects: Sustainable Wellbeing Through Investment in Social Services (SWINS), Crisis Management and Governance in Nordic Local Democracies (POLYGOV), and Flexible Retirement Pathways analysis. Past Projects: WEST Project analyzing eco-social state transitions, Pension System Legitimacy (PensionLAB), and Children's Living Conditions research. Pedersen's recent publications examine psychosocial work environments for elderly workers, universal basic income debates, and housing allowance equity. He contributes to policy discussions about welfare state sustainability, particularly regarding aging populations and climate change challenges. Contact: axel.pedersen@oslomet.no

Tor IversenView profile

Professor

• Health Economics
• Health Policy
• Healthcare Management
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Tor Iversen is a Professor of Health Economics at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Department of Health Management and Health Economics within the Institute of Health and Society. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (1993) and a cand. oecon. (1978) from the University of Oslo. His research focuses on market conditions in healthcare, economic incentives for healthcare providers, and policy evaluations such as free choice reforms and primary care team models. Education: Doctorate in Economics (1993), University of Oslo; cand. oecon. (1978), University of Oslo. Research Interests: Non-price rationing mechanisms in healthcare, economic incentives in long-term care, digital surveillance for chronic disease management, and cross-country comparisons of treatment outcomes and costs. Current projects include evaluations of Norway’s primary healthcare teams pilot program, telemedicine interventions for chronic conditions, and cost-effectiveness analyses of healthcare policies. Professional Activities: Iversen has held editorial roles at the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics and the Nordic Journal of Health Economics . He collaborates with institutions globally, including Karolinska Institutet, Harvard University, and the University of Melbourne. His research emphasizes healthcare access, provider behavior, and policy impacts. Grants/Advising: Led evaluations of healthcare reforms and pilot programs, including the Norwegian Primary Healthcare Teams project. His work often involves interdisciplinary teams and practical policy applications. Labs/Teams: Part of the Health Economics Research Programme (HERO) and contributed to initiatives like NORCHER (Norwegian Centre for Health Services Research) and the OMIT cohort study on diabetes outcomes.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Recommender Systems
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Özlem Özgöbek is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Technology and Informatics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, and recommender systems with a focus on privacy, fake news detection, and educational technology. NTNU - Department of Computer Technology and Informatics Her work explores multimodal fake news detection, privacy implications in recommender systems, and technology-enhanced classroom interaction. Recent publications analyze digital education trends and classroom tools. Özgöbek collaborates with international researchers and contributes to news recommendation workshops. Her projects address ethical AI, environmental sustainability, and real-time information processing.

Ida ScheelView profile

Associate Professor

• Bayesian Statistics
• Data Science
• Machine Learning
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Ida Scheel is an Associate Professor in Statistics and Data Science at the University of Oslo , Department of Mathematics. She specializes in Bayesian hierarchical modeling, recommendation systems, and stochastic processes on networks. Her research interests include: Bayesian statistics and model diagnostics Data science applications in environmental and health domains Network-based machine learning Uncertainty quantification in predictive modeling Recent publication trends show a focus on Bayesian model validation, machine learning for product adoption prediction, and real-estate analytics. She contributes to interdisciplinary projects like BigInsight and CELS . Scientific awards : Sverdrup Prize for Young Researchers (2011) Advising : Supervised 8 PhD students (main/co-supervisor) in areas spanning Bayesian causal effects, neural network survival analysis, and model conflict detection. Key grants include participation in the Data Science@UiO and Integreat projects. Labs/teams : Active member of the Center for Computational Inference in Evolutionary Life Science (CELS) and the BigInsight center.

Halvor MehlumView profile

Professor

• Macroeconomics
• Development Economics
• Economics of Conflict
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Halvor Mehlum is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo, specializing in macroeconomics, development economics, economics of conflict, and crime . He has held academic positions since 1994, including Research Fellow (1994–1998), Researcher at the Frisch Centre (1999–2002), and Associate Professor (2002–2006) before becoming a full Professor in 2006. He also serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Economics (2016–present) and Deputy Leader of the Centre of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP). Education: Cand. oecon (1992), Dr. polit (1999) from the University of Oslo; Visiting Scholar at the New School of Social Research (1996). Research Focus: Macroeconomics with applications to conflict dynamics, crime, development, and political economy. Recent articles explore topics like social capital, land redistribution, crime-protection dynamics, and pandemic economics. Leadership Roles: Board member at the Frisch Centre, Center for Development and Environment (SUM), and Executive Committee of the European Development Research Network (EUDN). Co-editor of the Nordic Journal of Political Economy.

• Economics
• Business Management
• Game Theory
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Ola Kvaloy is an Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger, primarily affiliated with the Business School. His research focuses on relational contracts, incentive design, team dynamics, and experimental economics. He has collaborated with institutions like the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and Humboldt University of Berlin. Education : Not explicitly detailed in the provided text, but academic career indicates advanced studies in economics or business management. Affiliations : University of Stavanger (primary), occasional collaborations with NHH and international universities. Research Interests : Kvaloy’s work addresses challenges in contractual relationships, organizational incentives, and behavioral economics. Key themes include how relational contracts govern team performance, the impact of monetary and non-monetary incentives, and experimental validation of theoretical models. His studies often explore real-world applications in labor markets, antitrust issues, and leadership dynamics. Publications : Over 27 scholarly papers, with recent works focusing on relational contracts in team environments, leadership styles influenced by labor-market conditions, and experimental analyses of risk-taking and collusion. Grants and Awards : None explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Labs/Teams : Engaged in collaborative research projects with peers like Trond E. Olsen and Anja Schöttner, focusing on incentive structures and organizational behavior.

Razieh ChegeniView profile

Researcher

• Polygenic predictors of wellbeing
• Assortative mating and sexual strategies
• Personality psychology (Dark Triad)
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Razieh Chegeni is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Psychology , affiliated with the PROMENTA initiative. She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Bergen (2018–2021) and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Alzahra University (2014–2016), alongside a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Tehran Azad North University (2010–2014). Her research focuses on polygenic and social predictors of wellbeing, sexual strategies, personality traits (Dark Triad), and addiction-related behaviors, with a particular emphasis on anabolic-androgenic steroids and aggression. She currently uses machine learning to analyze the MoBa dataset for adolescent wellbeing predictors. Her work has been supported by awards including the Meltzer funding (2019) and the UiB PhD scholarship (2017). Notable contributions include studies on climate anxiety across 32 countries, cross-cultural preferences in physical attractiveness, and meta-analyses on androgen dependence and aggression in steroid users. She has guest-edited a special issue on anabolic steroid use among women and contributed to over 20 peer-reviewed articles. Teaching roles include coordinating courses in Operational Psychology and leading seminars in Personality Psychology and ReproducibiliTea journal clubs. She has advised student projects on topics like evolutionary psychology and dark triad traits. Her interdisciplinary projects span evolutionary psychology, health psychology, and environmental mental health. Key Projects: Climate anxiety studies, genomics of wellbeing, cross-cultural physical attractiveness research, and anabolic steroid addiction mechanisms. Awards: Meltzer funding (2019), PSI teaching funding (2024), UiB PhD Scholarship (2017). Labs/Teams: PROMENTA initiative, University of Oslo’s Department of Psychology research groups.

• Environmental Economics
• Resource Economics
• Bioeconomics
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Jon Olaf Olaussen is a Professor of Economics at NTNU School of Economics and Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Economics at NTNU. He holds a PhD from NTNU’s Department of Economics (2007) and previously worked at Sintef Fisheries and Aquaculture before joining NTNU in 2008. Education: PhD in Economics, NTNU Department of Economics (2007) Research Focus: Jon’s research spans environmental and resource economics, with a focus on natural resource management, aquaculture challenges (e.g., wild salmon and sea lice interactions), housing economics (energy labeling and real estate markets), and wildlife management (moose, deer, reindeer). He leads the NTNU School of Business and Economics Centre for Housing and Environmental Economics. Recent Article Trends: His work explores regulatory challenges in aquaculture, housing market dynamics (auctions, energy certificates), and angler behavior in Nordic fisheries. Key topics include policy impacts, biodiversity conservation, and strategic economic decision-making. Labs & Teams: He oversees the Centre for Housing and Environmental Economics, which integrates economic analysis with environmental and housing sector challenges.

• Child Welfare
• Social Work
• Decision-Making in Social Services
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Kirsten Buck Rustad is an Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, affiliated with the Research Group for Child and Family Welfare. Her work focuses on decision-making processes within Norwegian child welfare services, particularly examining case characteristics and family factors influencing service provision. Institution: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Department: Research Group for Child and Family Welfare Academic Rank: Associate Professor Her research spans child welfare systems , case processing dynamics , and family resistance to assistance . Recent publications analyze how municipalities prioritize child protection cases and evaluate models like the Telemark approach for family support. Key collaborations include work with Camilla Lauritzen, Sturla Fossum, and Svein Arild Vis. She teaches in Bufdir's competence initiative for municipal child welfare services via the Service Support Program.

Jo Thori LindView profile

Professor

• Political Economics
• Development Economics
• Economic Inequality
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Jo Thori Lind is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences. He is actively engaged in research and teaching, with recent courses including Data Science for Economists (Fall 2024). His scholarly work spans political economics, development economics, economic inequality, and econometrics, with a strong focus on behavioral and institutional dimensions of economic decision-making. His research interests include: Political economics and the political economy of beliefs Development economics and conflict-induced production Economic inequality and redistribution Econometric methodology, including instrumental variables and tests for nonlinear relationships Behavioral aspects of public goods, altruism, and information avoidance Lind's recent publications (2019–2025) reveal a consistent trajectory in political and behavioral economics, with increasing attention to health, technology, and climate. His work often employs rigorous empirical methods, including instrumental variables and experimental designs, to explore questions of voter behavior, physician decision-making, information avoidance, and social cooperation. Themes such as asymmetric information, strategic ignorance, and institutional design recur across his research. Notable scientific contributions include: Co-development of the Stata module utest for testing U-shaped relationships Research on fractionalization and government size Studies on altruism across professions (e.g., nurses vs. real estate brokers) Analysis of conflict-induced narcotics production in Afghanistan Work on the role of information in welfare and voting behavior Lind has advised or collaborated with numerous economists and has been affiliated with research groups such as the Centre of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP) and the Nordic Welfare Developments (NoWeDe) project. He has not been noted to supervise specific students in the provided texts, nor are any grants or awards explicitly mentioned. His research is supported by ongoing institutional affiliations and publications in leading economics journals. He is associated with the following research initiatives: Centre of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP) Environmental Exploitation of Political Economics (EXPLOIT) Nordic Welfare Developments (NoWeDe) – completed