Tore Pedersen

Tore Pedersen is Visiting Professor of Intelligence Studies at King's College London's Department of War Studies within the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy. He concurrently serves as Chief Research Scientist at the Norwegian Intelligence School and Professor of Psychological Science at Oslo New University College. His former leadership roles include Dean of Higher Education at the Norwegian Defence Intelligence School and Director of Research at multiple national institutes.

Education includes:

• BSc in Social Sciences, University of Oslo
• MSc in Innovation Management, Karlstad University
• MSc in Cognitive Psychology, Karlstad University
• MA in Literary Nonfiction, University of South-Eastern Norway
• PhD in Cognitive Psychology, Karlstad University

Research focuses on judgment and decision-making across individual, institutional, and technological contexts, with emphasis on intelligence analysis and cognitive bias mitigation. His interdisciplinary approach bridges psychological science with security studies.

Recent publications explore AI bias transference, behavioral computing, and privacy frameworks. Works consistently integrate experimental methods with security applications, demonstrating strong cross-disciplinary trends.

Awards include:

• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

International engagements include advisory roles for the ERASMUS-funded IMSISS Program and editorial positions in psychological science journals.