I am a Research Professor (Forsker I) with a background in environmental planning, policy and governance, and most of my recent work is on climate adaptation governance.

I am interested in how science and other ways of knowing are used in support of decisions and action in governance institutions, including at the so-called 'science-policy interface'. Over the past five years I've been uncovering the taken-for-granted, cultural and tacit knowledges of climate that influence how individuals and groups adapt; their cultural frameworks of seasons for example, or their notions of time.

I conduct research mainly in an 'extended' or participatory mode, in collaboration with groups in society, to co-produce knowledge and action for addressing the challenges they face.  I am guided by perspectives on 'transdisciplinarity' and 'post-normal science', and practical approaches to 'citizen science', and 'climate services' for example.

Through my research I try to be active on both sides of the science-policy interface. I am a research associate at NORCE Climate, where I work closely with climate scientists. I am also vice-chair of the Young Academy of Europe (associated with Academia Europaea), providing targeted inputs to European science-policy and science-for-policy. I also have an adjunct assistant professor position at the University of Toronto Scarborough.