Work experience

Professional experience

Expert Evaluator for International Scientific Grant Applications.

Research Scientist at NIBIO.

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research – Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi.

July 2015 – present.

Lecturer for the intensive graduate course, “Economics of Cooperatives”. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu. November 4 – 7, 2019.

Lecturer for the intensive graduate course, “Agricultural value chains, cooperatives and industrial organization”. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu. November 30 – December 1, 2015.

Researcher at NILF.

Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute – Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning. October 2010 – 2015. Serving as the Acting Head for the Avdeling for utredning (Department of Analysis) for the interim period February-August 2012.

Invited guest lecturer at the postgraduate program “The Development and Reformation of Rural Europe”. Lecture title: “The Industrialization of Agriculture and its Consequences on the Environment”. Harokopion University, Term 2 2009-2010.

Adjunct lecturer (instructor) for the course “Industrial Organization and Game Theory”. University of the Aegean, Term 2 2009 – 2010.

Adjunct lecturer (instructor) for the course “Macroeconomics”.

University of the Aegean, Term 2 2009 – 2010.

Instructor for the short training course: “Support for the Development of the Policy Dialog and Advice Programme of the Republic of Kazakhstan (PDAP)”. August 31 – September 4, 2009. INCOM Ltd. International Consulting and Management.

Research fellow on the project: “Ecological Goods and Services in B.C. Agriculture”. University of British Columbia, September 2007 – June 2008.

Adjunct lecturer (instructor) for the course “Land Economics”. University of British Columbia, Term 1 2007 – 2008.

Adjunct lecturer (instructor) for the course “Trade and Domestic Policy in Global Food Markets”. University of British Columbia, Term 1 2007 – 2008.

Invited guest lecturer for the course “Agroecology II”. University of British Columbia, Term 1 2007 – 2008.

Adjunct lecturer (instructor) for the course “Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets”. University of Saskatchewan, Term 2 2006 – 2007.

Participant in the short training course “Introduction to University Teaching”, offered by The Gwenna Moss Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, Term 2 2006 – 2007.

Teaching Assistant for the course “Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets”. University of Saskatchewan, Term 2 2005 – 2006.

Teaching Assistant for the course “Co-operatives”. University of Saskatchewan, Term 1 2005 – 2006.