Sylff fellow, 2011, University of Oslo. Holds a master of philosophy in peace and conflict studies from the University of Oslo, and is currently working for the Development Fund, a Norwegian NGO focusing on supporting small-scale ecological agriculture. He headed a delegation of the Norwegian NGO, No to Nuclear Weapons, that attended the world conference against hydrogen and atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki from August 3 to 9, 2011.