International work
Lectures, teaching and consultancy

Teaching and training

I am happy to undertake projects and consultancy work with an international or intercultural dimension.

International work during the last fifteen years include:

1. Web design and digital reference work and Quantitative and qualitative methods in LIS. Four courses (15 hours each) given at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow.
2. Leadership training (2 day courses) for agricultural trainees from Poland in Norway (with Bozena Rasmussen)
3. Internet training course (5 days) for library staff at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (with Helge Høivik), with support from the National Library of Norway.
4. Director of advanced "training for trainers" course in conflict resolution methods (2 weeks) - arranged by the United Nations University in Tunisia
5. Negotiation training (10 days) for the Burmese democratic opposition movement - arranged by the Norwegian Burma Committee in a Burmese area under democratic control (Manerplaw)
6. Director of conflict resolution course for Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka and South-East Asia (3 weeks) - arranged in Thailand by the Thai Inter-religious Commission for Development (TICD) in cooperation with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB).

Professional background

My professional background includes natural sciences (mathematics, statistics, chemistry), sociology, philosophy, peace research and library studies. I have broad practical experience in the fields of

• social science methods
• library studies
• educational policy and future studies
• new teaching methods (digital education, PBL)
• organizational development and conflict resolution
• international and transcultural work
• digital change processes

Working languages

• Fluent English, Spanish and (of course) Norwegian
  
• Prepared to teach in French and German
• Reads Italian, Portuguese and Rumanian

Previous projects

Broad practical experience with teaching, training and research abroad since the late sixties - about five years alltogether. In 1969-70 I taught social science methods for a year in Mexico, at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. In the mid-seventies I taught mathematics and statistics at the Cooperative College in Moshi, Tanzania, for two years.

Later I directed the graduate course in peace research (6 weeks) at the International Summer School, University of Oslo, for ten years. I have also worked as a conflict training consultant for the United Nations University (UNU) in Russia and Colombia and have participated in Norwegian evaluation missions to Tanzania and Nicaragua.