Academic Interests
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Development
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Psychopathology in children
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Resilience
Professor in developmental psychology. I have conducted longitudinal studies from childhood to adulthodd about behavioural and emotional development.
Higher education and employment history
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Educated at the University of Oslo: BA(hons), MSc., MArt.
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Ph.D (1994).
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After 1o years of clinical practice in a community, I worked 10 year as a reseacher in developmental epidemology at the National Institute of Public Health before I started at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
Awards
Received grants from the Norwegian Research Council, Norwegian Ministries, European Sience Foundation and Sasakawa foundation.
Appointments
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Member of Regional Committee for Research Ethics in Medicine, Region South-East
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Associate editor of the European Journal ot Developmenal Psychology.
Cooperation
Active international collaboration with colleagues in UK, Canada, Switzerland and Australia is highly valued in our research group in developmental psychopathology and resilience.