Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Raised in the Arctic, academically focused on the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa. Especially interested in the intersection of climate change, population health, crisis preparedness and how societies respond to man-made and natural disasters. Committed to reducing the structural barriers to health and dignified living for all.
Portfolio: WHO, UNAIDS, IFRC, MSF, ILO, and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tubercolosis and Malaria. Took part in the preparation of Norwegian positions and statements, participated in meetings and negotiations and delivered statements, sometimes as the only Norwegian representative. Reported from meetings on the Mission's behalf with relevant analysis. Contributed to the Mission's communications work, in particular during political visits, such as that of Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Mr Espen Barth Eide and State Secretary Usman A. Mushtaq from the Ministry of Health and Care. Meetings/conferences include: - 79th World Health Assembly - Intergovernmental Working Group on the Pandemic Agreement: Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex - WHO Executive Board Meeting - IFRC 2026 Emergency Appeal and WHO 2026 Emergency Appeal - IFRC, WHO and NGO briefings on the Bundibugyio ebolavirus epidemic in DRC and Uganda - MSF briefings on attacks on healthcare in South Sudan and Ukraine - 144th International Labor Conference: Committee on the Application of Standards with special sittings on Belarus and Myanmar - Closed-door meeting with the FAO Representative to Syria - UNITAID - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria P7 Constituency Meeting - Ongoing discussions on Global Health Architecture Reform, the Humanitarian Reset and the system-wide UN80 initiative
Worked with the nurses team at UNN’s section for kidney and gastromedicine. Co-responsible for 4-6 patients per working shift, including night shifts. - Dips Arena Journal System - Metavision Clinical Information System - Control and analysis of basic vital parameters - Patient care - Psychosocial support - Cooperation with medical specialists, nurses, social workers and psychologists
User-controlled personal assistance (BPA, "brukerstyrt personlig assistanse" in Norwegian) is a way of organising practical assistance and training for people with substantial long-term needs for personal assistance. Tasks included physiotherapy, swimming therapy, speech exercises, sign language and more. I worked for the same beneficent on a weekly basis in 2022-2023, followed by a two-year period (2023-2025) of part-time work when present in Tromsø.
Migration Program, Franco-Italian Mediterranean border.
Mediterranean Model United Nations 2025.