Most of my research has focused on trying to understand variation in life-history traits and demographic rates within populations and link this to population level patterns and processes such as delayed density dependence. I use both theoretical and empirical approaches, and I am particularly interested in using and developing methods and statistical models to estimate (correlated) distributions of latent life-history traits within populations. This work is also highly relevant for selection processes in an evolutionary context, and I aim to contribute towards our understanding of the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits.
Other research interests include long term bird population studies, bioacoustics, and statistical modelling in ecology.
I'm the director of Finse Alpine Research Center and an associate editor of Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
I studied at University of Bergen (BSc, MSc), University of Oslo (PhD) and University of Aberdeen, Scotland (PhD). I did a post-doc at Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre (Maryland) and University of Tromsø, and I have spent time (> 3 months) at University of Otago (New Zealand), University of Wellington (New Zealand), University of California, Berkeley, and Cornell University (NY).
I got into ecology and science as a birdwatcher at a young age. Nowadays, I spend my spare time sailing, hiking/skiing with my family and our dog, and enjoying the outdoors.