I am the current Vice Dean of Research of the Faculty of Humanities, as well as a Research Professor (Forsker 1) of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). I currently research knowledge dynamics in innovation processes and connect them to political theories on democracy and ideas of Responsible Research and Innovation. This website contains all information on my academic work.

My research concerns the question how science and technology function in society, and how science and technology can be made to contribute better to society. One question I place central in this research is how different sorts of knowledge circulate in practices of science, technology, innovation, and governance. In such practices, inequality is often seen between expert knowledge, and other knowledges that may at closer look be just as valuable. This, I see as the issue of epistemic justice in innovation: how we can ensure that all relevant knowledges, also those knowledges that are not generally considered science or expertise, are given a fair opportunity to be made relevant to innovation processes. 

In the past, I have applied this social-scientific lens to various fields of science, technology and innovation: sustainable energy and energy transitions, biomedical research, human genomics, and privacy and security technologies. I have always connected these topics to concepts from political and social philosophy, notably ideas of citizenship and public reason. 

I hold a PhD in philosophy of technology from the University of Twente (the Netherlands), as well as an MA in the same field and an MSc in Electrical Engineering. I also hold a BMus in performing classical vocals from the ArtEZ School of the Arts. I earlier worked at the University of Twente, Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, and Leiden University. From 2014 until 2018, I was a coordinator of the PhD programme at the Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture WTMC.