This text has been translated from Norwegian with the assistance of GPT UiO.
–?What preoccupies you at the moment?
– How artificial intelligence affects teaching and learning, and trying to find sensible ways we can use AI tools to enhance learning.
– A lot of time goes into reading up on research and other literature, and keeping an eye on what others are doing that we can implement at our Faculty of Social Sciences.
– We’ve held two workshops for lecturers this semester and received quite a bit of feedback through evaluations. So I’m also spending some time developing an offer on how to build expertise, that will land even better in the spring.
–?If you were to explain to an eight-year-old what you do at work using three short sentences, what would you say?
– We have many skilled and committed lecturers who want to create even better teaching for their students. That can be hard to achieve on your own. I try to give them the support and facilitation they need to make it happen.
– What motivates you in your job?
– Lots of things! I love my field, which at its core is about enabling people to learn more, better, and more deeply. It’s a lifelong process where you’re never done learning. I’m also very motivated by working with people, as well as the variety in my tasks. There’s a nice balance between ‘nerding’ on my own by learning things, and then communicating them in a clear and accessible way.
– If you were to become something different, what would it be?
– When I was in upper secondary school, I really wanted to study to become a psychologist for a while, but that didn’t happen. When I first applied to higher education, journalism was my top choice and I was actually accepted, but I ended up choosing education instead. I could probably have done many other things, but the common thread would be that the job involves working with people.
– What do you do to completely unwind?
– I love films and football, and I think I switch off quite well when I’m watching that. I also find jogging quite relaxing. The truth is that the time I switch off COMPLETELY is when I sleep. A development goal for 2026 is to disconnect (literally) from the internet and social media to give my head a break. I hope that will help me switch off properly!