Field of work and experience
Kine is responsible for Nansen Peace Center's strategic work directed toward children and youth. She is a senior lecturer and has over 20 years of experience as a secondary school teacher in the Lillehammer school system, where she still works. Kine is passionate about teaching children and young people, and is particularly concerned with how literature can open up reflection, critical thinking, and conversations about democracy, citizenship, and freedom of expression. She is trained as a general teacher from OsloMet and has additional education in special education. Kine has also been project coordinator for Equal Opportunities, a collaboration between Nansen Peace Center, World Expression Forum, and Lillehammer Library on literature as a gateway to dialogue, reflection, and freedom of expression.
Field of work and experience
Kathrin is responsible for the center’s strategic work focused on children and youth. She also teaches students using the center’s dialogical pedagogy. Previously, she has worked as a teacher in Stryn, Tydal, Longyearbyen, and Gausdal, as well as a deputy principal in Lillehammer. She has also taught pedagogy at the teacher education program in Hamar (HiNN). Kathrin is a qualified general education teacher with additional training in mentoring, and she holds a master’s degree in ability and empowerment from Volda University College.
Field of work and experience
Marius Haavind works as a Dembra advisor, with responsibility for the Innlandet region. At the center, he guides schools in their efforts to prevent exclusion and undemocratic attitudes. He also teaches students as part of the center's educational programs. Marius has worked as a high school teacher and as a university lecturer in pedagogy at HiNN. He holds a master’s degree in history from the University of Oslo, with a focus on jew-hatred and democracy.
Field of work and experience
Harald works with education, and teaches topics such as dialogue, democracy, and freedom of speech. His experience lies mostly in politics and political administration. Harald has worked in the political secretariat of Trøndelag Municipality. He has also worked in the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg, and was a trainee at the Norwegian Embassy in Sarajevo. Harald has a master’s degree in European studies from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, where his studies focused on political parties on the far left and far right. He has also studied pedagogy at the same university.
Field of work and experience
Kimberley has experience in project management, qualitative research, and international cultural and political cooperation. She holds a master's degree in social anthropology from the University of Hamburg and a bachelor's degree in social anthropology and international relations from the University of Exeter. Kimberley has worked on topics such as populism, extremism, hate speech, freedom of expression, and democratic practice in Europe, Scandinavia, and Myanmar. She comes from the position of coordinator for the project "SafeCity Bærum," where she worked with schools, civil society organizations, as well as the police and various departments in the municipality to implement activities and measures to prevent hate speech, polarization, and discrimination.