Our Team - NCPD - Nansen Fredssenter

Staff & Collaborators

Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue is located in Lillehammer with a satellite office in Oslo. The Peace Center works closely with partners on international projects.

Staff

Anita Rapp

Email: anita@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 906 70 761

Anita is director at Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue. She was previously a project manager for a NORAD-supported program strengthening vocational schools in Angola, and she has also been the general manager of the preventive program Healthy Sports. She has organized elite sports for the Olympic Committee and the Norwegian Soccer Association, and was a top soccer player. Anita holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Oakland University in the U.S, and a master's degree from the University of Oslo, conducting her fieldwork on development cooperation in Zambia.

Christiane Seehausen

Email: christiane@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 977 06 359

Christiane is a senior adviser and responsible for the center's dialogue work. Over many years she has developed and implemented dialogue processes and trainings in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. She previously worked for several years in Nicaragua, and thereafter was the director of the municipal integration center for refugees in Norway. Christiane is a trained nurse with a bachelor's degree in multicultural understanding. She has also studied organizational leadership, pedagogy, coaching and developmental analyses.

Astrid Folkedal Kraidy

Email: astrid@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 941 78 316

Astrid works with dialogue processes and trainings, she facilitates dialogues, holds workshops and coordinates events. She also teaches at the Nansen Academy. Astrid also has duties related to the day-to-day operations of the center and is deputy to the general manager. Previously, she worked as a university lecturer, including at the American University of Beirut. Astrid has a Masters in French from the University of Oslo, where she also studied Middle Eastern studies, and she has a second master’s degree in intercultural communication from France.

Norunn Grande

Email: norunn@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 976 72 790

Norunn is special advisor at the NCPD. She develops training courses and materials, including handbooks and reports , facilitates dialogue, holds lectures and provides training in Norway and internationally. Norunn Grande has for many years provided trainings and professional support in dialogue and conflict transformation in Afghanistan. She has also worked with diaspora communities in Norway. Previously she worked as an adviser to the Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO , as a lecturer and ass. headmaster at Follo Folkehøgskole, and as Director at the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue 2010-2012 and Norwegian Peace Center (2001-2010). Norunn holds a master's degree in political science.

Marius Haavind

Email: marius@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 902 68 995

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.

Trine Kjær Christensen

Email: trine@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 457 74 323

Trine works as a dialogue advisor at the NCPD. She has worked as a college lecturer at the Norwegian Defense College, where she taught cultural understanding and gender issues in military operations. Trine has worked at the Danish Embassy in Ghana and conducted fieldwork in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trine holds a bachelor's degree in social anthropology and a master's degree in peace and conflict studies from the University of Oslo.

Harald Aksnes Karmhus

Email: harald@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 472 91 545

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.

Jane Bruslund Jensen

Email: jane@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 907 75 003

Jane is a trained anthropologist, she comes from a position as program manager in the organization International Children's Solidarity. Jane has worked with Latin America for two decades, focusing on Guatemala, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. She has worked on social change, democracy, and participation. The focus has been on the rights of indigenous peoples, women's rights, and children's rights to participation and involvement. Jane has worked with peace education, conflict understanding, and conflict transformation.

Kimberley Pallenschat

Email: kimberley@peace.no
Phone: +(47) 97341899

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.

Kine Marsteinstredet Pedersen

Email: kine@peace.no
Phone: (+47 ) 917 88 151

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.

Sigurd Rønningen

Email: sigurd@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 991 55 953

Sigurd is our communications officer. He has his longest running time as a feature journalist in national newspaper Dagens Næringsliv. In recent years, he has run his own communications agency, developing concepts, texts, visual profiles and campaigns for a wide range of clients within the cultural and travel sectors. Sigurd is educated within social science, politics and journalism from the University of Oslo and Norwegian School of Journalism.

Kathrin Skjåk Teigum

Email: kathrin@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 930 12 183

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.

Collaborators

We collaborate closely with selected partners on projects in Norway and abroad.

Alfredo Zamudio

Email: alfredo@peace.no
Phone: (+47) 936 80 054

Alfredo Zamudio served as Director of the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue from 2016 to 2022. From 2019 to 2025, he led the Nansen Center’s work in Chile. Originally from Chile, he has lived in Norway since 1976. He has extensive experience in humanitarian response, human rights policy, and dialogue processes, having held positions such as Director of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) in Geneva, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Timor-Leste, and Camp Coordinator in Darfur, Sudan. He has also worked with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Red Cross in Colombia. In 2010, he was awarded the Order of Timor-Leste by President José Ramos-Horta in recognition of his contributions to the country’s humanitarian response. In 2024, he received Fundación Aitue’s Interculturality Award in recognition of his work promoting intercultural dialogue in Chile. Alfredo holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Agata Urbanik

Email: agata@facylitacje.pl

Agata is NCPD's associate in Poland. She is an experienced facilitator, trainer, and supervisor with a background in social sciences and social research. She runs Facilitation Support (Pogotowie Facylitacyjne), a facilitation practice working across various sectors, and co-founded Pole Dialogu Foundation, which focuses on civic participation and democratic dialogue. For over a decade, Agata has been collaborating with civil society organizations, public institutions, and grassroots initiatives in Poland and across Europe. She specializes in designing and conducting participatory processes and creating spaces for meaningful conversations that help achieve shared goals. She has facilitated numerous public dialogues and trained hundreds of participants in dialogue and facilitation skills.