I came to Canberra and the Philosophy Program at RSSS in February 2007. I'm originally from Norway, but I spent the last three years in Melbourne, doing Honours and then Masters in Philosophy. I wrote my masters thesis at Monash University.

My main focus has been in the philosophy of mind. I have been particularly interested in phenomenal experience: its role in motivation, decision-making and cognition in general, and its metaphysical status. I am also very interested in social and global justice, and this is an area where I aspire to do research in the future.

My dissertation is on intuition, with a focus on its metaphysical status. I am supervised by Professors David Chalmers, Daniel Stoljar and Frank Jackson.

Human Rights

Here is a blog where you can read letters I have written in response to Amnesty International's request for urgent action on behalf of people at risk of immediate human rights abuses. Writing letters is not hard (guide here), and it is important and has effects. Please also consider other ways to take action to defend human rights.

To the right is a banner for kiva.org. It's a site that lets you lend money directly to people on the other side of the world, who need a loan to imrove their life. You can lend as little as $25USD. There is also a RSSS Philosophy Lending Team, for anyone with any kind of association with RSSS Philosophy. (You've read this, which is on an RSSS page. That's good enough!)