Research Interest
Tove is currently working on the research project “Possibilities and Realities of return migration: Perspectives on integration, exclusion and withdrawal (PREMIG)”. Her geographical focus is Burundi and she will be exploring the actual pattern of return to Burundi and how the reintegration process is experienced among the returnees and the communities to which they return. Fieldwork will be conducted in Norway, UK and Burundi.
Work Experience:
2009-2010 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Title: Associate Livelihoods Officer
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
2007- 2009 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Title: Associate Community Services Officer,
Location: Arua, Uganda
2005-2007 NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Press, Cultural, Relations and Information Department
Title: Consultant
Location: Oslo, Norway
Education:
2004 Master in Human Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
2002 Development Studies, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand
2002 Bachelor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
1999 Development studies, Agder University College
Languages: Norwegian (mother tongue), English, French(basic) German (Basic)