Career
She is editor-in-chief of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (the Norwegian Journal of Gender Studies). She is noted for her research on housewives. She has a candidate.philol. degree from the University of Bergen in 1998 and a dr.art. degree from 2006.
She has formerly worked for the Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry and now works as a senior researcher at the Rokkan Centre.