Career
She is a professor at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo. She headed the aesthetics study programme from its inception in 2003 to 2005, and headed her Department from 2009 to 2012. Among her literary interests are Cora Sandel and Michel de Montaigne.
She has also chaired the board of Gyldendal"s Endowment, which awards the Gyldendal Prize and the Sult Prize.