Career
She was awarded the candidate.polit. degree in 1988 and the dr.polit. degree in 1996. She was a professor of political science at the University of Oslo, and as a scholar on political coalitions and election research she was widely cited in the media. In 2008 reported to be the most cited female scholar in the Norwegian press
In 2009 she was elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
She died in July 2012 after a short battle with cancer.