Career
He is currently (2013-2014) a Fulbright scholar at Duke University. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia, the University of Rhode Island and Duke University. His research interests focus on aquaculture and seafood markets, but he has also been doing work in fisheries management and energy economics.
Asche has published numerous articles in international journals in economics as well as leading multi-disciplinary journals like Science and PLOS ONE. Recent research topics include international trade with seafood and the organisation of the seafood supply chain as well as the impact of productivity development on aquaculture and seafood markets.
He edited the book Primary Industries Facing Global Markets in 2007, and has co-authored the book The Economics of Aquaculture with Trond Bjørndal (Blackwell, 2011). He has also written a number of popular scientific articles
He has undertaken a number of research projects in Norway as well as for international organizations like the Food and Agriculture Organization, Organization of European Cooperation and Development and World Trade Organization. Asche was educated at the University of Bergen (Bachelor, Master of Arts) and received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.