I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, where I work on a project called PARMENT - Parenthood, childlessness, and mental health in times of falling fertility.

I primarily investigate causes and consequences of partner similarity (such as assortative mating), and its consequences for social differences, mental health, and genetic methodology. I also investigate associations between social differences and mental health across generations, attempting to differentiate selection and causation. My interests include behavioral genetics, psychology, statistics, philosophy of science, and methodological issues in social science.

I have a PhD in psychology, which I attained when I defended my dissertation Reproduction of socioeconomic differences and mental health across generations the spring of 2024 at the University of Oslo’s (UiO) Department of Psychology. Previously, I have a master’s degree in psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), which specialized on learning; brain, behavior and environment.

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