Research and teaching

I research on the intersection of classics, patristics, politics, philosophy and theology. I have taught undergraduate courses and tutored on related topics.

I am especially interested in tensions between fundamental ethical-political concepts such as individual and community, liberty and obligation, etcetera – both in the abstract, as well as their manifestation in concrete ethical and political issues. I approach the tensions by combining historic and systemic perspectives, practical philosophy with theology and metaphysics – and by holding Platonic and Aristotelian traditions together – which often amounts to reflections on philosophical anthropology. In the articles ‘Emergence’ and ‘Realisation’ I develop a novelish philosophical anthropology of gift-giving.

I hold a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Oslo, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Theology from Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics.

Publications

‘Friendship in the New Political Theologies’. Modern Theology (forthcoming).

‘The Friendship Maxim in Plato’s Republic’. Classical Journal (forthcoming).

‘On the Distinction Between Scripture and Tradition’. Journal of Reformed Theology (forthcoming).

‘The Realisation of I-we’. The Heythrop Journal 63:6 (2022), 1124–1139. Open access.

‘The Emergence of I’. Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion 3:1 (2021), 90–111. Open access.

‘Social Exclusion Reduces Happiness by Creating Expectations of Future Rejection’, co-authored with Hallgeir Sjåstad, Ming Zhang & Roy Baumeister. Self and Identity 1:25 (2020), 116–125.

Jeg vil dø: Et essay om dødsønske og dødshjelp, mennesket og dets samfunn, co-authored with Randi D. Espegren Masvie (Oslo: Frekk Forlag, 2019). 

‘The Ethical Dilemma of Youth Politics’. Journal of Practical Ethics 5:2 (2017), 114–121. Open access.