Helge prefers to be on fieldwork. He walks where the rivers run, to learn from local peasants about their political and cultural geographies. He was born in 1976 as a Norwegian with Lebanese roots. In 2002 he graduated as a cultural sociologist (Cand.Polit.) at the University of Oslo. From 1999 until 2008 he worked as museum guide, exhibition curator, teacher, author, editor, barista, poet, actor, personal assistant for disabled persons, research assistant in sociology, and small business entrepreneur. In 2009 he was retrained as a political scientist (M.Res.) at the European University Institute – where he also defended his PhD in Political and Social Sciences at 15.05.2015. The doctoral thesis is open access: [http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/35918] During the academic year 2015-14 he worked as an archivist at Alta Museum World Heritage Rock Art Centre. Starting from the academic year 2015-16 he works at Kristiania University College, on methodological development for practical-aesthetical disciplines, namely interior design, graphical design, market communication and journalism.

Research interests: methodology, political economy, political geography, Arctic area, and Mediterranean area