Thor Olav Iversen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). As a development economist he has rich experience in working with international affairs as both a practitioner and an academic. At NUPI, Iversen undertakes research on the impact of climate change and environmental deterioration on conflict and security.
Thor Olav also has a strong research interest in food security, publishing a PhD dissertation in June 2023 entitled “Making world hunger legible: The politics of measuring global food insecurity.” From 2015 to 2017, Thor Olav worked as a regional programme officer at the UN World Food Programme, and is a committed participant in public debate with significant experience as a journalist, editor and moderator.
