Secretariat
Director
Ingrid Vik
ingrid@prosjektutsyn.no
Dr. Ingrid Vik is a historian of religion with more than 20 years of experience in international affairs and security politics in several contexts and through a variety of platforms; as a researcher at the University of Oslo, a diplomat at the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, as a senior partner in consultancy and as a director and head of departments in Norwegian organizations. Academically she is specialized in the nexus of religion and politics/conflicts with a specific focus on societal trust, security, and democratic developments. Currently she is engaged in projects relating to soft security, non-military threats to democracy and internationally agreed norms and rights and memory diplomacy/warfare in the European context.
Geographically, she has had a focus on the Nordic context, Eastern Europe/ Southeast Europe, Western Africa/ Sahel, and the Middle East. She has written articles and books on anti-liberal states and actors in international affairs (2013, 2019), on religion and diplomacy (2019), on trust and cleavages in Norwegian politics (2022, 2015), and on security and politics in the Western Balkans.
Project Manager
Marte Aasen
marte@prosjektutsyn.no
Marte Aasen is a project manager and the administrative lead at UTSYN, who has worked with security and defense policy for more than a decade. In 2018, she contributed to establish UTSYN. Marte has followed the development of the field through three long-term plans for the Norwegian Armed Forces, during a period marked by significant security policy changes both nationally and internationally. She has extensive knowledge of the research and analysis landscape in Norway, the Nordic region, and internationally.
Marte has particularly focused on the role of civilians in hybrid warfare, personnel and reservists in the Armed Forces, and influence operations. She previously worked with several civil society organizations in Norway, holds a bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in International Relations at NMBU.
Journalist and Project Manager
Amund Trellevik
amund@prosjektutsyn.no
Amund Trellevik has more than 20 years of experience in Norwegian and international media, including NRK, Aftenposten, Vestnytt, Finnmarken, and Nordlys. For the past 3.5 years, he has worked with cross-border investigative journalism in the European investigative journalism network known as "Investigate Europe". Amund has specialized in the High North and Russia; he speaks Russian and has covered the country as a journalist for 15 years.
Through his role as chair of Barents Press Norway and as a board member of Norwegian PEN, Amund has developed unique expertise in press freedom, source protection, and the integrity and safety of journalists when dealing with authoritarian regimes and hybrid threats. He has particular responsibility for professional content, source criticism, and journalistic methodology in several of UTSYN’s projects.
Amund is based in Northern Norway.