Main Responsiblities
 
As the Survey Special Advisor, Rune is responsible for providing SAC with policy advice, analysis and field visits in support of SAC's information management requirements. In addition, he advises the Executive Director on policy issues concerning the information management department of SAC, works with the Senior Technical Support Team in providing technical backstopping to country surveys, as well as works with the SAC Information Cell to develop reporting systems for survey data, and ensures that database standards are met and that information provided by the country teams is complete and accurate.
 
Background
 
Between 1997 and 1998, Rune was the Survey Officer and Survey Project Manager for the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), Angola Landmine Survey, and from 2000 to 2001 was the Deputy Program Manger for the Thailand Landmine Impact Survey. He was also an Advisor on mine action missions, such as the NPA Iran Mine Action Program in 2001, the GLS/SWG method development, and the Ethiopia Advance Survey Mission in 2001. Currently, he is a Research Scientist at Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, working on government, commercial and research projects in the fields of glaciology, climate change, remote sensing and information processing.
 
Education
 
Rune received his C.M. and his B.S. (with Honors) in Computer Science from the University of Oslo in Norway and the University of York in England, respectively, in 1989. In 1995, he received his M.S. in Physical Geography and, in 2000, his Ph.D. in Geography (specializing in satellite remote sensing, glaciology and climate change) from the University of Oslo in Norway. He is fluent in Norwegian and English, and has some knowledge of Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German.