In 2009-2014 he worked as a research fellow at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in The Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme with the project «Singing on the Stage - with a Psychophysical Approach» - merging different aspects of artistic performance practice with the Norwegian psychomotor tradition. He has continued as a researcher at The Norwegian Music Academy in Oslo and The Bergen University working with phraseology and musical meaning.
He has had engagements as associate professor at the Academy of Opera and at the Academy of Ballet at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and has coached a number of choirs and vocal ensembles, including The Oslo Philharmonic Choir.