Tonje Berg-Dawson studied sociology and pedagogy at the University of Oslo, and marketing of the arts and philosophy at the University Waikato in New Zealand where she lived for four years.

Currently she is completing a master degree in non-fictional writing with an emphasis on semiotics and modern rethorics, at Vestfold College.

She has written about the experience industry and the creative industry for several years, and writes for the Nordic Innovation Centre’s journal (www.nordicinnovation.net) on a regular basis. Her specialisation is the areas of the creative industries, globalisation and communication per se.