Anders has a master’s degree in political science from NTNU in Trondheim. He was employed at Ruralis in August 2019, after being a master’s student here associated with the project «Agriculture in change». The master’s thesis was about the regional division of labor and the channeling policy in Norwegian agriculture from 1990 to 2017. Melås is currently working on topics such as rural youth, climate and agriculture and sustainable feed for livestock and aquaculture.