Sunniva Solnør is a social scientist with a master’s degree in sociology from NTNU in Trondheim. She also has educational experience from social anthropology and religious studies. Her master’s thesis was a qualitative study about the experience of democratic processes in the development of wind power in a smaller local community. Based on this thesis, Sunniva was first associated with Ruralis as a master’s student, and is now employed as a research assistant. She has previously worked as an assistant at Sentio Research and as a seminar leader for the introductory course in sociology at NTNU.