Reidun J. Samuelsen helds a PhD from Oslo Metropolitan University. She has a master’s degree in political science from the University of Oslo (UiO), a master’s in communication from Solvay, Brussels, and The Senior Executive Course at the Norwegian Defence University College.
Samuelsen has extensive experience from the media sector, which includes 20 years in the newspaper Aftenposten as a journalist and editor. Her PhD project focuses on traditional media’s handling of disinformation in a security perspective.