Anna Vermehren is Head of Research and Development at Museum Nord, Norway, where she leads a team of professionals focusing on organisational development, project financing and strategy. Anna is an experienced project manager in national and international projects. Her portfolio includes the digital heritage project Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in the Northern Environment (CINE) with partners in Norway, Scotland, Iceland, Ireland and Northern Ireland; the SKREI Convention project which tells the European history of stockfish exported from Norway to countries such as Italy and Portugal; and the project management of a new national museum in Storvågan, Lofoten, dedicated to Arctic cod – SKREI.

Anna holds degrees in Art History, Sociology and Literature. She has published articles in scholarly journals including Cambridge Anthropology and in the Proceedings of UNESCO Congress on Digital Heritage. She has a keen interest in diverse cultures, facilitating discourse and building relationships.