Ole previously served as Chief Editor of Neuroscience – the official journal of the International brain research organization (IBRO) – and as panel leader in the European research Council (ERC Advanced Grants). He was also the Founding Chair (2016-2017) of a newly established European university network (the Guild of Research Intensive Universities) and chaired the Lancet Commission that studied the political determinants of global health inequalities (The Lancet-University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health). Ole has had a strong research interest in the field of neuroscience, with a particular focus on synaptic structure and function and on the molecular mechanisms underlying edema formation and water transport in brain. In recent years, Ole has been engaged in global health, much inspired by my experiences gained as Chair of the Lancet-University of Oslo Commission