Biographical notice Dr. Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen is a senior researcher at Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research and holds an MA in archaeology from University of Oslo and a PhD in archaeology from the University of Gothenburg. He has participated in various heritage projects related to environmental monitoring, spatial planning, and cultural heritage values. He is at the moment partaking in his institute’s strategic research target areas which is coordinated under the programmes 'Heritage Politics' and 'Urban Heritage'. His previous and on-going research comprises studies related to theory of heritage, heritage politics and management, memory studies, and public archaeology. Main publications: Guttormsen, T.S. & G. Swensen eds. (2016). Heritage, Democracy and the Public. Nordic approaches. London, Ashgate. Guttormsen, T.S. & L. Hedeager 2015. Introduction: interactions of archaeology and the public. World Archaeology Volume 47 (2): 189-193. Guttormsen, T.S. 2014. Branding local heritage and popularising a remote past. The example of Haugesund in Western Norway. AP Online Journal in Public Archaeology Special Volume 1: 45-60.