Christian Kårbø Engelsen

Community Builder

Bergen, Norway

Community builder with broad experience from student organizations, conferences and volunteer communities in Bergen. Has recruited and led volunteers, organized events and built networks across organizations.

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Volunteer Experience

2025-02 — Present
  • Leader of the Bergen Open Source community and conference.
Non-Profit ManagementProject ManagementCommunity BuildingGit

Member

AI Safety Bergen

2024-01 — 2026-01
  • Active member of AI Safety Bergen.
Git

Course Facilitator

AI Safety Bergen

2024-01 — 2024-06
  • Facilitated courses on AI safety and AI alignment.
Git

Social Coordinator

friByte

2023-08 — 2024-03
  • Organized social events for members.
GitLinuxSystem Administration

President

friByte

2021-12 — 2022-12
  • Led the student organization that operates IT services for student associations in Bergen.
Non-Profit ManagementProject ManagementRecruitmentCommunity BuildingGitLinuxSystem Administration

Vice President

friByte

2021-01 — 2021-12
  • Assisted the president with daily operations and activity planning.
GitLinuxSystem Administration

Work Experience

General Manager (50%)

Studentradioen i Bergen

2025-08 — Present
  • Responsible for marketing, finances, accounting and customer relations.
  • Actively driving brand building and recruitment of volunteers.
  • Planning and executing social activities for a large volunteer community.
AccountingBudgetingGrowth StrategyBrand BuildingRecruitmentProject ManagementCommunity Building

Radio Operator (100%)

Norwegian Armed Forces

2017-01 — 2018-06
  • Tactical communication and signals in demanding environments.
  • Mentored colleagues in communication procedures.

Skills

Leadership & Business

Non-Profit ManagementIT ManagementProject ManagementRecruitmentAccountingBudgetingBrand BuildingCommunity BuildingGrowth Strategy

General

TeamworkAcademic Writing

Featured Projects

Personal Website

My personal website and blog, built with SvelteKit.

SvelteKitTypeScriptCSS
Hugo
Source code Live demo

Bergen Open Source

Website for the Bergen Open Source conference.

Web Technologies
Live demo

Education

Master's Degree — Information Science

University of Bergen

2024 — 2026

120 ECTS credits. Specialization in information architecture, user behaviour and digital communication.

Bachelor's Degree — Cognitive Science

University of Bergen

2018 — 2025

Consciousness, cognitive abilities and philosophy of AI. Specialization in computer science, philosophy and information science. 180 ECTS credits.

Bachelor's Degree — Artificial Intelligence

University of Bergen

2022 — 2024

Artificial agents, machine learning and development of AI solutions. Combines computer science and information science.

Languages

Norwegian (Bokmål) Native
English Fluent
German Basic

Contact

LinkedIn Christian Kårbø Engelsen
GitHub Cengelsen
Email ckengelsen97@gmail.com