Graduating as
cand.mag. from the
University of Oslo in 1967, Heradstveit graduated with a
dr. degree in 1979. His doctorate thesis titled
Psychological Obstacles to Peace treated the
Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He was assigned to the
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1969 to 1984, and from 2006. He was appointed professor of
comparative politics at the
University of Bergen from 1986 to 1996. He also had professorships at
The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe in
Bologna and at the
Syracuse University in New York. A researcher on
international relations, his speciality was on the
Middle East. ==References==