Sondre Knudsen earned his Master of Laws from the University of Bergen, with part of his studies completed at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. He has since worked as an associate lawyer at Haver Advokatfirma in Stavanger. Knudsen works on a PhD project under the umbrella of MishMash, investigating artificial intelligence and the legal protection of personal characteristics. His doctoral work is supervised by Professor Irina Eidsvold and Professor Ole-Andreas Rognstad.