Berit Brandth (born 1 June 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher.
Berit Brandth (born 1 June 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher.
Brandth is a graduate of Bates College in the US and the University of Trondheim (now integrated into NTNU), where she took a major in 1977. She is a professor of sociology at NTNU and a research advisor at the Norwegian Center for Rural Research. She has focused on both masculinity and femininity, with perspectives from work, technology, media and organization. One of Brandth's research themes is gender in agriculture, in relation to farm tourism and management in agricultural organizations. [1] [2] She has also researched the development and use of the maternity/paternity leave of absence, with particular emphasis on fathers' rights. [3] In 2014, she was appointed as a member of the Working Time Committee, which looked at how we can best utilize the labor force in the future. [4] [5]
Alf Prøysen was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in several different media including books, newspapers and records. He also made significant contributions to music as well as to television and radio. He also wrote in the Arbeiderbladet from 1954 until his death.
Jakob Vaage was a Norwegian educator, author and historian. He served as secretary of the Association for the Promotion of Skiing and curator of the Holmenkollen Ski Museum.
Harriet Holter was a Norwegian social psychologist.
David Hopcraft John Morgan, known as David Morgan, was a British sociologist, who was President of the British Sociological Association (1997–1999) and editor of the association's journal Sociology. His research focused on family sociology, gender studies and especially men's studies.
Bratsberg Amtstidende was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. It also held the names Ugeblad for Skien og Omegn, Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent and Skiensposten.
Gro Steinsland is a Norwegian scholar of medieval studies and history of religion and since August 2009 has been the Scientific Director of the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Osmund Lindgaard Brønnum was a Norwegian sports official and communist resistance member.
Iacob Dybwad Sømme was a Norwegian ichthyologist and resistance member.
Oscar Ihlebæk was a Norwegian newspaper editor and resistance member.
Øystein Gullvåg Holter is a Norwegian sociologist and expert on men's studies. Son of Harriet Holter. He is Professor of men's studies at the University of Oslo, the first to be appointed to such a chair in Norway. He worked as a researcher at the Work Research Institute from 1980 to 2006, and at the Nordic Gender Institute from 2006 to 2008. His fields of research are work and family, gender equality and historical sociology. He was a member of the Equality Commission, established by a Royal Decree of 12 February 2010 in order to report on Norway’s equality policies.
Ulla-Britt Lilleaas is a Norwegian sociologist. She is Professor of Sociology at the University of Agder and director of its Centre for Gender and Equality. She formerly worked at the University of Oslo Department of Sociology and Human Geography. Her research fields are gender and gender equality, sociology of the body, and sociology of health and illness. She is also noted for works on the sociology of tiredness. The short film "Tempo" was based on her work. She was elected "sociologist of the year" by the Norwegian Sociological Association in 2004.
Agnes Bolsø is a Norwegian sociologist and expert on gender studies, particularly studies of sexuality. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and was director of its Centre for Gender Studies from 2005 to 2007. She was editor of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning from 2009 to 2011.
Margunn Bjørnholt is a Norwegian sociologist and economist. She is a research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and a professor of sociology at the University of Bergen.
forskning.no is an Oslo-based online newspaper established by the Research Council of Norway in 2002. It publishes news about science and research from Norway and abroad. The web site is run by Foreningen for drift av forskning.no, a non-profit organization which has 78 research institutions as members. forskning.no has its own writers and journalists and freelance writers. In addition articles are submitted by the research institutes and then edited by forskning.no staff before being published. Its English-language version is known as sciencenorway.no.
Lisbeth F.K. Holter Brudal is a Norwegian psychologist living in Oslo, Norway. She is particularly known for her pioneer work in the areas of birth psychology and communication.
Anne Hellum is a Norwegian jurist. She is Professor of Public Law at the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law. Her main areas of expertise are anti-discrimination and equality law, women's law, human rights and international development, sociology of law and African legal issues. Since 2000, she is also Director of the Institute of Women's Law, which is part of the Department of Public and International Law.
Else Olaug Mundal is a Norwegian philologist.
Elin Kvande is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher. She has been professor of sociology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) since 1999. Her research areas are organization and management, new forms of organization and globalization, and welfare state politics.
Signe Helene Kjelstrup is a Norwegian professor of physical chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. She is a principal investigator at PoreLab, a Center of Excellence at NTNU.
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