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- ↑ Profile at the University of Oslo
- ↑ Board Archived 2011-01-30 at the Wayback Machine – Norwegian Institute for Social Research
- ↑ Styret ved ISF Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine – Norwegian Institute for Social Research (in Norwegian)
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