Johannes Hjellbrekke

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Johannes Hjellbrekke (born 1965) is a Norwegian sociologist. He is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen and was editor-in-chief of Sosiologisk tidsskrift (the Norwegian Journal of Sociology) from 2003 to 2005. He was appointed as Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen in 2005, and became full Professor in 2010. He has been a visiting scholar/professor at the University of York, EHESS/Paris, UC Berkeley and New York University. He is noted for his research on social class, elites, power, and social mobility. [1] [2] In 2024 Hjellbrekke became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. [3]

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References

  1. Johannes Hjellbrekke, University of Bergen
  2. Akademikerbarna følger foreldrene, Dagens Næringsliv 19.7.10
  3. "Akademiets nye medlemmer 2024". Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-04-10.