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Full Name:	Birgit Brock-Utne
Date of Birth:	4. May
Place of Birth:	Oslo, Norway
Nationality:	Norwegian
Marital Status:	Married
Number of children raised to adulthood:	Three

Current Position and Address

Prof.dr.philos. Birgit Brock-Utne
Institute for Educational Research
P.B.1092 Blindern
University of Oslo
0317 Oslo. Norway
Phones: Office: 47 22 85 53 95
Home: 47 66 91 80 36
Mobile phone: 928 48 987
Faxes: Office: 47 22 85 42 50
Home: 47 66 91 59 17
E-mail: Click Here to Mail Me

Academic Qualifications

• l956 Examen artium.(high school certificate.Oslo katedralskole.(Hovedkarakter: M.tf. Average grade: B+)
  
• l957/58 One year study at Stanford University,California study of political science and art education.
  
• l960 Teaching certificate (Lærereksamen,Sagene),.(Hoved karakter: Mg. med Sg. i engelsk muntlig, Sg.i pedagogikk muntlig og Sg.i praksis. Average grade: B+ with A in oral English, Educational theory (oral) and Educational Practice)
  
• l962 A degree in the study of German, one-year course (grunnfag) University of Oslo.(Karakter: 2.l.) l964
• M.Ed.(Master of Education),University of Illinois.(Grades: A in eight courses, B in one)
  
• l965 Advanced degree in Education (hovedfag),University of Oslo. (Grade:2.5)
  
• l966 A degree in the study of English,one-year course, University of Oslo. (grade:2.3)
  
• l965 Cand.polit.(social science degree with a major in the sociology of education (hovedfag) and l97l a minor in political sociology (mellomfag) l962 (grade: 2.3) and German (grunnfag) l97l University of Oslo l968
• A course and exams in the methods of teaching English and German, (grade: l.9)
  
• 1981 Ph.D by Review
  
• l988 Dr.philos.(doctor of philosophy within the field of peace education), University of Oslo

Professional Memberships

• Norsk Pedagogikklag (Association of Norwegian Educat-ional Researchers)(was the President of the Association l977-l979)
  
• Norsk Skolehistorisk Forening (the Norwegian Society for the Study of the History of Education)
  
• Nordisk Forening for Pedagogisk Forskning. Nordic Society for Educational Research. (been on the board from l977 - l984)
  
• Association of Teacher Training in Europe (ATEE)
  
• American Educational Research Association. (AERA)
  
• International Peace Research Association.(been on theexecutive board of the Council of the Association l983-l988, the Head of the Nominating Commission of the Association, 1988-1990, on the Board 1994 - 1996)
  
• Peace Education Commission of IPRA. (on the board of PEC, l98l-l988)
  
• Women's network within IPRA.(was the President l98l-l983)
  
• The European Peace Research Association(EUPRA)
  
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom(WILPF)
  
• Comparative and International Education Society(CIES)
  
• Nordic Society for the Study of Education in Developing Countries. (NASEDEC) (on the Board from 1994 to 1999, was the Convenor of the conference held in Norway in 1995)
  
• Northern Policy,Review, Research, and Advisory Network on Education and Training (NORRAG)
  
• Center for Afrikansk Kulturformidling. (CAF)(Center for dissemination of African Culture)
  
• Norge-Tanzania foreningen.(Norway - Tanzania Association)
  
• Fellesrådet for Afrika. (The Council for Africa)
  
• Nordic Comparative and International Education Society (NOCIES)
  
• Norsk Faglitterær Forfatterforening. (Norwegian Association of non-fiction writers)
  
• Forskerforeningen ved Universitetet i Oslo. (The Association of researchers at the University of Oslo)
  
• Norske Kvinnelige Akademikeres Landsforbund. (Norwegian Association of University Women)
  

Editorial Board Membership

• On the editorial board of: Cambridge Journal of Education. (l985-1989)
  
• On the editorial board of: Journal of World Peace(l986-1989)
  
• On the editorial board of: Women's Studies International Forum.(l986-)
  
• On the editorial board of: Peace Review (1993 -)
  
• On the editorial board of: International Journal of Peace Studies (1996)
  
• Consulting editor of: Internationl Review of Education (1995 - 1997)
  
• On the editorial board of:Internationl Review of Education (1997 -)
  
• Consulting editor of: Malawi Journal of Development Education (1998 - )
  

Work Experience

• Elementary school teacher (grunnskolelærer)..two years(l956/57 and l960/6l - both years in Oslo)
  
• Secondary school teacher (gymnaslærer), teaching German, English, History and Physical Education two years at Tynset gymnas, Tynset, Norway,l96l-63
  
• Teaching Assistant at the University of Illinois l963/64,in the Department of Art Education, teaching arts and crafts twelve hours weekly to seniors in art education
  
• Teacher at Elverum Teacher's College, Norway. (høgskole-lærer) l964-66. Two years of part-time teaching of art education
  
• Lecturer at Tromsø Teacher's College, Norway. (høgskole-lektor) l966-l973. Seven years of teaching and doing research in teacher education and in childrens' sterotypes towards other nations. Conducted numerous field studies and a project on the building of schools.
• Research Consultant(forskningskonsulent) in the Department of Research and Planning in the Ministry of Education, Oslo.
• l973 -l976 giving advise on, planning and administering more than fifty research projects each year.
  
• l976/77 Researcher at the Work Research Institute, Oslo. Working on a government-funded project on innovations in schools, evaluating the development of four different schools.
• l977 - l98l Assistant Professor (amanuensis) at the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Oslo.
  
• l977 - l98l Teaching courses in educational innovation, evaluation theory, evaluation of schools, educational action research and women and education.
  
• 1981 -1982 Researcher at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo. (with leave of absence from my tenured job at the University of Oslo)
  
• l982-l987 Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) at the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Oslo, teaching courses in educational innovation, women and education, peace education, sex role socialization, the male role.
  
• l987-l992 Associate Professor of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam, teaching mostly social psychology and women and education, also some lectures in educational psychology and guidance and counselling.
  
• l992 Professor of Peace Studies, Antioch University, Ohio,spring term . (20 March - 20 June) conducting one seminar in peace studies and one in African studies.
  
• 1992 Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) at the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Oslo, fall.
  
• 1994 teaching a graduate seminar on Education in Africa, giving undergraduate lectures on multi-cultural education, women and education, peace education, sex role socialization, the male role.
  
• 1995 Professor at the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Oslo, teaching African studies, comparative and international education, peace studies.
  

Administrative Work, Committee Work and Professional Work

• Head of the pedagogics sector at Tromsø Teacher College, l967-l972.
  
• Head of the committee which prepared a major in the study of special education at Tromsø Teacher College,l967-l969.
• Administrative head of the Preschool Teacher Training section of Tromsø Teacher College,l972/73.
  
• Chair of the Board of the People's University in Tromsø (Folkeuniversitetet), l968-l973.
  
• Member of the board of the School of Nursing in Troms, in the north of Norway (Sykepleierutdanningen i Troms),l968-73.
  
• Research Consultant in the Department for Research and Planning in the Ministry of Education,l973-l976.
  
• Member of the Committee for Educational Research, Council of Europe,l973-l977.
  
• Member of a government appointed committee for the building and planning of schools,l972-l976.
  
• Member of the Entrance Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, l974-l977.
  
• Member of the Advisory Council for the Education of Health personell under the Ministry of Social Affairs,l974-l978.
  
• Member of the Advisory Committee for Education to the Nordic Council,appointed by the government,l977-l98l.
  
• Head of the committee which prepared the Norwegian participation in the World Congress of Disarmament Education, l979-l980.
  
• President of the media commission of the World Congress of Disarmament Education, UNESCO, Paris - June l980.
  
• Head of Department of Social Pedagogics at the Institute for Educational Research, University of Oslo, l982-l984.
  
• Vice Director of the Institute for Educational Research, l982- l984.
  
• Head of Department of Educational Psychology, University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Member of the Board of the Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Member of the Senate of the University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Member of the Research and Publication Committee of the Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Member of the Higher Degrees Committee of the Faculty of Education, University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Member of the Higher Degrees Committee of the Senate of the University of Dar es Salaam, l989-l99l.
  
• Secretary of WED (Women, Education and Development - an organization of women educational researchers in Tanzania)l989-1991.
  
• Member of the Board of the Institute for Educational Research at the University of Oslo 1.01.1993 - 1.01.1996.
  
• Substitute member, appointed by the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Oslo, on the Board of SUM (Center for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo), 1.01.1993 - 1.01.1995 and again 1.01.1996 - 1.01.1998.
  
• Member, appointed by and representing the Institute for Educational Research, at the University of Oslo, of a committee planning the ATEE (Association for Teacher Education in Europe) international conference in Teacher training in Norway in 1995.
  I was a member both of the administrative and the professional committees.
  
• Member of the Board of UNESCO Institute of Education. Hamburg, Germany (1.01.1992 - 31.12.1995 and again 1.01.1996 - 31.12.1999).
  
• Member of the Board of NASEDEC (Nordic Association for the Study of Education in Developing Countries) January 1994 - August 1999.
  
• Convenor of the 1995 NASEDEC conference (at Ås, 15 - 17 June 1995)
  
• Convenor of the Globalization conference.
  The University of Oslo, 7 - 9 May 1998)
• Representing the Faculty of Education in a committee dealing with the International Summer School in Social Science.
  The University of Oslo (January 1998 -
• The Coordinator of the Socrates (EU-programme) activities of the Institute for Educational Research
  University of Oslo, (November 1998 -)
• Representing the Faculty of Education in a committee dealing with the university development cooperation North-South
  University of Oslo (1999-)

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