Place of Birth: Moss, Norway, April 29th 1949


STUDIES/RESEARCH LEAVES:
  
STUDIES   
    University of Oslo 1969-70, 1971-73
    Brandeis University, Mass., USA, 1970-71
    London School of Economics, 1975-76, 1979

RESEARCH LEAVES
    European Consortium for Political Research, Dept. of Government, Univ. of
        Aberdeen, January and February 1984
   Department of Politics, University of
        Warwick, 1987-88
   Department of Political Science, University of
        Denver, høsten 1998
   European University Institutt,
        Firenze, april 2002
   Freie Universität,
        Berlin, april 2005

DEGREES:

   Magister Artium, University of Oslo, 1973. Major: Political Science. Minors: Sociology and statistics.
   Ph.D., London School of Economics, 1980..


POSITIONS HELD:

   Research Assistent (NAVF), Institute for Social Research,
      Oslo, 1972-74
   Research scholarship, Department of Political Science,
      University of Oslo, 1975-79
   Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science,
      University of Oslo, 1980-92
   Professor, Department of Political Science,
      University of Oslo, 1992-

    Have held several administrative positions at the Faculty and the Department. Was the head of Department of Political Science in 1985-86 and 1999-2001
    Chaired the Norwegian Research Council committee on political science 1995 to 1997
    Co-editor of Scandinavian Political Studies, 1990 to 1993
    Member of Editorial Board Scandinavian Political Studies since 1993
    Member of Editorial Board West European Politics since 2001
   

SCHOLARSHIPS:

    Fulbright-Wien scholarship, 1970-71
    British council scholarship, 1975-76
    Fulbright scholarship, 1998
    EUSSIRF Mobility Grant, 2002
    E:ON Ruhrgas-scholarship, 2005