Gudmund Hernes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Norwegian sociologist, author and politician
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Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Gudmund Hernes
- Gudmund Hernes (born 25 March 1941 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian professor and politician for the Labour Party.
- He was the state secretary to the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning 1980-1981, Minister of Education and Research and Ministry of Church and Cultural Affairs (church affairs) 1990, Minister of Education, Research and Church Affairs 1991-1995 and Minister of Health and Social Affairs (health affairs) 1995-1996 and 1996-1997.Gudmund Hernes got his PhD in sociology at Johns Hopkins University in 1971.
- He became a professor at the University of Bergen in 1971, and later at the University of Oslo.
- He has been a Fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford (1974–75) and Visiting Professor at Harvard University in 1986 and 1990.From 1999-2005 he was the Director of UNESCO's International Institute of Educational Planning in Paris, and UNESCO's Coordinator on HIV/AIDS.He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
- the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters[1], and The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research [2].
- Gudmund Hernes is researcher at the Fafo Institute in Oslo, and Adjunct Professor at BI Norwegian Business School.
- During 2006-2011 he was president of The International Social Science Council [3] From 2017 he has been the Chair of the University Board (Konsistorium) at Uppsala University.
- Hernes is an honorary doctor at Umeå University [4] and the University of Bergen.
- Among his other awards are an Honorary Member of the Norwegian Fulbright Association, The Honorary Price of the Norwegian Sociological Association and Honorary Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology.
- He has been a columnist in several Norwegian papers, and for the last thirteen years in the Norwegian Weekly Morgenbladet.
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