Mette Andersson, Date of Birth

Mette Andersson

Norwegian sociologist

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1964

Profession: teacher, sociologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mette Andersson (born 1964) is a Norwegian sociologist.
She is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen.
Her fields of expertise are cultural and political sociology, especially migration, ethnicity and racism, identity and identity politics, social movements, sociology of sport, transnationality and religion.She has formerly worked as a researcher at Telemark Research Institute, and as a senior researcher at the Rokkan Centre.
She was appointed Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen in 2006, and became Professor of Sociology in 2009.
She was external reviewer for the European Science Foundation from 2008 to 2009.
She has been a visiting scholar at the Centre for Urban and Community studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the Department of Sociology, Yale University.