Background
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth was born on August 12, 1954 in Bergen, Norway. Daughter of Gunnar Audunn and Jenny Marie Birkelund.
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Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund
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Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Norwegian sociologist. Member of Inter-University Center Dubrovnik (executive committee, board member), International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion, European Union Network Excellence, Norwegian Sociological Association, American Sociological Association.
Education
Cand.mag., University Bergen, Norway, 1978. Cand.polit., University Bergen, Norway, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in political, University Bergen, Norway, 1993.
Career
Research assistant University Bergen, 1983—1985, assistant professor, 1985—1987, associate professor, 1987—1996. Senior researcher Fafo Institute for Applied Social Research, Oslo, 1996—1997. Research director, researcher Institute for Social Research, 1997—1999.
Professor University Oslo, since 1999. Honorary fellow University Wisconsin, Madison, 1987. Visiting academic University California, Berkeley, 1993—1994, University Oxford and Nuffield College, 2005—2006.
Research director University Oslo's Advanced Programme in Labour Studies, since 2006.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Inter-University Center Dubrovnik (executive committee, board member), International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion, European Union Network Excellence, Norwegian Sociological Association, American Sociological Association.
Connections
Married John Roger Eriksen, May 8, 1940. Married Inge Erlandsen, October 29, 1946 (divorced 1992). Children: Elisabeth Erlandsen, Hans-Martin Birkelund Erlandsen, Helene Birkelund Erlandsen.
Education
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1978
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1982
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1993