Background
Schweder, Tore was born on January 16, 1943 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Carl and Sol Schweder.
Schweder, Tore was born on January 16, 1943 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Carl and Sol Schweder.
Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1974.
Schweder has worked with scientists in a number of fields, including medicine, demography, sociology, economics, ecology, genetics and fisheries. Since 1990, most of his applied work has been concerned with assessment of marine resources (fish and whales), and with the problem of uncertainty in fisheries management. His methodological research interests also include basic connections between likelihood and confidence, cf. confidence distributions.
He was the 2011 recipient of the Sverdrup Prize.
In April 2013, his wide-ranging contributions to the theory and applications of statistics were honoured by a Statistics Day at the Academy of Sciences.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
Schweder has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission since 1989, and is an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Married Astrid Bergesen, August 18, 1981. Children: Simen, Aasa, Ole, Amund.