
Curriculum vitae
1 Summary
2 Education
3 Employment and Academic Qualifications
4 Offices, Service
5 Research Projects
PluriCourts | MultiRights | Book Series |
6 Teaching | Advising |
7 Grants/Funding CV, Fellowships, Visiting Scholar
8 Lectures and Presentations | List
9 Academic Publications | List
10 Contributions to public debate | List
1 Summary
Professor of Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Ph.D. 1991 in Philosophy, Harvard University. Co-Director of the Norwegian Centre of Excellence PluriCourts for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of of the Judiciary in the Global Order (2013-2024). Principal Investigator, European Research Council Advanced Grant MultiRights 2011-16, on the legitimacy of multi-level human rights judiciary. Research Coordinator at the Norwegian Centre of Excellence for the Study of Mind in Nature – CSMN. Publishes on a variety of issues concerning Human Rights, Globalisation, Democracy, and Europeanisation. Fellow of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
2 Education
1991 |
Ph.D., Philosophy, Harvard University: The Significance of National Boundaries for International Distributive Justice. Advisers: John Rawls and T. M. Scanlon; Amartya K. Sen for relevant chapters |
1986 |
A.M. Philosophy, Harvard University |
1982 |
Mag. Art. Philosophy, University of Oslo. Thesis: John Rawls’s Theory of Civil Disobedience. Minor fields: Sociology, Psychology |
1981 |
Philosophy 80 poäng, University of Uppsala, Sweden |
3 Employment and Academic Qualifications
Academic
2013- |
Professor, Co-Director, PluriCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo |
2001- |
Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo |
2000 |
(Acknowledged competence at the Full Professor level in Political Science) |
1999-2005 |
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo |
1994-2005 |
Research Professor and Coordinator, Research Group on Normative Theory, ARENA (Centre for Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation-State) |
Administrative Experience
2013- 2024 |
Director / Co-Director, PluriCourts Centre of Excellence, Research Council of Norway |
2011- 2016 |
Principal Investigator, MultiRights, European Research Council Advanced Grant |
2004- 2010 |
Director of Research, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
2006 |
Academic Director (acting), Ethics Programme University of Oslo |
1994-2000 |
Coordinator, Research Group on Normative Theory, ARENA |
1991-94 |
Director, Norwegian National Committee on Research Ethics in Social Sciences and Humanities (NESH) |
1986-91 |
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University |
1985-91 |
Assistant Senior Tutor, Currier House, Harvard University (part time) |
4 Offices, Service
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Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
2019- |
Chair, Board of U.S.- Norway Fulbright Foundation |
2019-2021 |
Board, Prize for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters – Fylkesaker-prisen |
2014- |
Board, U.S.- Norway Fulbright Foundation |
2015-2021 |
The Council for Animal Ethics [Rådet for dyreetikk], Alternate |
2015-2023 |
Advisory Council on Scientific Misconduct [Redelighetsutvalg], Norwegian School of Sports Sciences (Norges Idrettshøgskole) |
2016 |
Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters |
2014-16 |
Advisory Board (Direksjonen) The Norwegian Polytechnic Society |
2004-2010 |
Council on Ethics, Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global |
2002-2006 |
Vice Chair, Ethics Programme, University of Oslo |
2002 |
Board, Program for Curriculum Reform, Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo. |
2001-2003 |
Board, Center for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo |
2001-2006 |
Advisory Council, “Mitt livs testamente” (Association for Advance Directives and issues of voluntary Euthanasia) |
2001 |
Board of Norwegian Institute for Human Rights (Alternate) |
1999-2001 |
Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (Bioteknologinemnda) |
1994-99 |
Board, Fulbright Alumni Association of Norway |
1997- 98 |
Working Group on Integrating Ethics in the Curriculum, Norwegian School of Management |
1993 |
Working Group on Research on Ethics, University of Oslo |
Journal Editorial Boards
European Political Science, European Union Politics (-2018), Living Reviews in Democracy, Teoria Politica, Research and Politics; Journal on Social Philosophy
Academic and Research Committees
2007-2015 |
Board, International Political Theory, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). |
2001-2010 |
Board, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee 3 – On European Unification |
2003-2006 |
International Board, Research Program on ‘Democracy. Scope, Limits and Justification’, Sweden |
Evaluation Committees
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Expert, European Commission, European Research Council |
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Expert/Referee: Finlands Akademi; The Leverhulme Trust; German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); Research Council of Norway; The Research Foundation of Flanders (FWO); Riksbankens jubileumsfond, Stockholm; Swiss National Science Foundation; Thyssen Stiftung. |
2008-10 |
Expert, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Italy New York |
1999- |
Referee, Fulbright and Norge-Amerikaforeningen |
2011 |
Professorship, Turku University |
2005 |
Professorship, Saami University College |
2004 |
The Philosophy Departments in Sweden |
2004 |
Professorship, Freie Universität Berlin |
2004 |
Associate Professorship, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo |
2003 |
Professorship, Roskilde University Denmark |
Referee/Manuscript Consultant – recent, incomplete
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Sage, Palgrave …
American Political Science Review (APSR) 2017, 2011, 2008; Analyse und Kritik 2011; British Journal of Political Science (2018); Comparative Social Research 2002; Conflict and Cooperation; Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP) 2005, 2005; Economics and Philosophy 2001; Ethics 2015; Ethics and International Affairs 2003; Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 2004; European Integration online Papers 2001, 2004; European Journal of Political Theory 2015; European Political Science Review (EPSR) 2017, 2018; European Union Politics (EUP) 2006; Global Constitutionalism 2012; International Journal of Constitutional Law 2017, 2019, International Theory 2017, Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 2011, 2017; Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP) 2016, 2011, 2006, 2002; Journal of Peace Research 2000, 2004; Journal of Political Philosophy 2016, 2012, 2011, 2007, 2007, 2005, 2004; Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 2019; Journal of Politics 2016; Law and Philosophy 2016; Nordic Journal on Human Rights/ Mennesker og rettigheter 2007, 2001; PS: Political Science & Politics 2017; Political Studies 2004, 2003, 2001; Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2017; Regional and Federal Studies 2008; Res Publica 2018; Theoria 2007, 2002; Tidsskrift for trygdeforskning 2005, Internasjonal politikk 2001, Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, TANO forlag, Velfærd 2016.
5 Research Projects
Ongoing
Book Series
2013 |
Cambridge Studies on International Courts and Tribunals, co-editor with Geir Ulfstein, Cambridge University Press. |
2010 |
Cambridge Studies on Human Rights Conventions, co-editor with Geir Ulfstein, Cambridge University Press. |
2010 |
Citizenship Transitions, Routledge, co-editor with Michele Micheletti, Dietlind Stolle and Jonas Tallberg |
2007 |
Contemporary European Politics, Consulting Editor, Cambridge University Press |
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Studies on Global Justice, Springer |
1998-2009 |
Themes in European Governance, Founding Series Editor (with J. P. Olsen), Cambridge University Press |
Leadership/Participation in Past Research Projects
2011-16 |
Principal Investigator MultiRights – The Legitimacy of Multi-Level Human Rights Judiciary European Research Council Advanced Grant |
2009-10 |
Should States Ratify Human Rights Conventions? Centre for Advanced Study. |
2007-2013 |
Research Coordinator Centre of Excellence for the Study of Mind in Nature University of Oslo |
2004- |
Coordinator, Task force on Legitimacy and Democracy, NEWGOV, EU Integrated Project (EUI, Florence). |
2004- |
Member, CONNEX, EU Network of Excellence (Mannheim) |
– |
Member, GARNET, EU Network (Warwick). |
2003-4 |
Fulbright New Century Scholar |
2003-4 |
Member, Council of Europe Integrated Project on The Future of Democracy in Europe |
2003-5 |
Member, NODE project, Vienna: Governance, Territoriality and Welfare Regimes [Result] |
2001-5 |
Coordinator, “Accommodating Difference” – Research Council of Norway.[Result] |
2001 |
Union Citizenship. [Published] With Neil McCormick. |
2001 |
Sami Claims to Land and Water. [Published] |
2000 |
“Når noen er likere enn andre” (“When some are more equal than others”), Research Council of Norway. In cooperation with Centre against Ethnic Discrimination (Senter mot etnisk diskriminering), Oslo |
2000 |
International Justice (Hinsides Hakkebakkeskogen), with the Institute for Human Rights. Published in Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2001, 2. |
1999 |
Can Salmon Suffer? Research project, Research Council of Norway [Result] |
1998-2000 |
Coordinator of Norwegian team in EU-project EURCIT – on European Citizenship |
1994-2000 |
Coordinator, Research Group on Normative Theory, ARENA Responsibilities for running the Research Group, including a seminar, arranging conferences, editing books and journal special issues on normative issues pertaining to Europeanisation |
1995. |
“Europeanisation and Normative Political Theory”. Position Paper – ARENA Working Paper 1/95.1997 |
1997 |
Restructuring the Welfare State: Theory and Practice of Social Policy. With Peter Koslowski [Published Springer] |
1997 |
Democracy and the European Union. With Peter Koslowski. [Published] |
Conference and Seminar Responsibilities
- in addition to PluriCourts/MultiRights activities
2013 |
Section on Political Philosophy, 23rd World Congress of Philosophy, Athens |
2012 |
The Legitimacy of international law and courts, University of Oslo |
2011 |
Rawls’ A Theory of Justice at 40, University of Oslo |
2010 |
Legitimacy of Human Rights Treaty Organs – Paris |
2009 |
On Chaim Gans Just Zionism, Association for Israel Studies Conferenec, Beer sheva, Israel |
– |
Panel on Chaim Gans’ Just Zionism, American Political Science Association, Toronto |
– |
The Effects of Human Rights Treaty Ratification. EUI Florence |
2008 |
The Contributions of Human Rights Institutions. NCHR/CSMN Workshop |
– |
On Nordic Human Rights Judicial Review NOPSA, Tromsø [Publication] |
– |
On Legitimacy in Normative Political Philosophy, Paris |
2006 |
The Democratic Theory of ‘New Modes of Governance’ in Europe, Panel, IPSA World Congress, Japan |
– |
Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations, Council on Ethics of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, Oslo. [Publication] |
2005 |
The calls for a European Identity, ECPR Budapest |
2004 |
Political Consumerism, Conference, Oslo. |
– |
ECPR Workshop on National Traditions of Democratic Thought, Uppsala. |
2003 |
Global Justice University of Oslo Ethics Programme. [Publication] |
2003 |
ECPR Workshop on Legitimate Federation? Edinburgh. [Publication]. |
– |
Round Table on European Citizenship, EURESCO Conference, Maratea, Italy |
– |
Norwegian Conference in Political Science, section on normative political theory |
2002 |
APSA – Political Theory and the European Union |
– |
Nordic Network on Political Theory, Oslo. |
2000 |
On Religion in the Public Schools, Oslo. |
– |
Hinsides Hakkebakkeskogen – Internasjonal rettferdighet University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy and Institute of Human Rights. [Publication Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2001 , 2]. |
– |
Theories of Democracy for Europe: Principles and Preconditions. International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Bergen. |
1999 |
Can Salmon Suffer? University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy. [Publication]. |
1998 |
Sub-sovereign Nations. Minorities in Europe. European Consortium for Social Research, Warwick; with Lukas Meyer/Bremen. |
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Roundtable on European Citizenship. World Congress of Philosophy, Boston. [Publication]. |
1996 |
Democracy and the EU. with Peter Koslowski/Hannover. [Publication]. |
1995 |
National Conference in Political Science, section on normative political theory. |
– |
The Welfare State Under Siege? Hannover, Germany, With Peter Koslowski. [Publication Springer 1997]. |
1994 |
The Fourth International Conference on Ethics in the Public Service, Stockholm. Member of Planning Committee. |
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ARENA Conference on Europeanisation and Normative Political Theory, Oslo. |
1993 |
The European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Oslo Conference. [Publication]. |
– |
Nordic Workshop on Research Ethics Lillehammer, Norway. Publication 1995. |
1990 |
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Cambridge, Mass., USA. Secretary at the founding meeting. |
6 Teaching
2010 |
The Legitimacy of Human Rights Conventions – NordForsk PhD Course, Iceland |
2008 |
How should we understand human rights, with Thomas Pogge, Oslo, with Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature. [Publication as special issue in J Soc Phil] |
1999 |
Global Ethics, with Thomas Pogge, The Ethics Program/The Research Council of Norway |
Department of Philosophy at the University of Oslo:
1999, 2001 |
The Political Theory of the European Union – offered jointly with Dept. of Political Science |
2000, 2001 |
Introductory Course in Ethics. |
1993 |
John Rawls: Political Liberalism |
1992 |
Freedom, Equality and Consent in recent contractualist theories |
Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo:
1999 |
Multilevel governance: positive and normative analysis. With prof. Midgaard |
1992, 94 |
Normative political theory, shared responsibilities. |
Norwegian School of Management (BI), Oslo:
1991,93,94 |
Ethics in Management, for mid-career MBA students. |
Teaching fellow
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.:
1991 |
Professor Dennis Thompson: Political Ethics and Public Policy, |
1990 |
Professor Roger Fisher: Negotiation Workshop, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School. |
1987 |
Professor Stanley Hoffmann: Ethics and International Relations |
1986 |
Professor Sissela Bok: Moral Choice and Personal Responsibility |
1985, 87 |
Professor Michael Sandel: Justice |
PhD Advising
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Lars Fjell Hansson
Jakob Elster
Malcolm Langford
Nino Tsereteli
Anine Kierulf
Michael Reinertsen
7 Grants, Fellowships, Visiting Scholar
Grants
2013-23 |
PluriCourts Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order Rights Research Council of Norway Centre of Excellence [appr. EUR 19 mill/NOK 175 mill + from U Oslo] |
2011-16 |
MultiRights – The Legitimacy of Multi-Level Human Rights Judiciary European Research Council Advanced Grant
[≈EUR 2.5 mill. + ≈ EUR 2.9 mill matching from Norwegian Ministry of Research] |
2009-2014 |
Should States Ratify Human Rights Conventions? FRIHUMSAM grant from the Research Council of Norway for two PostDocs
[NOK 5 620 000] |
2009-2010 |
Should States Ratify Human Rights Conventions? Centre for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
[EUR 730 000] |
2007-2010 |
Nordic Network on Human Rights research, NordForsk [EUR 160 000] |
2004- |
Coordinator, Democracy Task Force, EU Project on New Modes of Governance, NEWGOV |
2003 |
New Century Scholar, Fulbright
[$41 500] |
1998-2000 |
Norwegian Coordinator, EU Project on European Citizenship EURCIT. |
1997 |
Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF) |
1990-91 |
Graduate Fellow, Program in Ethics and the Professions, Harvard University. |
1988-90 |
Stipend, Research Council of Norway. |
1983-88 |
Harvard University Grant selected years. |
1983-84 |
Fulbright Fellowship. |
1982-85 |
Doktorandstipend, University of Uppsala, Sweden. |
Visiting Scholar:
2019 |
Department of Philosophy, University of Malaga |
2019 |
Edinburgh Law School, The University of Edinburgh |
2017 |
The Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies, University of Salzburg |
2016 |
Australian National University, Canberra |
2011 |
Wissenschaftzentrum Berlin; UC Berkeley Law School |
2005, 06 |
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
1997-9,2000-3 |
Repeat, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University |
1999 |
University of Florence, Italy |
1987-88 |
Affiliate, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School |
8 Lectures and Presentations
Updated list
9 Academic Publications
Many available at SSRN – Author 1505725 | Complete, updated list
10 Contributions to public debate
Updated list