Margunn Bjørnholt

1958 -

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Country of citizenship: Norway

Languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian

Educated at: University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, College of Europe, University of Oslo

Occupation: sociologist, economist, university teacher

Award received: Article of the Year – The Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize, Rights Prize

Position held: President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights

Official website: www.margunnbjornholt.no

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Margunn Bjørnholt (born 9 October 1958 in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian sociologist and economist. She is a research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and a professor of sociology at the University of Bergen. Her research has focused on financial institutions, management and working life and later on gender equality, migration and violence. She has also worked as a consultant, a civil servant, served as an expert to the European Commission and been president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. Source: Wikipedia (en)