Curriculum Vitae Bjørn Hvinden

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1 August 2006 Curriculum Vitae Bjørn Hvinden Born: 6th Dec 1949, Bærum, Norway Status: Registered partnership Education: Doctor Philosophiae (Dr), University of Oslo, 1992 Magister Artium (Master of Arts) in sociology, with social medicine and economics as supporting subjects, University of Oslo, 1977 Current positions: Head of Research (from 1 st Aug 2006), NOVA Norwegian Social Research, P O Box 3223 Elisenberg, NO-0208 Oslo (Visiting address: Munthesgt. 29, 0260 Oslo), Phone , Fax , bjorn.hvinden@nova.no Professor of Sociology (on leave from 1 st Aug 2006), Dept of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway (since 1995) Previous institutional attachments and positions: Scientific Advisor & Research Director, the Welfare Research Programme, the Research Council of Norway, Head of Department, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Social Research (INAS), Oslo, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Sociology, University of Oslo, Research Fellow, the Social Security Research Programme, Institute of Applied Social Research; Oslo Research Scholar, with grant from The Research Council of Norway, Research Fellow, Institute of Social Research, Oslo, Current research: Leader of three projects on (i) Social regulation of information and communication technology (ICT) for people with impairments, (ii) Non-discrimination in Norway and Europe; transnational transformations of disability policy, and (iii) The concept of disability as a political and bureaucratic construction - all parts of an umbrella project funded by the Research Council of Norway and directed by Professor Jan Tøssebro, Department of Social Work and Health Science, NTNU - with Drs. Rune Halvorsen and Marianne Hedlund as Research Fellows ( 1

2 Recently completed research: Leader, an interdisciplinary project on Active citizenship and marginality in a European context, funded by the Welfare Research Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers , and the Research Council of Norway ( ), involving scholars from the universities in Bremen (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Leeds (United Kingdom), Växjö (Sweden), Reykjavik (Iceland), Tromsø & Trondheim (Norway), and STAKES Research Centre, Helsinki (Finland) Leader, an interdisciplinary research project on risk management of allergenicity and the case of introducing allergens with genetically modified (GM) food, funded by the Research Council of Norway, , with Dr (Biochemistry) Galina Gaivoronskaia as Research Fellow Member of leadership team/consultant, a project on Definitions of disability in Europe: a comparative project, funded by the European Commission , and directed by Drs Helen Bolderson & Deborah Mabbett (Brunel University, the United Kingdom), involving national experts and researchers from all (the then) member states of the EU (except Luxembourg) and Norway. Norwegian coordinator/member of Nordic leadership team, a comparative study of the restructuring of the Nordic welfare states, funded by the Nordic Council and directed by Drs Hannu Uusitalo & Mikko Kautto, STAKES Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, involving researchers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Leader, a cross-national interdisciplinary study of disability and vocational rehabilitation policies in Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, together with Drs Helen Bolderson (Brunel University) and Michael Floyd (City University, , funded by the University of Trondheim, the Research Council of Norway, the European Science Foundation, and involving researchers from the countries mentioned. Leader/Coordinator, an interdisciplinary research programme on the impact of public policies on the situation of Romany people (Travellers) in Norway , funded by the Research Council of Norway, and involving researchers from the universities of Oslo and Trondheim, Leader, a project of self-organization among marginal groups in welfare society, especially organizations and groups based on the statuses of being unemployed, benefit or poor, funded by the Research Council of Norway, Teaching, supervisory and evaluator experience Have given and coordinated courses in sociological theory, methodology and social welfare & integration since the early 1990s (Oslo: , Trondheim: ), at all levels (Bachelor, Master and PhD) Have given courses on comparative social policy at master level at the universities of Umeå (Sweden 1999), Helsinki (Finland 2000) and Bremen (Germany ) Have supervised 25 Master and 10 PhD theses Have acted as member of evaluation committees and opponents at doctoral disputations at the universities of Oslo, Trondheim, Lund, Linköping and Copenhagen 2

3 Have evaluated applicants for professorships at the universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Roskilde & Bergen, Copenhagen Business School, and the University Colleges of Bodø & Oslo Have been member of evaluation panels for the Research Council of Norway, the Academy of Finland and Belgian Science Policy Elected Positions and Administrative Tasks From Leader of Programme Board, Research Programme on International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), Research Council of Norway From Overseas Editorial Advisor, Journal of Social Policy (the UK) Member of Management Committee, Cost Action A 15 Reforming Social Protection in Europe From Member of Editorial Board, European Journal of Social Security (the UK/the Netherlands) From Member of Editorial Board, Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research) Member of the Organizing Committee for the National Sociology Conference. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, June Head of Department, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU Book Review Editor, Acta Sociologica, Journal of the Scandinavian Sociological Association Norwegian Member of the Organizing Committee for the Nordic Social Policy Research Conferences Head of Committee, planning and designing a data base for longitudinal studies of individual movements within the income maintenance system, between this system and the labour market and in the labour market, based on administrative registers ("KIRUT") Acting Editor, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (The journal of social science research). Honours Elected Member of the Academy of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters, Trondheim, Norway 2006 Guest Researcher, The Danish National Social Research Institute, Copenhagen (March-June) Visiting Scholar, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen, Germany (November February) 2003 Guest Lecturer, Universität Bielefeld, Germany (May) 2001 Visiting Scholar, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen, Germany (May) 2000 Visiting Scholar, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland (January-April) 1999 Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Umeå, Sweden (May- November) 1999 Invited to give Northern Scholar Lecture, University of Edinburgh, Department of Social Policy (March) 3

4 1987 Awarded the FAFO Price for the Best Social Science Publication for the book Kolleger imellom: Arbeidskulturen i servicebedriften 1987 Visiting Researcher in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (August- December) Main publications the last ten years: Books: Virker velferdsstaten? [Does the welfare state work?] (Høyskoleforlaget, Kristiansand 2001) (Co-editor with Ann Helen Bay & Charlotte Koren and author of article with Karen- Sofie Pettersen) Nordic welfare states in the European context (Routledge, London 2001) (co-editor and author of Introduction with Mikko Kautto, Johan Fritzell, Jon Kvist & Hannu Uusitalo and authors of article with Matti Heikkilä & Ilkka Kankare) Disability policies in European countries (Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2001) (co-editor and author of Introduction with Wim van Oorschot) Romanifolket og det norske samfunnet [The Romani people and the Norwegian society], (Bergen, Fagbokforlaget 2000) (Editor and author of Introduction) Nordic social policy (Routledge, London 1999) (co-editor and author of Introduction with Mikko Kautto, Matti Heikkilä, Staffan Marklund and Niels Ploug, an author of article with Jon Anders Drøpping and Kirsten Vik) Journal articles Nordic disability policies in a changing Europe: is there still a distinct Nordic model? Social policy and administration, 38, 2, (2004). Which way for European disability policy? (with Rune Halvorsen) Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 5, 3, (2003) The uncertain convergence of disability policies in Western Europe, Social policy and administration, 37, 6, (2003) (reprinted in P. Taylor-Gooby (ed.) Making a European welfare state? Convergence and conflicts over European social policy, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing) Nieuwe noties rond actief burgerschap in Europa [New concepts about active citizenship in Europe] (with Rune Halvorsen), Tijdschrift voor arbeid en participatie, 24, (2002) Politiche attive del lavoro: la forza delle idee... e quella dei numeri [Active labour market policies ], Biblioteca della liberta, 36, 158, (2001) Onko sosiaalipolitiika omaksunut sosiologian hylkäämät vanhentuneet käsittet? [Has social policy taken over the discarded concepts of sociology?], Janus, 8, 2, (2000) Poverty, exclusion and agency, Research in Community Sociology (1995), 5, Articles in anthologies: Social inclusion do we have the right indicators? in E. Giovannini (ed.) Statistics, knowledge and policy; Key indicators to inform decision making, Paris: OECD Organisation for economic co-operation and development (2005) Welfare governance and the remaking of citizenship (with Håkan Johansson), in J. 4

5 Newman (ed.) Remaking governance: people, politics and the public sphere, Bristol: the Policy Press (2005) Fra likhet til valgfrihet [From equality to freedom of choice?], in B.Brandth, B. Bungum & E. Kvande (eds) Valgfrihetens tid, Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk (2005) Velferdsstaten: Fortsatt storebror og lillebror i velferdspolitikken? [The welfare state: still the big brother and the little brother in welfare policy?], in Hundre års ensomhet? Norge og Sverige , Statistiske analyser nr. 69, Oslo: Statistics Norway (2005). How to get employers to take on greater responsibility for the inclusion of disabled people in working life? In B. Marin, C. Prinz & M. Queisser (eds) Transforming disability welfare policies: Towards work and equal opportunities, Aldershot: Ashgate (2004). Activation in the Western Europe of the 1990s: did it make a difference? In P. Krause, G. Bäcker & W. Hanesch (eds) Combating poverty in Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate (2003) Ansvar for oppfølgingen av resultater: sammenliknende perspektiver i forskning om minoriteter [The responsibility for following up results: comparative perspectives in research on minorities], in Samisk forskning og forskningsetikk, Den nasjonale forskningsetiske komite for samfunnsvitenskap og humaniora (NESH), Oslo (2002) Activation: a Nordic perspective, in Heikkilä, M. (ed) Linking welfare and work, Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Condition (1999) Reports Sosial kapital [Social capital] (Oslo: Research Council of Norway editor and coauthor of introductory chapter (with Ranveig Gissinger) pp.7-41) Definitions of disability in Europe: a comparative analysis, A study prepared by Brunel University (Main author: Deborah Mabbett), Brussels: European Commission, Employment and Social Affairs 2002, Contributor on Norway) Storsamfunn og minoritet; sammendrag av resultatene av delprogram om romanifolket (taterne) og det norske samfunnet [Mainstream society and minority: Summary of the results of research programme about the Romani people (Travellers) and the Norwegian society] (Norges forskningsråd, Oslo 2001) 5