Margunn Bjørnholt
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Margunn Bjørnholt MEES, PhD, PhD |
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| President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
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In office 2013–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Torild Skard |
| Succeeded by | Marit Nybakk |
| President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby | |
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In office 2014–2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Gunhild Vehusheia |
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| Born | 9 October 1958 Bø, Telemark |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Research Professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies |
| Website | www |
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). Her research focuses on men and masculinities, work–family arrangements, gender equality, migration, violence, money and financial institutions, and management and organization. She is a former President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and the Norwegian Women's Lobby.
She studied politics, contemporary history, regional planning and economics, and holds a cand.mag. degree from the University of Tromsø (1981), an MA in European economic studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (1981–1982), a mag.art. (PhD equivalent) in economic sociology from the University of Oslo (1995), with a dissertation on microfinance, ethical and interest-free banking, a fil.dr. (PhD) in gender studies from Örebro University (2014), with the dissertation Modern Men on men's work–family arrangements, intergenerational transmission and social change, and full professor competence in gender studies.
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