Board Members 2011 - 2013

The Network Board currently has eight permanent memebers and seven substitute members.
The Network Working Committee consists of four members, representing the four Norwegian universities.

Permanent Members:

Professor Jakob J. Stamnes
(Chair and leader of the Working Committee)
Department of Physics and Technology
University of Bergen

Professor Hanna Havnevik
(Deputy Chair and member of the Working Committee)
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
University of Oslo

Professor Berit Kjeldstad
(Member of the Working Committee)
Prorector for education and learning quality,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)


Professor Tone Bleie
(Member of the Working Committee)
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning
University of Tromsø

Senior Adviser Karen Crawshaw Johansen
Department of Research Administration
University of Oslo

Senior Adviser Bjørn Erik Andersen
Department of Research Management
University of Bergen
Research Professor Åshild Kolås
International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)

Senior Adviser Monika P. Thowsen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
(non-voting member)

Substitute Members:

Associate Professor Øyvind Frette
Department of Physics and Technology
University of Bergen

Associate Professor Koen Wellens
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
University of Oslo

Head of Section Hilde Skeie
Office of International Relations
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)


Associate Professor Ivar Bjørklund
Department of Cultural Sciences
University of Tromsø

Senior Adviser Bjarne Skov
Faculty of Humanities
University of Oslo

No current substitute member from the administration at UiB

Special Adviser Ingeborg Haavardsen
International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)


Senior Adviser Ola Breidal
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(non-voting member)