Gudmund Hernes

He became a professor at the University of Bergen in 1971, and later at the University of Oslo. He has been a Fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford (1974–75) and Visiting Professor at Harvard University in 1986 and 1990. From 1999 to 2005 he was the Director of UNESCO's International Institute of Educational Planning in Paris, and UNESCO's Coordinator on HIV/AIDS. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters, and The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research. Researcher at the Fafo Institute in Oslo, and adjunct professor at BI Norwegian Business School. During 2006-2011 he was president of The International Social Science Council From 2017 he has been the Chair of the University Board (Konsistorium) at Uppsala University. Hernes is an honorary doctor at Umeå University and the University of Bergen. Among his other awards are an Honorary Member of the Norwegian Fulbright Association, The Honorary Price of the Norwegian Sociological Association and Honorary Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology. He has been a columnist in several Norwegian papers, and for the last thirteen years in the Norwegian Weekly Morgenbladet.

Gudmund Hernes studied at Johns Hopkins University and Trondheim Cathedral School. The recorded working language is Norwegian and English. Residence is recorded at Bergen Municipality. Employment is recorded with University of Oslo. Positions recorded include Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services and Minister of Education and Research. Distinctions recorded are Prices of the Norwegian Association of Sociology.

• Name — Gudmund Hernes • Office — Minister of Health and Social Affairs • Term Start — 22 December 1995 • Term End — 17 October 1997 • Prime Minister — Gro Harlem Brundtland Thorbjørn Jagland • Predecessor — Werner Christie • Successor — Dagfinn Høybråten • Office2 — Minister of Education and Research • Term Start2 — 3 November 1990 • Term End2 — 22 December 1995 • Prime Minister2 — Gro Harlem Brundtland • Predecessor2 — Einar Steensnæs • Successor2 — Reidar Sandal • Born — 25 March 1941 • Birthplace — Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Reichskommissariat Norwegen (today Norway) • Party — Labour • Spouse — Helga Hernes (unknown period) Charlotte Haug (2008-) • Children — Stein Hernes