Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen

Academic Interests

• Children and youth
• Girls and boys
• Gender socialisation
• Equality and education
• Gender, subjectivity and social change
• Psychoanalysis and psychosocial perspectives
• Qualitative methods

Background

• Professor at Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, 1993-present
• Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, 2014-present
• Director of the National PhD School 2014-2016
• Research leader at Centre for Advanced Study, CAS, together with Hanne Haavind 2010-2011.
• Director for Centre for Gender Research, 1993-2009 (on leave 2000-2005)
• Study Director, Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, University of Oslo, 2003-2005
• Ass. Professor in Education. Departement of Education Research, University of Oslo, 1981-93
• Ass. Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, 1977-83
• MA, 1976, in Danish language/literature and psycho-linguistics. University of Copenhagen