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About Steinar Stjernø
- Steinar Stjernø (born 10 January 1945) is a Norwegian academic. He obtained the mag.art.
- degree (PhD equivalent) in Public Administration and Organizational Theory from the University of Bergen in 1971.
- He worked as a researcher at the Norwegian State College of Local Government Administration and Social Work from 1971 to 1978, and later as associate professor.
- He was the rector from 1987 to 1991.
- When the Oslo University College was established in 1994 through a merger, Stjernø became the rector there, a position he held until 2000.
- Since 2002 he is professor at the same institution, of social policy studies and social work.
- He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Bremen, the University of New South Wales and the University of California, Berkeley.Stjernø was a member of the board of the Council of University Colleges in Norway from 1995 to 2000.
- In 2007 and 2008 he chaired the board of the Norwegian Work Research Institute.He has been active in the Socialist Left Party, having been its deputy leader from 1975 to 1977.
- He is a member of Ullern borough council.
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