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About Arvid Hallén
- Arvid Hallén (born 3 July 1950) is a Norwegian sociologist and the Director-General of the Research Council of Norway (since 2004).He holds a mag.art.
- (PhD) degree in sociology from the University of Oslo.
- He served as Director of the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research from 1986 to 1995, and was employed at the institute as a researcher since 1978.
- He became Director for Humanities and Social Sciences in the Research Council of Norway in 1995, and Director-General in 2004. He is a member the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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