Stein Kuhnle
Professor
Department of Comparative Politics
Title: Professor
Phone: +47 55 58 21 79
Cellphone: +47 924 92 279 SMS
E-mail: Stein.Kuhnle@isp.uib.no
Visiting address: Christiesgt. 15
Curriculum Vitae
Stein Kuhnle
Status: October 2012
PERSONAL DATA
Birth: Bergen, Norway, 22 November 1947.
Citizenship: Norwegian.
Office addresses
Germany: Hertie School of Governance
Quartier 110 - Friedrichstrasse 180
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 259219306
Fax.: +49 30 259219224
Email: kuhnle@hertie-school.org
Norway: Department of Comparative Politics
University of Bergen
Christiesgt 1
N-5007 Bergen, Norway
Tel.: +47 55582179
Fax.: +47 55589425
Email: stein.kuhnle@isp.uib.no
EDUCATION
Cand. polit. Degree in Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway, 1973. Dissertation: "Social Mobilization and Political Participation: The Nordic Countries c. 1850-1970". (The degree also covers Public Administration and Sociology).
Committee: Stein Rokkan (Bergen), Derek Urwin (Bergen), Henry Valen (Oslo).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Professor of Comparative Social Policy, Hertie School of Governance (January 2006 - present)
Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen (August 1982 - present)
Adjunct Professor, Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen (January 2002 - December 2005)
Adjunct Professor, Centre for Social Research, Bergen (May 1999 - December 2001)
Research Director, Program on Welfare State Research, Norwegian Research Council for Applied Social Sciences (January 1988 - December 1994)
Professor, Stiftungsgastprofessur "Westeuropa", University of Mannheim (March - August 1987)
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Bergen (January 1979 - July 1982)
University Research Fellow, University of Bergen (January 1976 - December 1978)
Research Associate, University of Bergen, project funded by Norwegian Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (April 1973 - December 1975)
Research Assistant (part-time), University of Bergen, for Professor Stein Rokkan (April 1971 - March 1973)
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra (September - November 1999) (3 months fellowship)
Jean Monnet Fellow, European Forum, European University Institute, Florence (September 1998 - February 1999) (6 months fellowship)
Visiting Fellow, University of Mannheim (September - December 1987) (sabbatical leave from University of Bergen)
Visiting Fellow, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley (June - July 1986)
Northern Studies Scheme, The London School of Economics and Political Science (October - November 1978) (2 months stipend)
Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. (January - June 1977); Graduate School of Public Policy and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley (July - December 1977) (12 months fellowship)
HONORS
Invited member of Academia Europaea ("The Academy of Europe"), October 2012
Visiting Professor, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Honorary Professor, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (June 2011 – June 2014)
Honorary Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Center for Welfare State Research (December 2005 - March 2016)
Elected member of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and the Letters (2011)
Elected member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2004)
Appointed honorary member of the Slovenian Political Science Association (1993)
Scientific Prize (1975), A/S Norsk Varekrigsforsikringsfond Prize, awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, for "excellent scientific work" for dissertation in Comparative Politics on "Social Mobilization and Political Participation: The Nordic Countries c. 1850-1970".
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Expert Advisory Group for the CHINOR research programme of the Research Council of Norway to follow up the Norwegian Government's China Strategy; appointed for the period 01.01. 2011- 31.12.2014
Member, International Social Science Council (ISSC)/European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Stein Rokkan Prize Committee (2008-present)
Member, Board of Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm (2007-2012), appointed by the Swedish Ministry of Research and Education
Member, Management Group, Nordic Centre of Excellence: The Nordic Welfare State - Historical Foundations and Future Challenges, University of Helsinki (2007-2013)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Mannheim Centre of European Social Research (MZES) (2006-08; re-appointed 2009-11; 2011 - )
Official Representative, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), at the Hertie School of Governance (2006- present)
Member, The Holberg Prize Committee, Norway, Ministry of Research and Education/University of Bergen (2004-2007)
Chairperson, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen (elected/re-elected: January 1983 - December 1986; January 1992 - September 1998; January 2002 - September 2003; February 2004 - February 2005)
Vice-Chairperson, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen (October 2003 - January 2004; March - July 2005)
Member, The Norwegian UNESCO-Commission (2005), appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of Research and Education
Member, Board of the E.On Ruhrgas Scholarship Programme (2003 - October 2005), appointed by the Norwegian Research Council
Chairperson, Committee to outline future municipal welfare policies, Central Association of Norwegian Municipalities (2002 - 2003)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board (Norwegian Representative), European Social Survey, European Commission and European Science Foundation (2001 - 2004);
Member of Steering Committee for ESF-ESS (1997 - 2000)
Member, Board of the Chr. Michelsen Institute (Development research), Bergen (March 2001 - June 2007)
Member, Academic Senate (Board), University of Bergen, elected representative of scientific staff of the whole university (ca. 1600 faculty) (1999 - 2002, alternate member 2003 - July 2005)
Chairperson, Board of Centre for Social Research, University of Bergen (May 1999 - December 2001)
Member, Board of the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai (1999 - 2001)
Editor, Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research) (Norway) (1998 - 2003), founding editor
Vice- Dean, International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen (January 1996 - January 1999)
Chairperson, Foundation for International Studies of Social Security (September 1994 - September 1997)
Vice-Chairperson, Research Committee on Political Sociology, International Sociological Association and International Political Science Association (1993 - 1994)
Member, Steering Committee, Beliefs in Government Project, European Science Foundation (1990 - 1995)
Member, Standing Committee of the Social Sciences, European Science Foundation (1990 - 1993)
Chairperson, Norwegian Political Science Association (1982 - 1985)
Chairperson, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen (1981)
Editor, European Political Data Newsletter, European Consortium for Political Research and Norwegian Social Science Data Services (1979 - 1988)
Member, Board of the Nordic Political Science Association (1975 - 76; 1982 - 1985)
Member, numerous committees of various kinds (teaching; research; organization) at the University of Bergen; of the Norwegian Research Council; of other Norwegian and international professional organizations;
Member of numerous professorial selection committees (Bergen, Oslo, Uppsala, Tampere, Turku, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Roskilde, Odense)
Member of doctoral committees and serving as "opponent" at public disputations (at Nordic Universities) at the universities of Oslo (1); Stockholm (2); Södertörn University College, Stockholm (1); Aarhus (1); Roskilde (1); Helsinki (1); London School of Economics (1); European University Institute (4); and member of several doctoral committees at the University of Bergen.
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS
Politics and Governance (Open Access Journal) (2012- )
Journal of Public Administration (Guangzhou, China) Advisory Board (2012- )
Scandinavian Political Studies, Editorial Board (1978-85), Advisory Board (1988 - 2008)
British Journal of Political Science (1990 - present)
Journal of European Social Policy (1990 - present) (founding member)
Journal of Societal and Social Policy (Hong Kong) (2001 - present)
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research), Norway (2004 - present)
Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare (2006 - present)
Asian Social Work and Policy Review (2007 - present)
Journal of Social Policy (Macedonia), International Editorial Board (2012 - )
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Political Science Association
International Political Science Association
International Sociological Association
European Institute of Social Security
Foundation for International Studies of Social Security
Social Policy Association (UK)
International Society for Third Sector Research
Norwegian Political Science Association
Norwegian Sociological Association