Dániel Péter Biró

I studied in Hungary, Germany, Switzerland and Austria before receiving my Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2004. From 2004 -2009 I was Assistant Professor and from 2009-2018 Associate Professor for Composition and Music Theory at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC, Canada. In 2011 I was Visiting Professor at Utrecht University and in 2014-2015 Research Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. In 2015 I was elected to the College of New Scholars, Scientists and Artists of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2017-2018 I was aGuggenheim Fellow. Since 2018 I have taught at the Grieg Academy and in 2019 I was promoted to Professor for Composition.

I am applying to the University Board of the University of Bergen because I believe that, as an interdisciplinary scholar and researcher with international experience, I would give important perspectives to the direction and goals of the university. Having had many years of experience in teaching, research and administration in the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands and Norway, I have gained knowledge into how universities operate and how to develop policies and frameworks to strengthen teaching and research. As part of the University Board, I would work to create frameworks to allow for increased research outputs and democratic transparency at UiB. Simultaneously, I would work to foster diversity and equality in teaching, research and administration at the University of Bergen.