!!Øyvind Østerud - Curriculum Vitae
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*1970 - Mag. art in political science, Oslo\\
*1974- PhD at the London School of Economics\\
*2008-2011 - President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2009 and 2011; vice-president 2008 and 2010\\
*Since 1983- Official advisor to the Norwegian Nobel Committee\\
*Since 2012- Member of the International Prize Committee for the Skytte Prize in Political Science\\
*1997-2011-Co-editor of Journal of Peace Research\\
*2004-2006 - Chairman of the Board of the International Peace Research Institute.\\
*1998-2003 - Director and research leader of the Norwegian Government-initiated Power and Democracy Study, with a mandate from the Norwegian Parliament