Berit Brandth

Berit Brandth (born 1 June 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher.

Biography

Brandth is a graduate of Bates College in the US and the University of Trondheim (now integrated into NTNU), where she took a major in 1977. She is a professor of sociology at NTNU and a research advisor at the Norwegian Center for Rural Research. She has focused on both masculinity and femininity, with perspectives from work, technology, media and organization. One of Brandth's research themes is gender in agriculture, in relation to farm tourism and management in agricultural organizations.^[1]^[2] She has also researched the development and use of the maternity/paternity leave of absence, with particular emphasis on fathers' rights.^[3] In 2014, she was appointed as a member of the Working Time Committee, which looked at how we can best utilize the labor force in the future.^[4]^[5]

Selected works

2015 - Feminism and Ruralities, with Barbara Pini (Plagiarist) and Jo Little. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739188217
2013 - Fedrekvoten og den farsvennlige velferdsstaten (editor and contributor), with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215021898
2010 - Föräldraledighet, omsorgspolitik och jämställdhet i Norden, with Gudny Bjørk Eydal, Ingolfur V. Gislason, Ann-Zofie Duvander, Johanna Lammi-Taskula, Tine Rostgaard
2005 - Gender, Bodies and Work (editor and contributor), with David Morgan and Elin Kvande. Ashgate. ISBN 9780754644392
2005 - Valgfrihetens tid, omsorgspolitikk for barn i det fleksible arbeidsliv (editor and contributor), with Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande
2003 - Fleksible fedre. Arbeid-Maskulinitet-Velferdsstat, with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215001005
1999 - Familie for tiden, with Kari Moxnes. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788251834797

References

^ "Berit Brandth". Ruralis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Gamle gårder, nye menn". forskning.no (in Norwegian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ Arbeids-og sosialdepartementet (6 January 2016). "NOU 2016: 1". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ Arbeids-og sosialdepartementet (15 August 2014). "Arbeidstidsutvalg skal vurdere framtidas arbeidsliv". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Gamle gårder, nye menn". forskning.no (in Norwegian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

External links

Brandth's profile at NTNU
Brandth's profile at Norsk senter for bygdeforskning

[ruralis-1] "Berit Brandth". Ruralis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[forskning-2] "Gamle gårder, nye menn". forskning.no (in Norwegian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[Regjeringen2016-3] Arbeids-og sosialdepartementet (6 January 2016). "NOU 2016: 1". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[Regjeringen2014-4] Arbeids-og sosialdepartementet (15 August 2014). "Arbeidstidsutvalg skal vurdere framtidas arbeidsliv". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[forskning2011-5] "Gamle gårder, nye menn". forskning.no (in Norwegian). 1 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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