Academic Interests
Political ethics
Political philosophy
Social philosophy
Philosophy of science
Politics in France
Courses taught
- STV1000 Innføring i statsvitenskap (Introduction to political science)
- STV1100 Politisk teori (Political theory)
- STV2110 Politisk filosofi (Political philosophy)
- STV4020 Metode (Methods)
- STV4020F Grunnlagsproblemer i deskriptiv og normativ statsvitenskap (Basic issues in the descriptive and the normative study of politics)
- PPE1000 Filsoofi, politikk og økonomi (Philosophy, politics and economy)
Background
Cand. polit. 1982
Positions held
- Member of the board, Centre of Advanced Studies, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Member of the board, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
- Member of the Governmental Council on Biotechnology.
- Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science.
Partners
Adjunct professor, Norwegian University Defence College (2010 - 2018)
Research coordinator, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), University of Oslo (2007 - 2017)
Tags:
Political theory,
Political philosophy,
Social philosophy,
Ethics,
Philosophy of science,
France.
Selected publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
The Hobbesian Theory of International Conflict, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1993
National Interests, Morality, and International Law, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1994
Valuing the Environment, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995
Filosofi for statsvitere (Philosophy for political scientists), Oslo: Tano Aschehoug, 1997
'Leader' and 'entrepreneur' in international relations: a conceptual analysis, European Journal of International Relations, 1,1, 1995
Democracy in the United Nations: for and against, i: Sam Daws and Paul Taylor (red.), The United Nations. Volume I: Systems and Structures, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000
Explaining and making sense of action, i: Jon Elster et al. (ed.), Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour, Oslo: Academic Press, 2006
Materiell og mental virkelighet (Material and mental reality), Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2002
Introduksjon til samfunnsfag (Introduction to social science), Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2005 (co-authors F. Engelstad, C.E. Grenness, R. Kalleberg)
Imperfect science, Global Environmental Politics, 6, 3, 2006. Reprinted in A. Kellow and S. Boehmer-Christiansen (eds), The International Politics of Climate Change, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010.
Anarki, makt og normer (Anarchy, power, and norms), Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2007 (editor and contributor; co-editor Jon Hovi)
Climate science and the way we ought to think about danger, Environmental Politics, 17, 4, 2008
Meningen med samfunnsvitenskap (The point of social science), Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008
Politisk tenkning (Political thought), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2009 (co-author Knut Midgaard; 3. edition)
Prekær politikk (Precarious politics), Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2009 (editor and contributor)
Kunsten å begrunne (The art of justification), Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2012
Demokrati. Historien og ideene (Democracy. History and ideas). Oslo: Dreyer (co-editor and contributor)
Discrimination: classification and moral asessment, Moral Philosophy and Politics, 2, 2, 2015
Political theory: the Nordic scene, Scandinavian Political Studies, 38, 4, 2015
Velkommen til statsvitenskap (Welcome to political science), Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk, 2016 (editor and contributor)
Politisk filosofi (Political philosophy), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2017
The triad of uncertainty. The interaction between scientists and politicians. In: Glenn Egil Torgersen (ed.), Interaction Under Risk, Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2018.
Explanation: guidance for social scientists. In: Jaan Valsinor (ed.), Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences, Springer, 2019.
Epistemologi og ontologi for studenter flest. (Epistemology and ontology for most students), Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2022.
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