Helga Hernes left PRIO in 2017. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Helga Hernes

Helga Hernes

Languages spoken:

German, English, Norwegian

Working experience:

2006 -2011 Chair of the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee
1 Jan 2006 - Senior Adviser at PRIO
2004-2005: Senior Researcher, NOVA, Oslo
2002-2004: Norwegian Ambassador to Switzerland and the Holy See
1998-2003: Norwegian Ambassador to Austria, Bratislava and UN (Vienna)
1993-98: Special Adviser to the Norwegian MFA in peacekeeping operations and peacebuilding
1993-98: Adjunct Professor, Political Science, University of Oslo
1993-96: Director, CICERO (Center for International Climate and Energy Policy, Oslo)
1990-93: State Secretary, Norwegian MFA
1989-90: Director of Research, Norwegian Institute for Social Research
1988-89: State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1983-88: Director of Research, Norwegian Institute for Social Research
1980-83: Director of Research, Research Council of Norway
1970-80: Senior lecturer in comparative politics, University of Bergen

Education:

1974-75: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal.
1970: PhD Political Science, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1967: MA Political Science, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
1961: BA Political Science, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

2002: Honorary Doctor, University of Stockholm
1993: Honorary Doctor, University of Tromsø

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