Geir Høgsnes
Geir Høgsnes | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 June 2009 Oslo, Norway | (aged 58)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Scientific career | |
Fields | sociology (labor market, wages) |
Institutions | Norwegian Institute for Social Research Norwegian University of Science and Technology University of Oslo |
Geir Lennart Høgsnes (2 December 1950 – 3 June 2009) was a Norwegian
Academic career
He hailed from
He was the editor of the journal Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning from 1999 to 2005.[2]
He has been interviewed about the disparity between men's and women's earnings[3] and on strike actions by Norwegian workers.[4] He has also done research on the role of women, elderly workers and immigrants in Norway's labor market.[5]
- Selected bibliography
- Krone for krone. Lønnsforhandlinger og -fordelinger, 1999
- "Decentralized Wage Bargaining - A Threat to Incomes Policy Goals or an Instrument of Flexibility?", with Frode Longva. In Henry Milner and Eskil Wadensjö (eds.), Gösta Rehn, the Swedish Model and Labour Market Policies, 2001
- "Arbeidsliv, lønn og forhandlinger", with Arvid Fennefoss. In Ivar Frønes & Lise Kjølsrød (eds.), Det norske samfunn, 2003
Death
Høgsnes was found dead with his wife, whom he had married three months earlier, in their Uranienborg apartment on 3 June 2009. His wife, a Chinese citizen, reportedly wrote a goodbye letter styled to her family in Chinese. Other clues were scarce, but the police speculated that his wife was behind the death, or that it may have been a double suicide.[6]
References
- ^ Okkenhaug, Knut (4 June 2009). "Minnes død professorkollega" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ a b "Geir Høgsnes". University of Oslo. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ^ KILDEN (Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway), 03.07.2007. Dad is awarded – mom is punished[permanent dead link]
- ^ Berglund, Nina (20 January 2005). "Norwegians increasingly keen to strike". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ "University of Oslo – USA@UiO 2004, The Faculty of Social Sciences" (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. 15 December 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ Akerhaug, Lars (4 June 2009). "Kjent professor død" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2009-06-04.