Ola Listhaug was an international scholar, a mentor to numerous students and younger colleagues, and an entrepreneurial university administrator. He passed away on 14 September and will be missed by many. Ola Listhaug was born in the small community of Sjøholt in Western Norway, where he also eventually retired and died. Following studies at the… Read more »
Tag: political science
Confessions of a Defector from Sociology (1)
I am very grateful to the Norwegian Sociological Association for awarding me its Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018 (Norwegian original of the citation here, English translation here). Why did I become a sociologist? Why did I leave? And: Do I regret it? In fact, I find this exceptionally generous. Although I… Read more »