Stein RINGEN

Professeur à l’université d’Oxford

Formation

1965 Artium, Nadderud Gymnas
1966 Studentfag (business administration), Oslo Handelsgymnasium

University of Oslo

1966 Basic philosophy
1968 Intermediate level political science
1968 Intermediate level economics 1969 Intermediate level sociology
1969 Graduate level social science methodology
1971 Graduate level theory construction
1972 Final degree, political science

Degrees/honours

1972 Magister of political science, University of Oslo
1985 Docent of Social Policy, University of Stockholm
1987 Dr. philos., University of Oslo
1995 Professeur invité, Université de Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne
1994 – 2002 President, Research Committee on Poverty, Inequality and Social Welfare, International Sociological Association
1996 Professeur invité, Université de Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne
1996 – 1997 Professeur invité, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Paris
1998 Medal of Merit, Charles University on the occasion of the University’s 650th anniversary
2003 Visiting Professor, Charles University, Prague
2003 Visiting Professor, Masaryk University, Brno
2004 Visiting Professor, University of the West Indies, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Barbados
2006 Visiting Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
2006 Visiting Professor, University of the West Indies, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Barbados

Thématiques

Democracy and Good Government
State and Welfare in Korea
Values, Freedom, and the Good life
Theory and Measurement of Class Inequality
Income, Time-Use, and Inequality
State and Welfare in East-Central Europe
Theory and Measurement of Poverty
Income and the Measurement of Well-Being
The Political Economy of the Welfare State
Welfare Economics and Welfare Theory
The Norwegian Level of Living Study
The Distribution of UN Development Aid

Activités d’enseignement

1990 – Social policy and political theory; lectures, seminars, and supervision, Oxford and elsewhere
1992 – 1996 Lectures on politics and social policy, Central European University, Prague
1984 – 1985 Post graduate social policy and welfare theory, University of Stockholm
1974 – 1975 Graduate level welfare theory and social policy, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen
1973 – 1974 Lecturer in social science methodology, University of Bergen
1968 – 1971 Tutor in social science methodology and international organisation, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
Lectures, papers, etc. at universities, institutes and conferences in Scandinavia, Europe, the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

Responsabilités Scientifiques

Fellowships and academic committees

2005 – … Member, Steering Committee, European Graduate School for Social Sciences, Masaryk University in Brno
2004 – … Member, International Advisory Committee, Democratic Audit of Australia, Australian National University, Canberra
2000 – … Member, Editorial Council, Czech Sociological Review, Prague
1999 – … Member, Conseil Scientifique, Comprendre Revue annuelle de philosophie et de sciences sociales, Université de Paris-Sorbonne/CNRS, Paris
1998 – … Member, European Institute for Social Security
1997 – … Member, Editorial Council, Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Norway
1994 – … Honorary Member, Academic Council, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague
2003 – 2004 Research Associate, NOVA Norwegian Social Research, Oslo
2003 Visiting Fellow, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, Prague
1998 – 2001 Chief Editor, Foundation for International Studies on Social Security
1997 – 2001 Research Associate, FAFO Institute of Applied Research, Oslo
1997 – 1999 Convenor, Paris Group on Political Theory and Social Policy, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
1997 – 2005 Member, Comité Scientifique, l’Encyclopédie Historique de la Pensée Sociologique, Presses Universitaires de France/CNRS, Paris
1996 Visiting Scholar, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1993 – 1995 Co-director, ESRC research project on ‘full income’
1993 – 1997 Associate Member, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
1992 – 1996 Regular Visiting Lecturer, Central European University, Prague
1991 Visiting Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1990 – 1996 Associate Member, Nuffield College, Oxford
1986 Gastwissenschaftler, Max Planck Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
1985 Visiting Fellow, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem
1984 – 1986 Founding Editor, The European Sociological Review
1983 – 1986 Founding Member, Luxembourg Income Study
1980 Visiting Scholar, Joint Center of Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard University, and Department of Sociology, Harvard University
1979 Visiting Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, London

Government Committees, consultancies etc.

2003 – 2005 Member of the kollegium, MandagMorgen, Oslo
2001 – 2002 Advisor, Accenture Norway
1998 – 2001 Member, Royal Commission on Human Values, Norway
1986 Consultant, United Nations Statistical Office, New York, and INSTRAW, Santo Domingo
1982 1983 Consultant, United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, New York
1980 – 1981 Chairman, Government Committee on Artists’ Income, Norway
1979 – 1980 Chairman, Government Committee on Social Reporting, Norway

Promotions / distinctions / nominations

1998 Medal of Merit, Charles University on the occasion of the University’s 650th anniversary