Stein Tønnesson
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Stein D. Tønnesson is a Norwegian
historian. He was the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) from 2001 to 2009, when he was replaced by Kristian Berg Harpviken
. Stein Tønnesson stays on at PRIO as a Research Professor, while at the United States Institute of Peace
(USIP) as Jennings Randolph
Senior Fellow 2010-11.
Educated at the University of Aarhus
and the University of Oslo
, he received his dr. philos. in history
from the University of Oslo in 1991. Tønnesson's foremost research efforts have been revolution and war in Vietnam, national identity
in South-East Asia, the South China Sea conflict, and Norwegian sports history. Tønnesson has also worked as a journalist. His interests the past decade has been in particular global history, globalization
and the decades of relative peace in south east Asia since 1979.
Stein Tønnesson has worked as Professor of Human Development Studies at the Centre for Development and the Environment
(SUM) at the University of Oslo
, and has also been a senior research fellow at the Nordic Institute for Asia Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen
.
Tønnesson has also published several volumes related to his fields of study.
He is married to Norwegian historian Bodil Stenseth.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
historian. He was the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) from 2001 to 2009, when he was replaced by Kristian Berg Harpviken
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Kristian Berg Harpviken is a Norwegian sociologist and researcher, and since 2009 director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo...
. Stein Tønnesson stays on at PRIO as a Research Professor, while at the United States Institute of Peace
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
(USIP) as Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...
Senior Fellow 2010-11.
Educated at the University of Aarhus
University of Aarhus
Aarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...
and the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
, he received his dr. philos. in history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
from the University of Oslo in 1991. Tønnesson's foremost research efforts have been revolution and war in Vietnam, national identity
National identity
National identity is the person's identity and sense of belonging to one state or to one nation, a feeling one shares with a group of people, regardless of one's citizenship status....
in South-East Asia, the South China Sea conflict, and Norwegian sports history. Tønnesson has also worked as a journalist. His interests the past decade has been in particular global history, globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
and the decades of relative peace in south east Asia since 1979.
Stein Tønnesson has worked as Professor of Human Development Studies at the Centre for Development and the Environment
Centre for Development and the Environment
The Centre for Development and the Environment is a research institute affiliated with the University of Oslo.-History:It was established in 1990, following the work with the report Our Common Future and the increased focus on the environment and sustainable development.- Structure :The centre is...
(SUM) at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
, and has also been a senior research fellow at the Nordic Institute for Asia Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
Tønnesson has also published several volumes related to his fields of study.
He is married to Norwegian historian Bodil Stenseth.
External links
- Cliostein (Tønnesson's web site)
- Homepage at PRIO