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Liv Mjelde

Dr. Philos. Liv Mjelde, Professor.

Nationality:	Norwegian Languages:	Norwegian (mother tongue) The Scandinavian Languages English, French, German & Spanish.

Summary of skills Liv Mjelde is Professor in Vocational Pedagogy. She is a sociologist by training and specialist in the sociology of education. She is an expert in studying the changing relations between vocational and general education from several perspectives: psychological (forms of knowledge), didactic (workshop and classroom learning) and sociological (division of manual and mental labour). One of her research fields is the gender divisions as they can be observed directly in vocational education and working life―divisions into male and female fields of work, in relation to movements on the manual labour market and in family ideology. Work experiences include teaching and guidance of masters and doctoral students in the area of technical and vocational education. Liv Mjelde has been conducting research for many years at both the national and international levels. Besides a wide network with researchers in European countries, Liv Mjelde has also an extensive network of researchers in North and South America, Australia and Africa. She has been a visiting scholar at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; at the University of Tirana, Albania; at the Sami University College, Kautokeino, Norway; at Inari Adult Education College, Inari, Finland; the Institute of Adult Education, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia and at Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda. She has been part of the Network of Vocational of Education and Training: “VET and Culture” since it’s initiation in Finland in 1993 and she has initiated several international conferences in the field of vocational education in Norway. She has also published widely in several languages (see list of publications). Liv Mjelde has extensive teaching experiences from all levels of the educational system. She worked as a counsellor in the biggest vocational school in Scandinavia for 18 years. She has been working for more than 20 years on developing a democratic and cooperative teaching model in the Masters programme for vocational teachers at the Akershus University College (HIAK). Evaluation of Leonardo da Vinci programmes for the European Union Commission has also been part of her experience. She has been the Norwegian project leader for HIAK in a cooperative project with Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda and Upper Nile University, Malakal, Southern Sudan from 2007 till 2011. The aim of the project was to build up a Masters degree in Vocational Pedagogy at Kyambogo University with students from Uganda, Southern Sudan and Norway. Liv Mjelde has been the keynote speaker at numerous conferences in Norway and several international conferences among other: in Santiago de Chile (1986), Portland, Oregon,(1986) USA, in Malta (1992), the University of Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba, at the Teacher Congress in Havana, Cuba, (2008), in Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2009) Upper Nile, University, Malakal, Sudan and Kyambogo University, Uganda (2006-2011). She has been the Norwegian representative in several Euroepean education workshop and conferences.

Employment Record (abridged)

2011-(to present) professor emeritus, HIOA 2007-2014	Visiting Professor;	 Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda 2002               	Visiting professor; Department of Labour and Women studies, Adelaide: University of Adelaide. 1990-1991 	Visiting professor 1990-2011	Docent/professor: Institute of Vocational pedagogy, HIAK, Kjeller; Norway 1987-1990	Research fellow ; Norwegian National  Research Council. Oslo 1986-1987    	Lecturer ;  Norwegian College of Social Work. Oslo 1983-1986    	Researcher ;  Research grant : The Norwegian Ministry of Education 1983-1985   	Visiting Professor: The Ontario  Institute for Studies in Education,(OISE),Toronto, University of Toronto. 1975-1976   	Lecturer ; Department of Sociology, Oslo : University of Oslo 1973-1976   	Program Director : Research on vocational students and their background in Sogn Upper Secondary School. Oslo : Ministry of Social Affairs. 1967-1985   	Counselor Sogn Vocational School, Oslo : The School Directorate of Oslo

Master students, 	Supervision : Appr.50 Masters students in HIAK, Norway and 15 Masters students at Kyambogo, PHD defences 		External examiner (Norway): Masters/PHD: Oslo, Trondheim, Tromsø, Bergen, Bodø, Norway; PHD courses	  	Masters and PHD courses: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto, Canada,Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo Norway.

Evaluation work        External examiner: (internationally) University of Malta, Malta, York University, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, McGill University, Montreal, Canada  Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa Educational Record

1993	 		Dr. of Philosophy. University of Joensuu. Dissertation: "Apprenticeship: From Practice to Theory and Back Again." 1980			Higher exam in Teacher Education, Oslo: Department of Education, University of Oslo 1975			Cand. Sociology: Degree A. Thesis: "The Emergence of the Vocational Students' Union in Norway". Oslo: University of Oslo. 1974			Qualifying Examination, in Counselling: The Ministry of Education. 1966			Guide Certificate English and French. Oslo: The Municipality of Oslo, Oslo 1967			Cand. Mag, Sociology, Sa with minors in Political Science and History. University of Oslo. 1961                            	Latin. Oslo: University of Oslo 1961 			Air Hostess Training Oslo: SAS 1960                             	Philosophy Entrance exam Oslo: University of Oslo 1959			Assistant Teaching Certificate 1959			Cours de Langue et Civilisation  Française. La Sorbonne, Paris. 1958			Student Exam. Oslo : Vahl School

Scholarships & Research Projects grants 1985- 2014.       9 travel grants, honorary and project sholarships from  NFF. (The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association) 1999- 2000.       Project scholarship. Akershus University College 1986-1990         Research scholar. NFR (Norwegian Research Council.) 1983-1985         Research scholarship. KUF (Norwegian Ministry of Education) 1979              Scholarship. UD (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 1979              Research scholarship. KUF (Ministry of Education) 1975-1977         Research scholarship HD (Ministry of Health) 1976              Travel grant to Stockholm. (The Oslo School Directorate) 1971              Scholarship. Centre de Cooperation Culturelle et Sociale/ (The French Foreign Ministry) 1970              Travel grant. Stockholm, Copenhagen and London. (Ministry of Health.)

Membership in Public Committes

1972-1974          Royal commission: Building of Student Houses. KUF (Ministry of Education) 1989-1991          Royal commission: The content of Curriculum in Norwegian Schools. KUF. (Ministry of Education) 1981-1982          Member of Research Committee evaluating grants/Youth Research. NFR(Norwegian Research Council) 1985.1990          Member of : Program for Research in Education. NFR (Norwegian Research Council)

Publications (abridged)