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