Dag Hareide
Dag Hareide (born 24 February 1949) is a free lancer and author. He has been former director of Rainforest Foundation Norway(2012 - 2015) and the Director of Nansen Academy in Norway, the Norwegian Humanistic Academy (2006 - 2012), and of other folk high schools, chair of the Namibia Association of Norway, Rehabilitation Coordinator for United Nations Emergency Office during the famine in Ethiopia (1985–1988), researcher on preparedness systems for famine, General secretary of Friends of the Earth Norway (1990–1995), Coordinator of the five-year National Disaster Preparedness Plan in Ethiopia (1996–1998), and chair of Nordic Forum for Mediation and Conflict Management (2002–2006). He is author of several books and have served as vice chair of the National Value Commission (Verdikommisjonen), and member of the Commission that formulated the objectives for the Norwegian School system (Bostadutvalget). He has a Doctorate in Sociology (Magistergrad) from University of Oslo, and studies in religion, intellectual history, mass media, agriculture and statistics from different Universities and Colleges in US and Norway. He was knighted in the Order of St. Olav by the King of Norway in 2015 for extraordinary engagement in social innovation in the civil society.
Partial bibliography
- Chile- the Third Road to Socialism, in Norwegian (Pax Forlag 1973)
- Vulnerability to Famine (Alternative Future 1991)
- Good Norway? A road to a human future in Norwegian? (Gyldendal Forlag 1991)
- By Nature. A handbook in everyday environmental work. in Norwegian (Gyldendal Forlag 1996)
- Conflict Mediation. A Nordic Perspective (Scandinavian Academic Press 2006)
- What is humanism (Universitetsforlaget 2011)
References
- Norwegian Biographic Encyclopedia: http://www.snl.no/Dag_Hareide