Agnes Bolsø (born 4 June 1953) is a Norwegian sociologist and expert on

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

, particularly studies of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

(NTNU) and was director of its Centre for Gender Studies from 2005 to 2007. She was editor of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (the Norwegian Journal of Gender Studies) from 2009 to 2011.Ny redaktør til Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning
Research Council of Norway Information Centre for Gender Research Bolsø holds a

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degree from the

University of Trondheim A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

(1976), a

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degree in sociology (1981) and a dr.polit. degree from 2002. She was researcher at the Centre for Rural Research from 1987 to 1994, and has been employed at NTNU since 1994, where she became Associate Professor in 2001. She has been a visiting scholar at the

University of Minneapolis The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

, the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

, the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

and the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

. She is also a regular commentator on gender issues in Norwegian media, and has been an op-ed columnist for Klassekampen and other publications. Bolsø gained international ridicule following her appearance in the 2010 Norwegian documentary series

Hjernevask ''Hjernevask'' ("Brainwash") is a Norway, Norwegian Documentary film, documentary miniseries about science that aired on NRK1 in 2010. The series, consisting of seven episodes, was created for NRK and presented by the comedian and sociologist Hara ...

('Brainwash: Gay/Straight'), in which she discussed her so-called theories against biological research data.

Selected publications

* * ‘The Politics of Lesbian Specificity’, Journal of Homosexuality, nr1 / 2 vol 54, s49-67 (2008). * ‘Identitet og homopolitikk etter queer’, Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning (4) s. 50-70 (2007) * ’Approaches to penetration – theoretical difference in practice’, Sexualities vol 10 (5) s559-581 (2007) * ’Orgasmer, lesbiske og kjønnsmakt’, in A. Ohnstad og K. Malterud (ed) , s41-61. Oslo, Samlaget (2006). * 'Orgasm and lesbian sociality', Sex Education, vol 5, no. 1, February, pp. 29–48 (2005). * 'Jorun Solheim og Judith Butler - en refleksjon over åpne kropper og det falliske'. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, nr. 4 (2005). * ’Salg av seksuelle tjenester mellom kvinner’, Kvinneforskning, nr 1, s43-61 (2004). * ’Pornografi og feministisk kritikk’. Kvinneforskning, nr. 1, 26-31 (2003). * ’’, Sosiologi i dag, vol. 33, nr 1, s37-63 (2003). * ''Power in the Erotic: Feminism and Lesbian Practice'', dissertation, NTNU, 2002 * ’When women take: Lesbians reworking Concepts of Sexuality’, Sexualities, vol 4(4), p455-473 (2001). * ’Maskulinitet i erotisk spill mellom kvinner’, Kvinneforskning, nr 3-4, s88-105 (2000). * 'Bygdesamfunnet’, i R. Almås (red), Arbeidsmiljøet i landbruket, s27-31, Oslo, Landbruksforlaget (1993). * ''En søkende arbeider? Om ferieavløserne i jordbruket''. University of Trondheim (1981).

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Agnes Bolsø, NTNU
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