Aanund Hylland (born 19 October 1949) is a Norwegian economist. He completed a master's degree in

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at the

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in 1974, and a Ph.D. at the

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in 1980. He worked at the University of Oslo and

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from 1983, and in 1991, he was promoted to professor at the University of Oslo. He was the

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of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 1996 to 1998. He is a member of the

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. He was the vice chairman of the board of the

Norwegian Institute for Social Research The Norwegian Institute for Social Research ( no, Institutt for samfunnsforskning, ISF) is a private social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan ...

from 2005 to 2008, and was re-elected for the term 2009 to 2012.Styret ved ISF
– Norwegian Institute for Social Research

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1949 births Living people Norwegian economists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian expatriates in the United States Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Harvard Kennedy School alumni {{Norway-academic-bio-stub