Daniel Heradstveit (4 September 1940 – 7 February 2018) was a Norwegian political scientist.

Personal life

Heradstveit was born in Norheimsund on 4 September 1940. He was a brother of broadcasting journalist

Per Øyvind Heradstveit Per Øyvind Heradstveit (26 May 1932 – 11 May 2004) was a Norwegian television journalist and non-fiction writer. Personal life Heradstveit was born on 26 May 1932 in Skjold in Ryfylke and grew up in Hardanger. He was a son of farmer Arne ...

Career

Graduating as

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from the University of Oslo in 1967, Heradstveit graduated with a dr. degree in 1979. His doctorate thesis titled ''Psychological Obstacles to Peace'' treated the

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. He was assigned to the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs from 1969 to 1984, and from 2006. He was appointed professor of comparative politics at the University of Bergen from 1986 to 1996. He also had professorships at

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in Bologna and at the

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in New York. A researcher on international relations, his speciality was on the Middle East.

References

1940 births 2018 deaths People from Kvam Norwegian political scientists University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen {{norway-academic-bio-stub