Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen (born 27 January 1948) is a Danish philologist and

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 ...

scholar. She was Professor of Gender Studies at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

, and was Director of its Centre for Gender Research from 1993 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2009. Nielsen retired in 2017/2018. Her fields of expertise are

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...

and

identity Identity may refer to: * Identity document * Identity (philosophy) * Identity (social science) * Identity (mathematics) Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Identity'' (1987 film), an Iranian film * ''Identity'' (2003 film), ...

subjectivity Subjectivity in a philosophical context has to do with a lack of objective reality. Subjectivity has been given various and ambiguous definitions by differing sources as it is not often the focal point of philosophical discourse.Bykova, Marina F ...

, gender

socialization In sociology, socialization or socialisation (see spelling differences) is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultur ...

, and children and youth. She graduated with a cand.phil. degree at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

in 1977. In 1981, she became lecturer at the University of Oslo, and associate professor in 1987. She was appointed as the first Professor of Gender Studies at the university in 1993. She was a member of the university board of the University of Oslo from 2002 to 2005. She has also worked at the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

Centre for Advanced Study, studying children and youth's development in social and cultural contexts.Kjønnsforskere leder prestisjeprosjekt
Kilden. Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway

Selected publications

* ''Skoletid''. Universitetsforlaget 2009. * with Monica Rudberg: ''Moderne jenter''. Universitetsforlaget 2006. * with Monica Rudberg: ''Psychological gender and Modernity''. Scandinavian University Press. 1994. * with Monica Rudberg: ''Historien om jenter og gutter''. Universitetsforlaget 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum 1948 births Living people 20th-century Danish philologists 21st-century Danish philologists Women philologists Gender studies academics Feminist studies scholars Academic staff of the University of Oslo University of Copenhagen alumni Danish women academics Danish expatriates in Norway