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Janne Haaland Matláry (born 27 April 1957) is a Norwegian political scientist, writer, and politician, who formerly represented the Christian Democratic Party. Since 2012 she has been a member of the

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. She is Professor of

international politics International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the Scientific method, scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities betwe ...

at the

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, and served as State Secretary in the

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1997–2000.

Life and career

She claimed the Christian democratic ideology was incompatible with the

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

ideology. She spoke at the Humanum interreligious colloquium, in 2014. The event, held at the Vatican, was centered on discussions of marriage and the family.

Affiliations

She is a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In 2001 she was made a Dame in the

Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

. She is also member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).

Family

Janne Haaland is married to Dr. Matláry, a physician of Hungarian origin who came to Norway as a refugee. The couple has four children.Hjørdis Ånestad Tiltne
"Tyngdepunktet - Springende om å bli katolikk"
Stavanger Aftenblad, 18 October 2002

Writings

*''Political Factors in Western European Gas Trade'' (NUPI rapport). Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt, Oslo 1985; ISBN B0006EOPL0 *''Norway's New Interdependence with the European Community: The Political and Economic Implications of Gas Trade'' (NUPI rapport). Utenrikspolitisk Institutt, Oslo 1990; ISBN B0006EVW8E *''Energy Policy in the European Union''. Palgrave Macmillan, 1997; *''Intervention for Human Rights in Europe''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002; *''Values and Weapons: From Humanitarian Intervention to Regime Change?'' Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; *''Faith through Reason''. Gracewing Publishing, 2006; , preface by

Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

. *''When Might Becomes Human Right''. Gracewing, 2007; *''European Union Security Dynamics: In the New National Interest''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009;

References

External links

Staff page
at Oslo University.
Author page
at Macmillan.
"Norwegian Saga: The Conversion of Janne Haaland Matlary. New Book by a Former Foreign-Affairs Official"
''Zenit'', 3 May 2004.
"Nurturing a New Feminism"
''Zenit'', 22 May 2001.

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, 15 Dec. 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Matlary, Janne Haaland 1947 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism Dames of Malta Members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Norwegian political scientists International relations scholars Norwegian Roman Catholics Norwegian state secretaries People from Mandal, Norway University of Oslo alumni Women political scientists