Peter Nicolai Arbo (born 22 August 1953,

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) is a Norwegian social scientist, and professor at the

Norwegian College of Fishery Science The Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NCFS or in Norwegian NFH: Norges fiskerihøgskole) was established in 1972 as a joint responsibility of the three Norwegian universities in Tromsø, Bergen and Trondheim. In 1988, a new organisational stru ...

at the University of Tromsø.

Work

Arbo has served as a board member at the University of Tromsø and as a member of several government commissions, including the Government Commission for Higher Education 2006–2008 (also known as the Stjernø Commission after its chairman

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), which presented its report on the development of Norwegian higher education in a 20-year perspective in 2008, and of the EEA Review Committee, which was appointed by the government in 2010 to review Norway's agreements with the EU. He is the vice chairman of the board of the Industrial Development Corporation of Norway, appointed by the government. He is also the chairman of the programme board of the Research Council of Norway research programme Democracy and Governance in a Regional Context. His research areas are innovation, regional development, public policy and planning, and the Northern and Arctic areas. He has also been a guest lecturer for the diplomatic trainee programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He studied regional planning at the University of Tromsø, and attended the College of Europe 1981–1982 (Promotion

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). Dieter Mahncke,

Léonce Bekemans Léonce Bekemans (born 20 September 1950 in Bruges) is a Belgian economist and scholar of European studies. Since 2002, he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in "Globalisation, Intercultural Dialogue and Inclusiveness in the EU" at the University of Pad ...

, Robert Picht, ''The College of Europe. Fifty years of service to Europe'', College of Europe, Bruges, 1999. In 1985, he obtained the cand.polit. degree at the University of Tromsø, with a thesis on the structuring of labour markets.

Books

* Peter Arbo, Tove Bull and Ådne Danielsen: ''Utdanningssamfunnet og livslang læring'', Gyldendal 2013, * Peter Arbo and

Bjørn Hersoug Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

: ''Oljevirksomhetens inntog i nord – næringsutvikling, politikk og samfunn'', Gyldendal 2010, * Peter Arbo and Hallgeir Gammelsæter: ''Innovasjonspolitikkens scenografi – nye perspektiver på næringsutvikling'', Tapir 2004,

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Arbo, Peter
University of Tromsø {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbo, Peter Academic staff of the University of Tromsø University of Tromsø alumni College of Europe alumni People from Bodø Living people 1953 births