Vidar L. Haanes (born 27 April 1961, in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

) is a Norwegian professor of Church- and Intellectual History and

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

MF Norwegian School of Theology MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society ( no, MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn), formerly the Free Faculty of Theology ( no, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet) and MF Norwegian School of Theology, is an accr ...

, Religion and Society, Oslo. Vidar L. Haanes was President of Universities Norway (UHR, the Rectors Conference) 2015-17, and member of the Council of

European University Association The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 institutions of higher education in 48 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies. Members of th ...

. He is board member of Nordic University Cooperation (NUS) and of Nordforsk under the Nordic Council of Ministers. He is chair of the board Faculty of Architecture and Design at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

. Haanes graduated from

in 1985, was ordained 1986, Dr. Theol. 1998. He has written books and articles on theological education,

Intellectual History Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas. The investigative premise of intellectual histor ...

, the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

and

Norwegian-American Norwegian Americans ( nb, Norskamerikanere, nn, Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the ...

history. He has edited ''Luthersk Kirketidende'', ''Halvårsskrift for Praktisk Teologi'' and ''Nordic Journal of Religion and Society''. He has more than 400 books, articles and interviews registered in CRISTIN -Current Research Information System In Norway - He is member of the

Norwegian-American Historical Association Norwegian-American Historical Association is a non-profit, member-supported organization dedicated to locating, collecting, preserving and interpreting the Norwegian-American experience. It publishes scholarly books and maintains a historical arc ...

and Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters, the General Synod and the Theological Commission in the

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

, member of the Transatlantic Education Forum and board member of Kunnskap Oslo (Oslo Knowledge City) He is a member of the Working Group on Higher Education & Research, European Federation of Education Employers, member of the Governing Board in

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...

's Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE), member of the

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Advisory Committee on Higher Education for the Policy Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haanes, Vidar Leif 1961 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian theologians People from Kristiansand MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni Academic staff of the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society 20th-century Protestant theologians 21st-century Norwegian historians