Education

2000

Doctor Polit. with thesis "Amandla - Ngawethu! The Political Impact of South African Trade Unionism". Universitetet i Oslo.

1987

Master in Political Science, University of Oslo.

Work experience

2009-2011

Senior adviser, Norwegian People´s Aid

2006-2008

Head of International Department in Norwegian People’s Aid

Senior adviser, Norwegian Research Council

Associate Professor, Department for political science at University of Oslo

Established company Mesebetsi Tørres Think Tank for consultancy work 2004. Commissioned work for LO, Initiative for Ethical Trade, Coffee House Friele, , Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Norad, OECD Watch, COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), ILO, et al.

Researcher and research director at the Centre for Applied Social Sciences Fafo, Norway

Guest researcher at the Sociology of Work Programme, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Adviser and consultancy for LO Norway from early 90s on South African and southern African issues. Several evaluations for labour (LO & others): of trade unions and institution building in Mozambique, Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Russia et al; of global programs of the International Union of Food workers (IUF); of HIV/Aids project and research programmes of ICFTU/African trade unions et al. Head of evaluation team in the Norad evaluation of University of Makerere (Uganda) 2005.

Selection of political posts and other appointments

2010-  

2009-

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1992-

Publications