Hege Skjeie Explained

Hege Skjeie
Birth Date:	15 May 1955
Birth Place:	Kristiansand

Hege Skjeie (15 May 1955 – 5 October 2018)^[1] was a Norwegian political scientist and feminist.

Biography

She became a Dr. Polit. in political science in 1992 and was hired as associate professor of political science at the University of Oslo in 1997.She was promoted to professor in 2000, and thus became Norway's first female Professor of Political Science.^[2] In 2010, she was appointed chairperson of the Equality Commission (also known as the Skjeie Commission) by the Government of Norway, established by a royal decree of 12 February 2010 in order to report on Norway’s equality policies.^[3]

She worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1984 to 1997, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 1988 to 1989. She was adjunct professor at Aalborg University from 2008 to 2012. She was also a columnist for the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

Selected publications

• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2006. Menneskerettighetene - en trussel mot demokratiet?. Anette Borchorst . Ann-Dorte Christensen. Kønsrefleksioner - om magt og mangfoldighed. Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 87-7307-746-1. 7. 111–132.
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2006. Equality law and religious gender discrimination: Norwegian examples. Kari Elisabeth Børresen . Sara Cabbibo . Gender, religion, human rights in Europe. Herder editrice e libreria. 978-88-89670-15-6. 165–179.
• Skjeie, Hege. Teigen, Mari. 2007. Likestilling og minoritetspolitikk. Tidsskrift for Kjønnsforskning. 0809-6341 . 2 . 21–38.
• Skjeie, Hege. Teigen, Mari. 2007. Behov for balanse. Tidsskrift for Kjønnsforskning. 0809-6341. 4. 86–93.
• Skjeie, Hege . 2007 . Religious exemptions to equality. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 1369-8230 . 10 . 4. 471–490. 10.1080/13698230701660188 . 10852/48853 . 144052559 . free .
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2007 . 8. Headscarves in schools: European comparisons. Titia Loenen . Jenny Goldschmidt. Religious pluralism and human rights in Europe: Where to draw the line?. Intersentia. 978-90-5095-642-0. 129–145.
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2008 . 4. Religious exemptions to equality. Birte Siim. Judith Squires. Contesting Citizenship. Routledge. 978-0-415-36671-7. 69–88.
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2008 . 13. Multiple equality claims in the practice of the Norwegian anti-discrimination agencies. Dagmar Schiek . Victoria Chege . European Union Non-discrimination Law. Comparative perspectives on multidimensional equality law. Routledge . 978-0-415-45722-4 . 295–310.
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2008 . 4. Kjønnsrelatert forfølgelse som grunnlag for asyl, I. Hege Skjei. Inger Skjelsbæk . Torunn L. Tryggestad . Kjønn, krig, konflikt. Jubileumsbok til Helga Hernes. Pax Forlag. 978825303098-2. 60–78.
• Siim, B . Skjeie, Hege. 2008 . Tracks, intersections and dead ends - Multicultural challenges to state feminism in Denmark and Norway . Ethnicities. 1468-7968. 8. 3. 22–344. 10.1177/1468796808092446. 140523231 .
• Book: Skjeie, Hege. . Tryggestad, Torunn L.. 2008. . Pax Forlag. 978825303098-2.
• Skjeie, Hege . Langvasbråten, Trude . 2009 . Intersectionality in practice? Anti-discrimination reforms in Norway. International Feminist Journal of Politics. 1461-6742. 11 . 4. 513–529. 10.1080/14616740903237483 . 10852/48851 . 39033313 . free .
• Skjeie, Hege . 2009 . Policy views on the incorporation of human right conventions - CEDAW in Norwegian law. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Menneskerettigheter. 1503-6480 . 27. 2. 260–271.
• Book: Skjeie, Hege . 2010 . 10. National implementation of human rights: a threat to "representative democracy"?". Pauline Stoltz. Marina Svensson. Zhongxin Sun. Qi Wang . Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights. Controversies and Challenges in China and the Nordic Countries . Routledge. 978-0-415-56176-1. 179–188.

References

1. News: Hege Skjeie (nekrolog). Hege Skjeie (obituary). Aftenposten . Hernes. Helga . 11 October 2018. 52 . no .
   - Web site: En bauta i norsk likestillingspolitikk er død: – Hege Skjeie (63) etterlater dype spor. A stalwart of Norwegian equality policy has died: - Hege Skjeie (63) leaves deep traces . FriFagbevegelse. 11 October 2018 . no .
2. Web site: Gro Lien Garbo . Hege Skjeie: Maktutreder med innlevelse. Hege Skjeie: Power analyst with empathy. https://web.archive.org/web/20070217190505/http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2001/1/portrett . 2007-02-17. Apollon . . 1 January 2001 . no.
3. Web site: English summary. https://web.archive.org/web/20130430145059/http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c79332/artikkel/vis.html?tid=79846&strukt_tid=79332 . 2013-04-30 . Kilden. Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway.
   - News: Hege Skjeie skal utrede for Lysbakken. Hege Skjeie will investigate for Lysbakken. . Veslemøy Lode. 12 February 2010. no.
   - News: Foreslår eget likestillingsdirektorat. Proposes own equality directorate. Aftenposten. 15 November 2011. no.