Berit Brandth


Berit Brandth is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher.

Biography

Brandth is a graduate of Bates College in the US and the University of Trondheim, where she took a major in 1977. She is a professor of sociology at NTNU and a research advisor at the Norwegian Center for Rural Research. She has focused on both masculinity and femininity, with perspectives from work, technology, media and organization. One of Brandth's research themes is gender in agriculture, in relation to farm tourism and management in agricultural organizations. She has also researched the development and use of the maternity/paternity leave of absence, with particular emphasis on fathers' rights. In 2014, she was appointed as a member of the Working Time Committee, which looked at how we can best utilize the labor force in the future.

Selected works

  • 2015 - Feminism and Ruralities, with Barbara Pini and Jo Little. Lexington Books.
  • 2013 - Fedrekvoten og den farsvennlige velferdsstaten, with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget.
  • 2010 - Föräldraledighet, omsorgspolitik och jämställdhet i Norden, with Gudny Bjørk Eydal, Ingolfur V. Gislason, Ann-Zofie Duvander, Johanna Lammi-Taskula, Tine Rostgaard
  • 2005 - Gender, Bodies and Work, with David Morgan and Elin Kvande. Ashgate.
  • 2005 - Valgfrihetens tid, omsorgspolitikk for barn i det fleksible arbeidsliv, with Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande
  • 2003 - Fleksible fedre. Arbeid-Maskulinitet-Velferdsstat, with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget.
  • 1999 - Familie for tiden, with Kari Moxnes. Universitetsforlaget.