Eivind Engebretsen Email & Phone Number

I supervise an academic programme that spans nine European universities. I facilitate strategic partnerships among contributing universities within the Alliance.• Led the successful grant-writing process that secured €12.8M for the Alliance.• Fostered ties with industry and external partners to augment opportunities available to students and researchers.

I led research and educational endeavours to promote interdisciplinary and evidence-based approaches in global public health. • Led a European educational programme at the interface between democracy, global health, and sustainability. Read my mission statement here: https://www.med.uio.no/she/english/research/groups/circle-u-global-health-chair.html• Led the creation of the MA course: "Politics of Sustainability in Public Health - Data-Driven Critical Conceptual Analysis"• Successfully steered the ERASMUS+ application for "Debating Democracy."

I lead a new unit encompassing three centres: the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE), the Centre for Global Health, and the Centre for Pandemic and One-Health Research. I oversee a team of approx. 40 employees.• Launched and directs the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE), secured funding for six years by the Norwegian Government as a Centre for Excellence in Education (2020)

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Oslo, Norway

I led the development of a Centre of Excellence funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education with the aim of integrating evidence-based approaches with the humanistic aspects of medicine to foster sustainable health.• Developed an Honours Certificate in Sustainable Health Education targeting master students across all disciplines. • Introduced the Sustainability and Health Corpus, a comprehensive text database and digital platform designed for data-driven learning and research.

I led the development of a Professorship Programme targeting academic staff at all faculties.• Mentored faculty members, providing guidance and support to enhance their academic and professional growth.

Horizon2020

I evaluate research programmes and proposals, e.g. the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Programme.• Contributed to one of the expert groups for the interim evaluation of EU's research programme, Horizon 2020.

Institute Of Health And Society, Faculty Of Medicine

I am a professor of interdisciplinary health science (with emphasis on medical humanities and epistemology). I coordinate cross-disciplinary research initiatives, fostering collaboration between various academic departments and external partners. I am an internationally recognized scholar in medical humanities, renowned for pioneering innovative translational approaches at the intersection of the humanities and medicine to drive innovation and change. • Headed the research group 'Knowledge in Translation' (KNOWIT).• Led a research group at the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. • Supervised 16 Ph.D. students to completion and a number of postdocs who have obtained leading academic positions in Norway and abroad.• Authored and co-authored more than 200 academic publications (including 7 books).• > €20M research income as a PI.• Evaluated PhD theses and professorships in Norway, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, and Denmark.

I managed academic programmes and career development initiatives specifically targeted towards nurturing young researchers and postgraduate students. I led institutional strategic planning and accreditation pursuits.• Oversaw the Faculty of Medicine's academic programmes, consisting of 7 bachelor and master degree courses with approximately 850 students enrolled.• Developed a new MA program in public health that has proven to be highly successful, attracting approximately 500 applicants annually for just 40 available spots.

I was responsible for developing and leading Norway's first postdoctoral training programme.• Developed and led leadership courses for early career researchers. The programme has been a model for similar programmes at the university and nationally.

Institute Of Health And Society, Faculty Of Medicine

I was responsible for the PhD program and the Medical Student Research Program (MSR) at the Institute of Health and Society.• Oversaw curriculum development and implementation for postgraduate programme.

• Led the research group Knowledge for practice – the knowledge foundation of social science.• Provided teaching and supervision on PhD and master's level.

• Head of the master program of social work (2008-2010)• Led the development of a new PhD programme in social work and social policy

Developed and led large scale evaluation projects of development aid programmes, e.g. a country evaluation of power structures in the development cooperation with Zambia, which attracted a lot of attention.• Contributed to the idea and organization of a large-scale evaluation conference (> 300 participants).

Project management of evaluations of higher education institutions.

PhD (Dr. art.) student.Topic of thesis: "Child protection as text. Close reading of case records from the 50s and the 80s".

I developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Scandinavian cultural history. Additionally, I contributed to the development of the Scandinavian Studies programme and mentored students within the department. I supervised undergraduate and graduate theses and provided academic advising to students.

• Student counselling and academic administration• Teaching of bachelor students in intellectual history

Dr. Art. (Phd), Cultural History

Dissertation: "Child Protection as Text. Close reading of case files in child protection cases from the 1950s and 1980s." Research.

Cand. Philol. (Mphil), History Of Ideas

Cand. Mag (Ba), Law, Comparative Literature, History Of Ideas