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Tian SørhaugNorskTitle: Telephone:22841632 E-mail: h.c.sorhaugATtik.uio.no Tian Sørhaug Born 5.7. 1949 in Oslo Cand. mag. University of Oslo 1973 Cand. polit, University of Oslo 1977 in Social Anthropology 1977: Scientific Assistant at WRI. 1980: Qualified as Junior Researcher (forsker 3) at WRI. 1985: Qualified as Senior Researcher (forsker 2) at WRI. 1986: Leader of the research program \"Work and Learning Processes\" at WRI. 1987: Worked as a fulltime lecturer in the Department of Anthropology University of Oslo. 1988: Leader of \"Work and Learning Processes\" and getting a permanent position as Senior Researcher at WRI. 1989-1993: Director of WRI. 1993 - 94: Visiting scholar at University of Stanford (6 months) in California and MIT (10 months) in Massachusetts. 1994 - 1999: Senior researcher at WRI mainly working with questions related to organizational change and leadership. 1999 - 2002 Director of The Center of Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo 2002 - 2003 Visiting researcher at Bristol University Subject InterestMy research topics are varied and include the social organization of ships, the organization of therapeutical processes, cultural and developmental studies of engineering divisions (high-technology) in large corporations, ministries (national government), university departments, hospitals and research institutes. In addition to this I have done a fair amount of shorter studies in many types of firms and organizations. Much of this work is informed by an interest in gender relations and the relations between work and family. Besides these main activities directed towards working life I have also done some research on drug-addiction, prostitution and AIDS. My long term theoretical interest is in the interactions between power and trust and language, legitimation and change in modern, formal organizations (private and public). Lately this interest has focused on the processes of leadership, the construction of authority, organisational variety/change and the transformations of basic relations between labour and capital in a globalised economy where information processing and knowledge is a critical productive factor.Selected Publications\"Om ledelse. Makt og tillit i moderne organisering (On leadership. Power and Trust in modern organisations\" Oslo University press 1996 \" Fornuftens fantasier. Sosialantropologiske essays om moderne samfunn\" (The Fantasies of Reason. Social anthropological essays on modernity) Oslo University Press 1996ResearchA theoretical study of the interrelations between changing organisational forms and constructions and reconstructions of authority in industrial societies. The study is based upon an interpretative reading of resarch on management and leadership. It will especially focus on authority in \"the knowledge economy\". |