Thomas Lorentzen

Present positions:

Part-time Researcher at the Research Group for Inclusive Welfare Policy.

Full-time Researcher at Fafo Research Foundation

Contact information:

Telephone:    +47 22 45 36 38

Fax: :           +47 22 45 36 00

Office:            Y265

Address.        Pilestredet 56, 0167 Oslo

E-mail:          Thomas.Lorentzen@oks.hio.no

Thomas Lorentzen submitted a dissertation in sociology, in 2000, to the University of Bergen. In addition to sociology, he has studied history and comparative politics at the University of Bergen.  

 He worked as a research assistant at Fafo Research Foundation for a short period of time (from august 2001 until March 2002). From January 2003 until October 2006, he was a doctoral student and a researcher at Fafo. He completed his doctorate in October 2006.

 At present, Thomas Lorentzen works as a full-time researcher at Fafo. He joined the Research Group for Inclusive Welfare Policy, Oslo University College, in a part-time position as a researcher in the fall of 2006.

 Main areas of research and fields of interest:

 Dynamic analyses of social security, economic social aid, and poverty