Mr. Svein Lorentzen (1945), Chair of Board

Graduated from the University of Bergen 1973. Dr. Philos. from the University of Oslo 1986.

Teacher experience from elementary/secondary school. Teacher educator from 1975, from 1979 at the University of Trondheim/Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Professor of history/social science education from 1991. Study/research periods in England, France and USA.

Broad experience from national and international networks within educational research, among others The Council of Europe, the Georg-Eckert-Institut-für internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig), and the Körber-Stiftung (Hamburg).

Member of several programme boards in The Research Council of Norway (NFR). At present chair of the programme: Practice-based R&D in Pre-school through Secondary Schools and Teacher Education, with an overall budget of 155 million NOK (19 mill. Euro).