Nils Roll-Hansen#
| Membership Number: | 3222 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/people/aca/nhansen/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 Professor Emeritus, University of Oslo
- 1994 - 2007 Full professor in history and philosophy of science, Department of philosophy/ Department of philosophy, classics, history of art and ideas at University of Oslo
- 1985 - 1993 Professor II in history and philosophy of science at University of Oslo
- 1977 - 1993 Senior researcher Nordic Institute for Studies of Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU)
- 1976 - 1977 Professor in the theory of natural sciences
- 1964 - 1976 Teaching and administrative appointments, research fellowships, etc at the University of Oslo.
- 1962 - 1964 Graduate student in plant biochemistry with Professor Andy Benson at UCLA and UCSD
Fields of Scholarship
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of Science
- History and philosophy of biology, 19th and 20th century, in particular
- History of genetics with emphasis on the formation of classical genetics
- Environmental science and politics, e.g., acid rain and forest death
- Reductionism in biology
- Interaction of science and politics, e.g., Eugenics, and Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union
- Science policy
Honours and Awards
- 1993 Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi)
- 2009 - 2011 Chair of Academy’s Committee on climate research
- Member of the Editorial Board of several central journals
- Member of several university, governmental and international committees and Chair of several of these
