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Gulbrandsen, Trygve Senior Researcher Dr. philos., Sociology E-mail: trygve.gulbrandsen@socialresearch.no Phone ISF: 23 08 61 83 Private phone: 22 56 01 93 Mobile: 90 65 68 82

Fields of interest: Elites and power, trust, ownership, family businesses Trygve Gulbrandsen is senior researcher at Institute for Social Research and professor of sociology at Department of Sociology and Human Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo. He gained his Ph.d. in sociology at the University of Oslo. Before he was affiliated with Institute for Social Research in 1989, he worked several years in various ministries. He was director of research in Ministry of Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Department of Science Policy (1983-1985), director of research in Ministry of Labour and Local Government, Department of Working Environment and Safety Policy (1986-1988), and special advisor and senior advisor in Ministry of Finance, Department of Long Term Planning (1988-89). He has conducted research on the introduction of employee shareholding schemes and the emergence of partnerships in knowledge firms, and he has studied various aspects of governance and performance in family businesses. He organized a large survey study of economic, political and social elites in Norway, the Norwegian Leadership Study, which was carried out in the year 2000. Based on the data from this study Gulbrandsen has published several articles and co-authored two books on national elites. He has also published theoretical articles on power and trust. He has been editor of ”Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning ”(”Journal of Social Science”), editor of the journal “Sosiologi i dag” (“Sociology today”) and member of the editorial board of the journal ”Søkelys på arbeidsmarkedet” (”Spotlight on the labour market”). He is currently member of the board of Research Committee 2 on Political elites, the International Political Science Association (IPSA). He is also member of a commission in the National Research Council in Norway on the infrastructure of the social sciences. Curriculum Vitae in fulltext

2007 Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites
2003 Næringslivet mellom marked og politikk
2002 Norske makteliter
2010 Political versus media elites in Norway
2009 Private Business Lobbying in a Corporatist Society - the Case...
2009 Family Businesses and Trade Unions in Norway
2009 The Survival of Family Dynasties in Shipping
2007 Bidrar samarbeid i arbeidslivet til ideologisk moderasjon?
2007 Elite Integration and Institutional Trust in Norway
2007 Die Verankerung der Sozioökonomischen Konfliktlinie in den Deu...
2007 Consensus or polarization?
2005 Ideological integration and variation within the private busin...
2005 Elite Consensus on the Norwegian Welfare State Model
2005 Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy
2005 Flexibility in Norwegian Family-Owned Enterprises
2005 Family ownership and productivity: The role of owner-management
2003 Elitene og livsløpet
2002 Ansatte som medeiere i norsk arbeidsliv
2001 Oppslutning om den norske velferdsmodellen blant ledere i samv...
2001 Makt og tillit
2001 Utbytte og lederlønn i eierstyrte bedrifter
2000 Arbeidslivsforskning - fra industrisosiologi til arbeidsmarked...
2000 Om tillit
2000 Kan familie- og personlig eide bedrifter leve opp til forventn...
2000 Medarbeidereie i kunnskapsbedrifter
1999 Makt som generalisert kommunikasjonsmedium
2011 Frivillige organisasjoner i en ny tid
2009 I sentrum for kryssende forventninger
2004 Temaer og problemstillinger for videre forskning om eierskap i...
1999 Eiere og kolleger
1999 Internasjonal forskning om eierskap og kontroll i privat nærin...
1997 Eiere og kolleger.
1996 Organisasjon, ledelse og samarbeid i eierstyrte bedrifter
1995 Etterutdanning av ansatte i private bedrifter
1993 Norsk arbeidslivsforskning
1991 Medeierskap i kunnskapsbedrifter
1990 Aksjeeie blant ansatte
2008 Næringslivets velferdspolitiske rolle
2006 Elite integration and institutional trust in Norway
2005 Family Businesses and Trade Unions
2005 Ideological integration and variation within the private busin...
2005 Elite consensus on the Norwegian welfare state model
2005 Dividends and CEO-salary in owner-managed enterprises
2005 Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy
2004 Owners as political actors
2003 Institutional trust among Norwegian elites
2002 Family ownership and productivity
1999 Elite compromises in stable democracy
1999 Flexible Enterprises in the Nordic Countries