Liv Mjelde
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August 29, 1939
Liv Mjelde | |
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| Born | Liv Kitty Mjelde August 29, 1939 |
| Citizenship | Norway |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Oslo |
| Alma mater | University of Joensuu (now University of Eastern Finland) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology of education |
| Institutions | Oslo Metropolitan University Akershus University College Ontario Institute for Studies in Education |
Liv Kitty Mjelde (born 29 August 1939) is a Norwegian sociologist and educator, specializing in vocational pedagogy.[1] She is Professor Emeritus at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet).[2] Her work focuses on the sociology of education, workshop-based and classroom learning, the social division of knowledge, and gender and labour in vocational education.[3]
Mjelde studied political science, history, and sociology at the University of Oslo, obtaining a cand.mag. degree in 1967 and a cand.sociol. in 1975. She earned her doctoral degree (Dr. Philos.) in sociology from the University of Joensuu (now University of Eastern Finland) in 1993, with a dissertation on apprenticeship and vocational learning.[4]
Academic career
Mjelde worked for many years in vocational education and teacher training, including 18 years as a counsellor at Sogn Vocational School in Oslo.[3] She later held academic and research positions at Akershus University College (HiAk).[5][6] Her international work includes visiting scholar appointments at institutions such as the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto), University of Adelaide, and Kyambogo University.[7] She led cooperative projects to develop a Master’s programme in Vocational Pedagogy at Kyambogo University with students from Uganda and South Sudan.[8]
She is also a member European Association of Professors Emeriti.[6]
In 2022, she received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.[9]
