Guri Hjeltnes

As of May 2004 I have been a Professor of Journalism, at the Department of Communications, Culture and Languages, at the Norwegian Business School BI. In the years 1.1.2008-1.8.2010 I was a provost (prorektor) at BI, being responsible amongst other the quality of the studies and BI's accreditation processes. After a year of sabbatical, I am now back as a professor, as of August 1, 2011.

In the years 1999-2004 I was a research fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo. During that period I was a Visiting Scholar at the United Nations Studies at Yale, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, July 2000-July 2002, working on a major biography of Trygve Lie (1896-1968), the first UN Secretary-General (1946-1953). In the spring of 2004 I was editor, op-ed pages, Verdens Gang, Norway's largest circulation daily, Oslo, before starting at BI.

In my professional life I have pursued two carriers, first a journalistic one, then an academic. My professional experience as journalist/columnist: In the early 1970ies I was a reporter in Miljømagasinet (a magazine specializing on ecology and the environment); freelancing in Universitas (The Oslo university student paper) and Østlendingen (an Agrarian Party Newspaper in the Elverum area), from 1979-85 staff reporter in Arbeiderbladet, then the Oslo social democratic daily. For some years I was also working freelance in NRK-TV (The Norwegian Broadcast Service, non-commercial, public television). From 1985 on I was back on the academic track, however still writing for a broader public, being a book reviewer in Verdens Gang since 1991 and between June 2004 and November 2009 also a weekly columnist in Verdens Gang, op-ed page. For the time being I am also reviewing books in Dagens Næringsliv and write a column in Dagsavisen.

Research areas

My research interests have developed over the years and include modern history: WWII, social history, press history, media history, recently switching also to multimedia challenges, media convergence and the use of social media.

Over the years I have co-edited books on feminism, Norwegian fascism, the German attack on Norway on April 9, 1940, on everyday life during the occupation, pictures from private albums, on the Oslo liberal daily Dagbladet, and been co-editor of Norsk krigsleksikon (1995), an encyclopaedia on the Nazi occupation of Norway 1940-45. In 1984 I co-authored a book on a Norwegian family extradited to Germany during WWII, Hver fredag foran porten ("Every Friday in front of the gate"), dealing with the efforts of the Hjort family to aid Norwegian prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps Sachsenhausen and the rescue operations following the Nazi defeat. In 1986 I published the book Hverdagsliv ("Every day life in Norway during the occupation"), volume 5 in a large series on Norway during WWII. My M.phil. Thesis was published in the book called Avisoppgjøret ("The Reckoning: The Purges of the Press in Post-war Norway") 1990. In 2010 the major historical work, "Norsk presses historie 1660-2010" was published, I was editor of volume III, "Imperiet vakler".

In the years 1988-95 I was commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and the Norwegian Research Council (NAVF) to write two volumes on "Handelsflåten i krig", "The Norwegian Merchant Marine during the War", Sjømann - lang vakt, (Sailor - extended duty) vol. 3, published 1995, and Krigsseiler - krig, hjemkomst, oppgjør, (War-time sailor - war, return, confrontation with the past) vol. 4, published 1997. These two books were part of my thesis becoming a Dr. philos in History, 2002, at the University of Oslo. From August 1995 until October 1998 I was Project Co-ordinator for the University of Oslo History project planning a complete history of the University of Oslo on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the University of Oslo.

At the moment I am working on a scientific biography on Trygve Lie (1896-1968), the first Secretary-General of the United Nation. Also I am conducting a smaller research project on multimedia leadership and media convergence, preparing the new Master of Management-program called "Flermedial ledelse", strting at BI in the fall of 2007.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2002 University of Oslo Ph.D Dr. Philos.
• 1989 University of Oslo Master Cand. Philol.
• 1978 University of Oslo Bachelor

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2012 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Adjunct professor
• 2010 - Present Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities Director
• 2004 - 2012 BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2008 - 2010 BI Norwegian Business School Vice-Rector
• 1999 - 2004 Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) Researcher
• 2000 - 2002 Yale University, UN Studies Researcher (guest)
• 1995 - 1998 University of Oslo Project coordinator
• 1988 - 1995 The Research Council of Norway Researcher
• 1985 - 1988 Aschehoug forlag Researcher

CHAPTERS

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Fra Hamarøy til erobring av verden. Den nye norske gravejournalistikken. I: Gravende journalistikk : Metode, prosess og etikk. Gyldendal Akademisk 2012 ISBN 9788205400313. p. 16-32 BI

Hjeltnes, Guri; Høst, Sigurd. 

Epilog: Imperiet fra øst til vest, fra nord til sør. I: Norsk presses historie : 1-4 (1660-2010) : B. 3: Imperiet vakler 1945-2010. Universitetsforlaget 2010 ISBN 978-82-15-01605-4. p. 491-498 BI HVO

Ijäs, Arne Johansen; Dahl, Hans Fredrik; Hjeltnes, Guri; Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Samisk presse på hugget. I: Norsk Presses historie 1-4 (1660-2010). Universitetsforlaget 2010 ISBN 978-82-15-01613-9. p. 389-399 BI SA/SH

Roalsø, Else-Beth; Hjeltnes, Guri; Eide, Elisabeth. 

Kvinnenes langsomme inntog. I: Norsk Presses historie 1-4 (1660-2010). Universitetsforlaget 2010 ISBN 978-82-15-01613-9. p. 339-353 BI HIOA UIS

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Tapte horisonter - nordisk eller atlantisk. Striden om Atlanterhavspolitikken 1940-1945. I: Roald Berg (red.), Selvstendig og beskyttet. Det stormaktsgaranterte Norge fra Krimkrigen til NATO. Fagbokforlaget 2008 BI

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

"San Francisco revisited." Talen som ikke ble holdt. I: Fredrik Engelstad m.fl (red), Demokratisk konservatisme : frihet, fremskritt, fred : festskrift til Francis Sejersted på 70-årsdagen. Pax Forlag 2006 p. 391-413 BI

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Et vellykket kupp. I: Ivar Andenæs (red.) I journalistikkens tjeneste. Et 30-års blikk på journalister og medier. IJ-forlaget 2005 ISBN 978-82-7147-283-2. BI

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Nine eleven og avistegninger. I: Årbok fra Norsk Redaktørforening. : Norsk Redaktørforening 2005 BI

BOOKS

Hjeltnes, Guri; Warmedal, Morten Møller. 

Gravende journalistikk : Metode, prosess og etikk. Gyldendal Akademisk 2012 (ISBN 9788205400313) 432 p. BI

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Imperiet vakler : 1945-2010. Universitetsforlaget 2010 (ISBN 9788215016054) 552 p. (3) BI

Bastiansen, Henrik G.; Hagtvet, Bernt; Hjeltnes, Guri; Lundby, Knut; Rønning, Helge. 

Det Elegante uromoment : Hans Fredrik Dahl og offentligheten : festskrift på 70-årsdagen. Pax Forlag 2009 (ISBN 978-82-530-3261-0) 410 p. BI HVO UiO

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Hjeltnes, Guri. 

From Mama's Boarding House to Manhattan and the World. Scandinavian Review 2005 (Autumn-Winter) BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Brurås, Svein; Hjeltnes, Guri; Flikke, Gunnar. 

Ja til medieansvarslov. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2011 BI HVO

Olsen, Ragnhild; Bech-Karlsen, Jo; Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Kanalvalgets kvaler. Dagens næringsliv 2010 p. 63- BI HIOA

Olsen, Ragnhild; Bech-Karlsen, Jo; Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Kommer nett og papir til å møtes?. Dagens næringsliv 2007 p. 70- BI HIOA

RESEARCH REPORTS

Olsen, Ragnhild; Bech-Karlsen, Jo; Hjeltnes, Guri. 

Mediehusrapporten 2010. Rapport fra ti norske mediehus.. Oslo: Handelshøyskolen BI og Institutt for Journalistikk 2010 (ISBN 978-82-7042-8144) 96 p. BI HIOA