Ragnhild Hennum
| Professor Ragnhild Hennum | |
|---|---|
| Pro-Rector of University of Oslo | |
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In office 2014–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld |
| Succeeded by | Gro Bjørnerud Mo |
| President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby | |
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Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Gunhild Vehusheia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1967 |
| Profession | Law professor |
Ragnhild Helene Hennum (born 11 June 1967) is a Norwegian jurist, academic administrator and women's rights leader. She is Professor of Public Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law and is the Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, the university's second highest official, for the period 2014–2017. She previously served as the university's Vice-Rector 2009–2014. Hennum's research fields are criminal law, criminal procedure and sociology of law, and she is an expert on child sexual abuse, sexual violence in general and forced marriage.[1] Hennum is President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby, the umbrella organisation for the Norwegian women's movement.
Career
Hennum earned her cand.jur. (LL.M.) degree at the University of Oslo in 1991 and her doctorate at the same university in 1999. She was employed by the University of Oslo Faculty of Law as a researcher, research fellow, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor from 1992 to 2003. She became Associate Professor of Public Law in 2004 and Professor of Public Law in 2007, both at the Department of Public and International Law. In 2009 she was appointed by newly elected Rector Ole Petter Ottersen as Vice-Rector of the university and she continued in this office following Ottersen's reelection in 2013; in 2014 she became Pro-Rector, the deputy of the Rector and the university's second highest official.[2]
She has been a member of several government-appointed commissions, and chaired the Royal Commission on Compensation for Victims of Violence (Voldsoffererstatningsutvalget), appointed by the King-in-Council in 2015, which presented Norwegian Official Report 2016: 9 Rettferdig og forutsigbar – voldsskadeerstatning and proposed a new statute on compensation for victims of violence.[3][4] She was a member of the Royal Commission on Rape (Voldtektsutvalget) appointed in 2006[5] and the Royal Commission on the Use of Juries in Criminal Proceedings (Juryutvalget) appointed in 2010.[6]
Hennum is chair of the board of the University of Oslo's subsidiary company Unirand, a board member of Oslo Science Park and a deputy member of the board of the legal information service Lovdata. She is chair of the board of Oslo Women's Shelter.[7] In 2017 she was elected President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby.[8]
References
- ↑ Ragnhild Hennum, University of Oslo
- ↑ Leadership team, University of Oslo
- ↑ Utvalg foreslår ny lov om voldsskadeerstatning, Government of Norway
- ↑ Voldsoffererstatningsutvalget, Government of Norway
- ↑ Offisielt fra statsråd 1. september 2006, Government of Norway
- ↑ Offisielt fra statsråd 21. mai 2010, Government of Norway
- ↑ Annual report 2015 for Oslo Krisesenter
- ↑ Ragnhild Hennum ny leder i Norges kvinnelobby, Norwegian Women's Lobby