Successful Doctoral Defense by Olav Elgvin
On December 18, 2020 Olav Elgvin defended his doctoral thesis for the PhD Degree at the University of Bergen.
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IMER congratulates its research affiliate, Olav Elgvin, on the successful defense of his PhD thesis today, 18 December 2020!
Thesis Title:"Between a Rock and a Hard Place. The Islamic Council of Norway and the Challenge of Representing Islam in Europe".
Olav was also the coordinator of IMER until mid 2018.
Congratulations Olav!
Trial Lecture: “The religious dialogue approach as a mechanism for integration and social cohesion”
Evaluation Committee:
- Professor Grete Brochmann, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
- Professor Göran Larsson, Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg
Committee chair: Professor Lise Rakner, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen