Berit Brandth

Berit Brandth (born 1 June 1947) is a Norwegian sociologist and gender researcher.

Biography Brandth is a graduate of Bates College in the US and the University of Trondheim (now integrated into NTNU), where she took a major in 1977. She is a professor of sociology at NTNU and a research advisor at the Norwegian Center for Rural Research. She has focused on both masculinity and femininity, with perspectives from work, technology, media and organization. One of Brandth's research themes is gender in agriculture, in relation to farm tourism and management in agricultural organizations. She has also researched the development and use of the maternity/paternity leave of absence, with particular emphasis on fathers' rights. In 2014, she was appointed as a member of the Working Time Committee, which looked at how we can best utilize the labor force in the future.

Selected works 2015 - Feminism and Ruralities, with Barbara Pini (Plagiarist) and Jo Little. Lexington Books. 2013 - Fedrekvoten og den farsvennlige velferdsstaten (editor and contributor), with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget. 2010 - Föräldraledighet, omsorgspolitik och jämställdhet i Norden, with Gudny Bjørk Eydal, Ingolfur V. Gislason, Ann-Zofie Duvander, Johanna Lammi-Taskula, Tine Rostgaard 2005 - Gender, Bodies and Work (editor and contributor), with David Morgan and Elin Kvande. Ashgate. 2005 - Valgfrihetens tid, omsorgspolitikk for barn i det fleksible arbeidsliv (editor and contributor), with Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande 2003 - Fleksible fedre. Arbeid-Maskulinitet-Velferdsstat, with Elin Kvande. Universitetsforlaget. 1999 - Familie for tiden, with Kari Moxnes. Universitetsforlaget.