Norway’s parental leave policies, though popular, have unintended and adverse effects on families.
Margunn Bjørnholt
About Margunn Bjørnholt
Margunn Bjørnholt is a sociologist and feminist based in Oslo, Norway. She is an expert on work-family arrangements and gender equality, and, in particular, men's role and agency in social change towards more egalitarian work-family arrangements. She is currently a senior researcher at the Nordic Women's University, and has formerly been a researcher at the University of Oslo and the Work Research Institute, as well as a civil servant and business consultant involved in the promotion of female entrepreneurship. She has served as a national expert on gender equality to the European Commission and is Vice President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. Her website is www.margunnbjornholt.no