Wikan, Unni
Unni Wikan (b. 1944) is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo.
She has been a visiting professor at numerous prestigious universities, including Harvard and London School of Economics, and has worked as a consultant to international agencies such as UNICEF, World Food Programme and UNDP.
Wikan has conducted research on a wide range of topics such as poverty, gender, development, medical anthropology, emotion, social justice, welfare, multiculturalism, and the law. She has done fieldwork in Egypt, Oman, Yemen, Bali, Bhutan and Scandinavia, and has published nine books. Her current research focuses on honour and honour-based violence in Western Europe, with special emphasis on Sweden.
Wikan gives numerous public lectures a year and frequently appears in the media and public debates as well as being sought out for advice by policy forums, public officials, private foundations, social workers, child care workers, teachers, the courts etc.
In 2004 she was awarded the Freedom of Expression Award for her "insightful, open-hearted and challenging contribution to the debate on value conflicts in the multicultural society."
Visit Unni Wikan's homepage here .
Selected bibliography & translations
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| 2003 | For ærens skyld. Fadime til ettertanke. | In Honour of Fadime: Murder and Shame |
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