by Hanne Sogn, Jørgen Lorentzen and Øystein Gullvåg Holter
Preface
This report has been commissioned by the Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations (CAHRV). The Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations addresses human rights violations in the context of interpersonal relationships. Major goals of the project are to integrate parallel research discourses on violence, to unify the theoretical and empirical basis for policy, to stimulate new, interdisciplinary and transnational research, and to support practitioners, policy-makers and scientists by facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and expertise. The report is a collaborative project between the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at the University of Oslo, the Work Research Institute, and KILDEN Norwegian Information and Documentation Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. The project has been led by Jørgen Lorentzen, researcher at the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at University of Oslo and Øystein Gullvåg Holter, sociologist and researcher at the Work Research Institute – both of whom conduct research on men. Sociologist Hanne Sogn, whose background is in research on men and masculinity, has compiled the report. The translation of this report has been financed by The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police. The report can also be read on http://kilden.forskningsradet.no
We want to thank the Norwegian researchers who have been involved in this project for their comments. Thanks to Liz Kelly for constructive critic, and for pointing out some of the demands within the field.