Helge Rønning
Bakgrunn
Born in Oslo, Norway. 1943. Norwegian matriculation exam. Oslo Katedralskole. 1962. Studies at the University of Oslo, 1963-71. Ending with a Magistergrad in Comparative literature, topic of dissertation: Nigerian Novels and Social Change. Supporting subjects for the degree: English literature and language, Nordic literature and languages. Studies in literature and philosophy at Brandeis University, Mass. USA. 1964-65. Studies in anthropology and African Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies. London University 1968-69. Research assistant and research fellow in The Department of Comparative Literature University of Oslo 1972-1980. Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in The Department of Nordic Literature and Languages. UofO.1980-87. Professor in The Department of Media and Communication. UofO. from 1987- .
Research and scholarly work at the University of Ibadan, 1976 and 1978. Visiting scholar at The University of California, Santa Barbara. 1987. Research and scholarly work at the University of Zimbabwe several times since 1988. Scholarly work and Research in Mozambique 1996 - 1998. 2004 - 2006. Leader of a number of research projects particularly in the area of Media and Development and Media and Democratic Change.
Reporter and editor with Norwegian radio and television on a free-lance basis. Editor and reader with Norwegian publishers. Editor of the journals Kontrast and Samtiden 1969-1979, 1979-1989. Reviewer for the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet 1978 - 1998. President of Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Union 1994 -1996. Member of the Programe council for TV2 1994 - 1998. Acting Executive Director of the Nordic-SADC Journalism Centre, Maputo. 1996. Member of the Norwegian Public Service Broadcasting Council. 1996 -2004. Member of the the Government Commission on Freedom of Expression 1996- 1999. Chairman of the Board of the Ibsen Centre, University of Oslo Chairman of The Government's Committee for Development Politicies 2003 - 2005. Chairman of the Board of the Norwegian Reprographic Rights Organisations, Kopinor 1998 - . Member of the National Ibsen Commitee 1998 - .
Published numerous articles on literary, social, political, media and cultural topics in Norwegian, Scandinavian, European and American journals and newspapers. Published and contributed to several books on politics, literature, media and cultural topics in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, UK, Portugal, US, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
Undervisnings- og veiledningsområder
Textual analaysis of fim and TV; Adaptation; Media and Literature; Cultural Studies; News analysis and International Journalism; Media and Democracy; Media and Development; Freedom of Expression; Intellectual Property Rights and the Media; Media Theory.
Faglige kompetanseområder
Film and TV analysis; News Analysis; Democratic developments and Media; Globalisation Theory; Media and Development, African Media; Freedom of Expression; Copyright in the Media; Cultural Studies; The book as a Medium; Cultural Politics; Media and Literature.
Pågående og planlagte forskningsprosjekter ved IMK
Media and Democratic Change - Southern Africa, (end 2007) Globalisation and Marginalisation in Communication Systems (end 2007) Communication, Control and Convergence
Publikasjoner
Den umulige friheten. Henrik Ibsen og moderniteten. Oslo 2006. Rønning, Helge. African Journalism and the Struggle for Democratic Media. I: Making Journalists. London and New York: Routledge 2005. ISBN 0-415-31502-6. s. 157-181
Communication, Convergence, and Citizens' Rights. I: Comunicação para os cidadãos no estado da sociedade em que vivemos. Oeiras: Camerra municipal de Oeiras 2004. ISBN 9896080003. s. 221-231
Status of Media in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. I: Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. San Diego: Academic Press 2003. ISBN 01238
The Media in Zimbabwe: The Struggle between State and Civil Society. I: Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe. From Liberation to Authoritarianism. Houndmills. Basingstoke: Macmillan 2003. ISBN 0333804538. s. 196-222
Norske kulturforlag og internasjonale mediekonserner. Etterord til André Schifrin: Bøker og business. I: Bøker og business: Aschehoug. Oslo 2002. ISBN 82-03-20630-1. s. 187-205
The Role of Media in a Democracy: Political Transition, Civil Society, and Freedom of Expression. I: Training for Media Transformation and Democracy: South African National Editors' Forum 2002. ISBN 0-620-27762-9. s. 112-125
Waldahl, Ragnar; Andersen, Michael Bruun; Rønning, Helge. Nyheter først og fremst. Myter og realiteter om norske tv-nyheter.: Universitetsforlaget 2002. ISBN 82-15-00147-5. 325 s.
Media and Democrcay in Southern Africa. A Northern View. I: Essays and Conversations on MEDIA & DEMOCRACY.: Nordic SADC Journalism Centre Trust. Maputo. Mosambik 2001. s. 62-86
Rønning, Helge; Kupe, Tawana. The Dual Legacy of Democracy and Authoritarianism: The Media and the State in Zimbabwe. I: De-Westernizing Media Studies: Routledge 2000. ISBN 0-415-19394-X. s. 157-177
- Larsen, Håkon; Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2012). Europeisk bokpolitikk. Prisregulering som kulturpolitisk virkemiddel . Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift. ISSN 1403-3216. (1), s 121- 148
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Den åpne samtalens rom. Om offentlighetsteorier, I: Kristin Orgeret (red.), Norske medier – journalistikk, politikk og kultur. Høyskoleforlaget. ISBN 978-82-7634-957-3. Kapittel 6. s 163 - 181
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Knowing and Debating the Unexpected. New and Old Public Spheres, In Karl Knapskog & Jan Fredrik Hovden (ed.), Hunting High and Low. Skriftfest til Jostein Gripsrud. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISBN 978-82-304-0090-6. Kapittel. s 417 - 436
- Rønning, Helge (2012). The Social or the Interpersonal? New and Old Public Spheres.. Divinatio. Studia Culturologica Series. ISSN 1310-9456. 35(spring - summer), s 93- 112
- Rønning, Helge & Li, Shubo (2012). Kina i Afrika. Myk makt. medieoppfatninger og felles identitetsutvikling, I: Elling Njål Tjønneland (red.), Nye stormakter i Afrika - utvikling eller utbytting?. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISBN 978-82-304-0095-1. Kapittel. s 127 - 152
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2012). A Very Special Trade? Or Just Like Other Media? Characteristics of the International Book Industry, In Ulla Carlsson & Jenny Johannisson (ed.), Läsarnas marknad,marknadens läsare. Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-42-8. Kapittel. s 323 - 336
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2012). Regional and National Structures in the Publishing Industry. Journal of Media Business Studies. ISSN 1652-2354. 9(1), s 101- 122
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Como ser um clássico e uma vergonha nacional ao mesmo tempo: o caso Knut Hamsun, I: Karl Erik Schøllhammer (red.), Knut Hamsun no Brasil. 7Letras. ISBN 9788575778036. Kapittel. s 11 - 25
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Intercultural Implications of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Experiences with a production of Ibsen's play in Mozambique, In Jan Erik Mustad & Ulla Rahbek (ed.), Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences. Essays in Honour of Peter Young. Novus Forlag. ISBN 9788270996575. Kapittel. s 118 - 126
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Los derechos de autor en relación con la libertad de expresión en internet, I: Mariano Cebrian Herreros; Javier Maestro Bäcksbacka & Ángel L. Rubio Moraga (red.), Industrias culturales. El modelo nórdico como referencia para España. Communicación social. ISBN 9788492860753. kapittel 13. s 257 - 272
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Moderniseringsagenten. Henrik Ibsen – det modernes dramatiker., I: Norsk avantgarde. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-649-0. Kapittel 3. s 37 - 49
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2011). Digital Challenges to Bibliodiversity. Bibliodiversity. ISSN 1778-4018. (1), s 96- 103
- Rønning, Helge (2010). En digital framtid så lys at du må bruke solbriller? Makt og teknologi i internasjonal bokbransje. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. (01)
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Tools for Democracy or for Surveillance? Reflections on the Rule of Law on the Internet, In Jostein Gripsrud & Hallvard Moe (ed.), The digital public sphere : challenges for media policy. Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-86523-02-2. Chapter 8. s 133 - 143
- Rønning, Helge (2010). What constitutes media development?, In Þorbjörn Broddason; Ullamaija Kivikuru; Birgitte Tufte; Lennart Weibull & Helge Østbye (ed.), Norden och världen. En bok tillägnad Ulla Carlsson. The Nordic Countries and the World. A Book for Ulla Carlsson. Göteborgs Universitet. ISBN 978-91-88212-84-9. kapittel. s 305 - 320
- Rønning, Helge (2009). Mangfoldets styrke, I: Henrik G Bastiansen; Bernt Hagtvet; Guri Hjeltnes; Knut Lundby & Helge Rønning (red.), Det elegante uromoment. Hans Fredrik Dahl og offentligheten: festskrift på 70-årsdagen. Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-3261-0. Del av offentlighetsbolken. s 247 - 263
- Rønning, Helge (2009). Strenghts and Weaknesses: Political change and the media in Africa since the 1990s, In The Power of Communication. Changes and Challenges in African Media. Unipub forlag. ISBN 978-82-7477-454-4. Kapittel 2. s 25 - 65
- Rønning, Helge (2009). The Contemporary Challenge to the Concept of Universal Human Rights and Freedom of Expression, In Anine Kierulf & Helge Rønning (ed.), Freedom of Speech Abridged? Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges. Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-89471-76-4. Kapittel 1. s 9 - 19
- Rønning, Helge (2009). The Influence of the Media: Audiences and impact in Mozambique, In The Power of Communication. Changes and Challenges in African Media. Unipub forlag. ISBN 978-82-7477-454-4. Kapittel 8. s 243 - 285
- Rønning, Helge (2009). The Politics of Corruption and the Media in Africa. Journal of African Media Studies. ISSN 1751-7974. 1(1), s 155- 171
- Kierulf, Anine & Rønning, Helge (2008). Solstads autoritære lengsel. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. (4), s 385- 394
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Fra litteraturvitenskap til medieforskning, I: Åsa Arping (red.), Kritikens Dimensioner. Symposion Brutus Östlings bokförlag. ISBN 978-91-7139-812-3. Artikkel. s 388 - 395
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Henrik Ibsen como agente da modernização: enfoque em A casa de boneca e O pequeno Eyolf, I: Karl Erik Scøllhammer (red.), Henrik Ibsen no Brasil. Editora PUC-Rio. ISBN 978-85-7577-548-6. kapittel. s 31 - 49
- Rønning, Helge (2012). A lehetetlen Szabadság. Henrik Ibsen és a modernitás. Overs. av Agnes Kunszenti + Fernce Kovács. Nagy Vilag. ISBN 978-963-9175-49-5. 303 s.
- Rønning, Helge & Nygaard, William (red.) (2010). Forlag, forfattere, frihet- taler, artikler og intervjuer 1974-2010. Aschehoug. ISBN 9788203292200. 391 s.
- Bastiansen, Henrik G.; Hagtvet, Bernt; Hjeltnes, Guri; Lundby, Knut & Rønning, Helge (red.) (2009). Det Elegante uromoment : Hans Fredrik Dahl og offentligheten : festskrift på 70-årsdagen. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253032610. 410 s.
- Bastiansen, Henrik G; Hagtvet, Bernt; Hjeltnes, Guri; Lundby, Knut & Rønning, Helge (red.) (2009). Det elegante uromoment. Hans Fredrik Dahl og offentligheten: festskrift på 70-årsdagen. Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-3261-0. 411 s.
- Kierulf, Anine & Rønning, Helge (ed.) (2009). Freedom of Speech Abridged? Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges. Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-89471-76-4. 155 s.
- Rønning, Helge & Orgeret, Kristin (2009). The Power of Communication. Changes and Challenges in African Media. Unipub forlag. ISBN 978-82-7477-454-4. 362 s.
- Waldahl, Ragnar; Andersen, Michael Bruun & Rønning, Helge (2009). Tv-nyhetenes verden. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215013640. 213 s.
- Kapuscinski, Ryszard & Rønning, Helge (2008). "For mykje olje. For mange diamantar" Innleiing til Kapuscinski, Ryszard: Atter ein dag. Angola 1975. Aschehoug & Co. ISBN 978-82-03-21125-6. 14 s.
- Larsen, Håkon; Rønning, Helge & Colbjørnsen, Terje (2012). E-bøker er med. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Antonionis intime realisme - om Antonioni og italiensk kultur mellom realisme og modernisme.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Comunicação para o desenvolvimento ou desenvolvimento para os media?.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Cultural Industries and Cultural Politics.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Det norske litterære system i et internasjonalt perspektiv.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Eros and Politics. A Comparative Analysis of Henrik Ibsen Rosmersholm (1886) and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Paul Lange and Tore Parsberg (1898).
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Henrik Ibsen and the Contradictions of Modernity. Key Note Address..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Ibsen and modernity. Presentasjon av den ungatske utgaven av Den umulige friheten. Ibsen og moderniteten..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Introduction at the presentation of Marcell Jancovics film adaptation of Imre Madach The Human Tragedy. (1861).
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Knowing and Debating the Unexpected. Social or Interpersonal Media? New and Old Public Spheres..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Media, Elections and African Dominant Party States.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Mediebegivenheter – litterære begivenheter.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Opposition at Jessica Gustafsson's Doctoral Disputation at the University of Stockholm on the dissertation Voicing the Slum..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Principles of Public Service Radio.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). The Media and African Dominant Party States – Legitimacy of Power and the Possibilities for Opposition in Africa..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). The international publishing scene. A general picture..
- Rønning, Helge (2012). UNESCO media development indicators and The Norwegian Constitution“.
- Rønning, Helge (2012). Visum til Norge. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
- Rønning, Helge & Li, Shubo (2012). China's Aid, China's Voice. NAI Forum.
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2012). Størrelse, strukturer og styrkeforhold i norsk forlagsbransje.
- Rønning, Helge; Slaatta, Tore & Larsen, Håkon (2012). Forsvar for det litterære mangfoldet. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
- Rønning, Helge; Slaatta, Tore; Torvund, Olav; Larsen, Håkon & Colbjørnsen, Terje (2012). En boklov for distriktene. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
- Rønning, Helge; Slaatta, Tore; Torvund, Olav; Larsen, Håkon & Colbjørnsen, Terje (2012). Til bokas pris. Utredning av litteraturpolitiske virkemidler i Europa .
- Rønning, Helge; Slaatta, Tore; Torvund, Olav; Larsen, Håkon & Colbjørnsen, Terje (2012). Til orientering. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
- Rønning, Helge; Slaatta, Tore; Torvund, Olav; Terje, Colbjørnsen & Larsen, Håkon (2012). Til Bokas pris.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). A Developmental and Global Perspective on the Significance of Copyright for Society.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Cultural Industries and Economies of Creation.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Democracies, Autocracies or Partocracies? Reflections on What happened when Liberation Movements were transformed into Ruling Parties, and Pro-Democracy Movements Conquered Government.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Den kinesiske utfordring i Afrika.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Den politiske situasjon i Zimbabwe.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Elections, Legitimacy of Power and the Possibilities for Opposition in Africa – The Role of the Media.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Erfaringer fra demokratiseringsprosesser i afrikanske land.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Historien om Arve Solstad er spennende som en thriller. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Hvorfor vinner den sittende regjering valg i Afrika? Stabilitet og opposisjonens problemer.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Moderator’s Opening Remarks to the Sessions of the UNESCO International Symposium on Freedom of Expression, 26-01-2011.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Opening Remarks to the Sessions of the UNESCO International Symposium on Freedom of Expression, 26 January 2011. Nordicom Information. ISSN 0349-5949. 33(3), s 71- 74
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Presentation on Media Accountability in Europe.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Principles and Practices of Freedom of Expression Principles.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Social or Interpersonal Media? New and Old Public Spheres and Democratic Communication.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). The FRELIMO State.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). The Media in Mozambique’s Elections. 1994 – 2009.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). The Role of Oppositions in Democratic Political Systems.
- Rønning, Helge (2011). Ytringsfrihet og pressefrihet.
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2011). A World of its Own? Regional and National Structures in the Publishing Industry with a Special Perspective on the Nordic Situation.
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2011). Marketers, publishers, editors: Trends in international publishing. Media Culture and Society. ISSN 0163-4437. 33(7), s 1109- 1120 . doi: 10.1177/0163443711416068
- Borchgrevink, Harald Bonaventura & Rønning, Helge (2010). Ytringsfrihet i vår sikkerhetspolitiske situasjon - en analyse av motsetningsforholdet mellom åpenhet og hemmelighold rundt Forsvarets internasjonale operasjoner i Afghanistan .
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Boken: mellom perm og skjerm. Utviklingstrekk i internasjonal forlagsbransje.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Changing Trends in international publishing.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Cultural policies in a globalised Africa.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Democracies, Autocracies or Partocracies?.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Et spørsmål om tillit.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Ibsen and transcultural modernities.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Jumoke Olumoje and contemporary Nigerian Poetry.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Liberation Movements and democratic Change in Africa.
- Rønning, Helge (2010). Norske og svenske medie- og kulturparadokser, I: Arne Ruth & Björn Lindahl (red.), I takt og utakt: Nye historier om Norge og Sverige. Schibsted. ISBN 978-82-516-3501-1. kapittel. s 127 - 133
- Rønning, Helge & Slaatta, Tore (2010). Between Ink and Hyperlink: Trends in International Publishing..
- Kierulf, Anine & Rønning, Helge (2009). Preface, In Anine Kierulf & Helge Rønning (ed.), Freedom of Speech Abridged? Cultural, Legal and Philosophical Challenges. Nordicom. ISBN 978-91-89471-76-4. Forord.
- Rønning, Helge & Orgeret, Kristin (2009). Introduction: Changes and challenges in African Media, In The Power of Communication. Changes and Challenges in African Media. Unipub forlag. ISBN 978-82-7477-454-4. Kapittel 1. s 5 - 23
- Slaatta, Tore & Rønning, Helge (2009). Google-avtalen - hva nå?. NFF-bulletin. ISSN 0804-7227. (5), s 10- 11
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Challenges to Freedom of Expression in the Digital Environment: The Question of Regulation.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Challenges to the Media in Mozambique.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). China in Africa – irresponsible lender or provider of political freedom?.
- Rønning, Helge (2008, 04. april). Deltagelse diskusjon om nødhjelp. [TV]. TV 2 Tabloid.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Den ene mot de mange – et moderne dilemma. Porgramhefte til En folkefiende. Nationaltheateret 2008.
- Rønning, Helge (2008, 03. mars). Diskusjon - Kulturnytt NRK. [Radio]. NRK Oslo.
- Rønning, Helge (2008, 05. mars). Diskusjon om politisk journalistikk. [TV]. TV 2 Holmgang.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). En uryddig litteratur. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Et dukkhjem og frihetslengelsen.
- Rønning, Helge (2008). Henrik Ibsen e A Casa de Boneca _ Um drama sobre o papel de mulher e a liberdade.