Anine Kierulf

Anine Kierulf
Born (1974-03-03) March 3, 1974
Oslo, Norway
Era 20th-21st century
Region Europe, US
Main interests
 Free Speech, Human Rights, Constitutional law

Anine Kierulf is Research Director at the Norwegian National human rights institution. Her main areas of research are human rights, constitutional law and freedom of expression, with a particular focus on the evolution of constitutional law through judicial review following the influence of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Kierulf holds a cand.jur. from the University of Oslo,an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law and a PhD from the University of Oslo.[1] She has worked as legal expert on freedom of expression to the Council of Europe, a senior lawyer in the Norwegian law firm Schjødt, and a judge at Ringerike City Court. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature, and on the board of Fritt Ord, Morgenbladet, the Council for DNT (Norwegian Trekking Association). She has previously been on the boards of Pax Publishing, Dagsavisen and the Norwegian Cancer Society.

Anine Kierulf was awarded the 2013 "Voice of the Year" prize by the Norwegian paper Natt&Dag for being "an exemplary translator of legalese into the broader public debate, and for protesting against an insular and conflict-avoiding culture in academia".[2] In 2015 she received the Norwegian Research Council’s Award for Excellence in Communication of Science for her "ability to explain complex problems simply, clearly and concisely".[3] She is a much used commentator on legal questions in Norwegian print and broadcast media, and is a columnist for Dagens Næringsliv.[4]

Kierulf lives in Oslo with her husband, Rune Slagstad.

References

  1. ↑ Disputation: Anine Kierulf (11 November 2014)
  2. ↑ Natt&Dag: Vinnerne av Osloprisen (8 February 2014)
  3. ↑ Research Council awards to cancer researcher, lawyer and bioeconomy company (25 September 2015)
  4. ↑

Bibliography

  • Freedom of Speech Abridged?, Anine Kierulf and Helge Rønning (eds.) Nordicom, 2009 ISBN 978-91-89471-76-4
  • Høyesterett og Knut Hamsun, Anine Kierulf and Cato Schiøtz Gyldendal, (2004)
  • Judicial Review in Norway - A Bicentennial Debate, Cambridge University Press (2018), ISBN 9781108617727.
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