Sissel Myklebust

Associate professor (retired)
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Room Harriet Holter Building, office 547

Academic interests

Social and cultural studies of economy, technology and standardization, the natural - and social sciences, history of consumption and advertising, advertising, history of knowledge and expertise, American pragmatism and Thorstein Veblen’s institutionalism.

Background

Master's level study in economic history 1981. Associate professor at TIK from 99, and at the Centre for technology and culture (TMV) from 95, researcher at TMV from 1989, senior executive officer, Research Policy Council, 1987-89 and Central Bureau of Statistics 1982-87.
 

Projects

  • Terella – international services for global markets 2006-2009,
  • Konsum, kultur og dannelse 2002-2004, The Democratic Challenge to Capitalism 1997- 2001
Tags: History of technology and industry, Expertise, Consumption and advertising, Science policy, Science and Technology Studies

Selected publications

"Kjøttindustrien i Chicagos jungel". Arr. Idéhistorisk tidsskrift 2007 ;Volum 19.(2-3)
Temmet eller uhemmet. Historiske perspektiver på konsum, kultur og dannelse. Pax Forlag 2004 with Christine Myrvang og Brita S. Brenna
Kunnskapsmakt. Gyldendal Akademisk 2002 with Siri Meyer
"Ærens økonomi: Om Thorstein Vebens antropologiske vending.". Arr. Idéhistorisk tidsskrift 2002 (3)
The Democratic Challenge to Capitalism. Management and Democracy in the Nordic Countries. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 2001 with Haldor Byrkjeflot et.al.

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