Inga Bostad

Inga Bostad (born 22 August 1963) is a Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator. Since January 2014, she has been the director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo.^[1][2] From 2009 to 2013, Bostad served as prorector of the University of Oslo.^[2]

Biography

Bostad received an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Oslo in 1989 with her thesis: Om språk, kunnskap og tvil: en analyse av Wittgensteins Über Gewisstheit (Language, Knowledge, and Doubt — An Analysis of Wittgenstein's Über Gewissheit). In 2005, she earned a doctorate from the same institution with Tro eller tvil – en rekonstruksjon av filosofisk skeptisisme (Belief or Doubt — A Reconstruction of Philosophical Scepticism).^[2]

From 1987 until 1995, she held various editorial positions with Kritikkjournalen, J.W. Cappelens Forlag and Aventura Forlag. In 1990, she became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oslo, becoming Associate Professor in 2005, Vice-Rector in 2006, and Prorector from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, she was appointed Director of the university's Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.^[2]

Selected publications

Inga Bostad has contributed to over 60 publications,^[3] including the following:

• 1999: Inga Bostad and Dag Olav Hessen (editors): Et liv på mange vis: En antologi om Peter Wessel Zapffe, Pax forlag
• 2000: Hilde Bondvik and Inga Bostad: Tenkepauser: Filosofi og Refleksjon 1
• 2002: Inga Bostad and Arne Næss: Inn i Filosofien
• 2003: Hilde Bondvik and Inga Bostad. Tenkepauser: Filosofi og Vitenskapsteori
• 2004: Per Ariansen, Inga Bostad, Steinar Mathisen and Øyvind Rabbås: Exphil 1: Tekster i filosofi og vitenskapshistorie
• 2004: Per Ariansen, Inga Bostad, Steinar Mathisen and Øyvind Rabbås. Lærebok i filosofi- og vitenskapshistorie
• 2005: Inga Bostad: Tro eller tvil – en rekonstruksjon av filosofisk skeptisisme
• 2006: Inga Bostad og Tove Pettersen: Dialog og danning: det filosofiske grunnlaget for læring 2006 – ISBN 978-82-304-0022-7
• 2014: Inga Bostad & Ole Petter Ottersen. Global presence, global responsibility and the global citizen, In Aksel Braanen Sterri (ed.), Global citizen - challenges and responsibility in an interconnected world. Sense Publishers. ISBN 9789462099289. Chapter 1. pp. 1 - 3
• 2016: Inga Bostad and Halor Hanish. Freedom and Disability Rights: Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence, Metaphilosophy, DOI: 10.1111/meta.12192.
• 2016: Inga Bostad & Aled Dilwyn Fisher. Curriculum and social change in education for a sustainable future? Ecophilosophy, critical inquiry and moral dilemmas, In Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite (ed.), Human rights in language and STEM education: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sense Publishers. ISBN 978-94-6300-404-6. Chapter 5.

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