Erling Berge

= Norwegian and international commons researcher and advocate

URL = http://www.sv.ntnu.no/iss/Erling.Berge/

Bio

"Erling Berge is professor of sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and professor II of property rights theory at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).

Berge has his MA from the University of Bergen and Ph.D. (sociology) from Boston University, 1981. At NTNU Berge has mainly taught research methods at master’s level, but he has also taught courses in institutional theory. Berge has presented research within demography, urban and regional development, economic sociology and the management of natural resources. His current research on land tenure in Malawi is in line with a longstanding interest in property rights systems and how these affect the usage of nature.

Berge has been a member of the council of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC; previously International Association for the Study of Common Property) during 1995-2006; during the period 2002-2004 he served as president. He is founding co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of the Commons (http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/)."

Publications

Paper by Erling Berge http://www.svt.ntnu.no/iss/Erling.Berge/PapersPDFformat.html

Engagements

Commons specific

• The international Journal of the Commons http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/
• International Association for the Study of Commons < http://www.iasc-commons.org/>, See also < http://www.indiana.edu/~iascp/index.html>

Erling Berge has performed various research studies of commons organization in Norway, Spain, and Malawi

For exmaple: No. 40. Sidsel Grimstad and Hans Sevatdal. (2007). Norwegian commons. A brief account of history, status and challenges. Noragric Working Papers, Noragric/Norwegian University of Life Sciences. ISSN 0809-4934. http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/working_papers/2007_wp_40.pdf

Other

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) < http://www.ntnu.edu/>
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) < http://www.umb.no/english>

More Information

More information is available at http://www.sv.ntnu.no/iss/Erling.Berge/