Researcher with special interests in social networks, economic power and social research methods
Sigmund Grønmo is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bergen, where he was Rector 2005-2013. He has also been Professor at BI Norwegian School of Economics, Research Director at the Norwegian Fund for Market and Distribution Research, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Oslo and Sami University College. He has been affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Social Research (ISF) 1972–1974 and since 2017.
He is a political scientist by training, but in his research, he has worked mostly with sociological issues, especially within the sociology of time, economic sociology and studies of social networks. He has published articles and books on social research methods, with an emphasis on qualitative, quantitative and combined approaches.
Grønmo is an honorary professor at Charles Darwin University in Australia and a life member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He has been chair of the board of the Holberg Prize.