Rafto Prize

The Rafto Prize Committee

Mandate and members of committee

The Committee Members work without remuneration, and constitute an independent and self-recruiting body within the framework of the Rafto Foundation.The duties of the committee are to evaluate and nominate candidates for the Rafto Prize, and present these for the Board of Directors.

Members 2023


Ingrid Hoem Sjursen - Chair
Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute
E-mail: ingrid.sjursen@cmi.no | tel: +47 922 21 974

  • Helge Haugland District Court Judge, Bergen District Court
  • Bheki Dlamini Political Activist
  • Håkon Tveit Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen
  • Kjersti G. Berg Associate Professor, Intercultural Studies, NLA University College Bergen and Associated Researcher Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
  • Kariane Gärtner Westrheim, Professor, Department of Education, University of Bergen
  • Elina Troscenko, Advisor, Global Research Programme on Inequality, University of Bergen
  • Ana de Mello Côrtes PhD candidate at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Junior Executive Officer at UiB Learning Lab (University of Bergen)
  • Sondre Røise, Leader of the Rafto student group 2023
  • Liv Unni Stuhaug, Secretary, Project Coordinator Rafto Prize | E-mail: livunni.stuhaug@rafto.no