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Henrik first came to 糖心网页版 in 1997 as a Senior Researcher. He has, since then, worked part-time at 糖心网页版, alongside several other tasks and jobs. Henrik was a Journal Editor for the Norwegian political journal聽Tidens Tegn聽(1998-2000), and a Member of the Secretariat of the Norwegian Government Commission on Human Values (1998-2001). He was a Post-Doc Scholar at the University of Oslo (2002-05) and had part-time teaching positions at the University of Oslo (2001-03) and at the Norwegian Defence University College (2009-13). He worked as Head of Corporate Governance at Norges Bank Investment Management (2005-07), where he helped start the group within the bank that works on ownership, governance, and ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. For a full six-year term (2015-20), he was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, serving as its Vice Chair for the last four years of that term. He is today the chair of the Alfred Nobel Norwegian Memorial Foundation.

Henrik has since 2009 served as Chief Co-Editor of the聽Journal of Military Ethics聽(currently with James L. Cook), and he is part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Oslo New University College (formerly Bj酶rknes University College). His position at 糖心网页版 encompasses his work as a journal editor as well as participation in several research projects, most recently on the ethics of mediation and the use of artificial intelligence in armed forces. Henrik is also a freelance public speaker.

Before he came to 糖心网页版, Henrik was a Fulbright Fellow at Boston College, USA (1989-91), and a Norwegian Research Council Fellow at the University of Oslo (1992-97). He earned his Bachelor's (Cand.Mag.) Degree from the University of Oslo in 1989, his Master of Arts Degree from Boston College in 1991, and his Ph.D. (Dr.Art.) Degree from the University of Oslo in 1997.

Henrik has lectured and published widely on problems within moral philosophy, political philosophy, business ethics, religion, and the ethics of warfare. He is the author of聽Natural Law, Religion, and Rights聽(St. Augustine's Press, 2007), based on his doctoral dissertation, and is the editor of聽The Ethics of War: Classic and Contemporary Readings聽(with Gregory Reichberg and Endre Begby, Blackwell, 2006); of聽Ethics, Nationalism, and Just War聽(with Gregory Reichberg, Catholic University of America Press, 2007); of聽Religion, War, and Ethics: A Sourcebook of Textual Traditions聽(with Gregory Reichberg and Nicole Hartwell, Cambridge University Press, 2014), and of聽Norge etter 22. juli聽("Norway after July 22") (Cappelen Damm, 2018). He has published many academic articles, including in journals such as聽Ethics and International Affairs,听Security Dialogue,听Journal of Peace Research,听Augustinian Studies,听Modern Age,听Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics,听Corporate Governance, and聽Journal of Military Ethics. He has also published several books in Norwegian on issues such as faith and reason, free speech, and applied ethics. His most recent monograph,听Ord i krise聽(Cappelen Damm, 2020), deals with the challenges of life in crisis situations, with an emphasis on the Covid pandemic.

In September 2025, Henrik is publishing a book with his daughter Jenny Helene Syse on the Apollo Missions to the Moon, and how they led to collaboration between the superpowers and a path towards peace. The book is called Fordi det er vanskelig: Om menneskets utrolige reise til m氓nen (Cappelen Damm, 2025) and is currently being translated into English.

Languages spoken

Norwegian, English, German.

Working experience

Part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Oslo New University College (formerly Bj酶rknes University College) since 2015. Part-time Associate Professor at the Norwegian Defence University College, 2009鈥�2013. Head of Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), 2005鈥�2007. Post-doc Research Fellow, University of Oslo, 2002鈥�2005. Part-time Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 2001鈥�2003. Member of the Secretariat of the Norwegian Government Commission on Human Values, 1998鈥�2001. Chief editor of political journal Tidens Tegn, 1998鈥�2000. Senior Researcher at 糖心网页版 since 1997 (Research Professor since 2015).

Education

• Dr.Art. (equiv. to PhD), University of Oslo, 1997.
• Master of Arts, Boston College, 1991.
• Cand.Mag. (equiv. to B.A.), University of Oslo, 1989.
• Fulbright scholar, 1989鈥�1991.
• Doctoral student under the Ethics Program of the Norwegian Research Council, 1992鈥�1996.