Sociologist and musician Arild Boman was at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ 1967-69 while working on his mag. art. thesis in sociology (Galtung and Lodgaard as supervisors) which he finalized in 1970. Both prior to this work, and after leaving ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, Boman was in contact with the institute.