Dan Banik | |
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Occupation | Professor |
Employer | University of Oslo |
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Dan Banik is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative at the Center for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. Outside of Norway he holds a position as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria. [1]
Banik is a part of several projects at the University of Oslo and in collaboration with other universities outside of Norway. Mostly the projects revolve around development and governance in Africa and Asia. [1] [2] Recently, in October 2023, as the Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative he hosted the 27th Wider Annual Lecture, in partnership with UNU-WIDER, in Oslo, where Pinelopi Goldberg, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, held a lecture. [3]
From 2012 to 2017 he was an adjunct professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing and he held several positions at Stanford University between 2010 and 2017. [1] Between 2014 and 2017, Banik was a Consulting Scholar at Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law ( CDDRL) at the Stanford University, focusing his research on Malawi and Zambia. [4]
Banik has worked with the World Bank as well where he served as the head of the Norwegian-Finnish Trust Fund. Additionally, he sat on the board of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Foundation, a foundation that focuses on the support and empowerment of young individuals in Norway. [4] [5]
The Norwegian Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, appointed Banik to be a part of an expert group that created a report, in 2023, for the Norwegian government concerning finance and development measures to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. [6] [7] Banik was also, previously, the supervisor for the Minister when she wrote her master's thesis. [7]
In Pursuit of Development is a podcast hosted by Banik where he discusses development issues and topics such as poverty eradication, democracy and climate change with other leading experts and academics. [1] [8] The professor is often referred to as an expert on the topics himself, and is regularly interviewed to give expert opinion in Norwegian media. [9] [10] Banik's podcast reaches a world-wide audience with listeners from more than 140 countries. [11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Banik created online courses about sustainability that were published through University of Oslo's website which attracted more than 12,000 students from all over the world. [12]
Banik is married to Vibeke Kieding Banik, who also works at the University of Oslo. [4]
Dan Banik | |
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Occupation | Professor |
Employer | University of Oslo |
Website |
www |
Dan Banik is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative at the Center for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. Outside of Norway he holds a position as an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria. [1]
Banik is a part of several projects at the University of Oslo and in collaboration with other universities outside of Norway. Mostly the projects revolve around development and governance in Africa and Asia. [1] [2] Recently, in October 2023, as the Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative he hosted the 27th Wider Annual Lecture, in partnership with UNU-WIDER, in Oslo, where Pinelopi Goldberg, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, held a lecture. [3]
From 2012 to 2017 he was an adjunct professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing and he held several positions at Stanford University between 2010 and 2017. [1] Between 2014 and 2017, Banik was a Consulting Scholar at Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law ( CDDRL) at the Stanford University, focusing his research on Malawi and Zambia. [4]
Banik has worked with the World Bank as well where he served as the head of the Norwegian-Finnish Trust Fund. Additionally, he sat on the board of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Foundation, a foundation that focuses on the support and empowerment of young individuals in Norway. [4] [5]
The Norwegian Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, appointed Banik to be a part of an expert group that created a report, in 2023, for the Norwegian government concerning finance and development measures to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. [6] [7] Banik was also, previously, the supervisor for the Minister when she wrote her master's thesis. [7]
In Pursuit of Development is a podcast hosted by Banik where he discusses development issues and topics such as poverty eradication, democracy and climate change with other leading experts and academics. [1] [8] The professor is often referred to as an expert on the topics himself, and is regularly interviewed to give expert opinion in Norwegian media. [9] [10] Banik's podcast reaches a world-wide audience with listeners from more than 140 countries. [11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Banik created online courses about sustainability that were published through University of Oslo's website which attracted more than 12,000 students from all over the world. [12]
Banik is married to Vibeke Kieding Banik, who also works at the University of Oslo. [4]