Aanund Hylland is a Norwegian economist.

He took a master's degree in mathematical logic

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 at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

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 in 1974, and the Ph.D. at the John F. Kennedy School of Government

John F. Kennedy School of Government

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, Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1980. He worked at the University of Oslo and BI Norwegian Business School from 1983, and in 1991 he was promoted to professor at the University of Oslo. He was the dean

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 of the Faculty of Social Sciences from 1996 to 1998.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

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. He was the vice chairman of the board of the Norwegian Institute for Social Research

Norwegian Institute for Social Research

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from 2005 to 2008, and was re-elected for the term 2009 to 2012.