Jon Pedersen

Managing Director, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies
Magister Artium in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
Supporting subjects: Sociology, economics

E-mail: jon.pedersen@fafo.no

Tel: +47 22088728 / 97140362

Work areas:
China, Middle East, Africa (West and Central Africa, Eritrea)
Subjects: Child mortality estimation, sample surveys, living conditions, institutional cooperation

Publications

Pedersen, J. (2012), ”Innovasjon i Kina” in Jo Inge Bekkevold and Henning Krstioffersen (eds.). Kinas økonomi. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

Bøås, M., H. Flatø, A. Hatløy, J. Pedersen and Å. Tiltnes (2011), Stakeholders surveys in fragile countries. Fafo-paper 2011:17

Bøås, M., H. Flatø, A. Hatløy, J. Pedersen and Å. Tiltnes (2011), Polling for peace and security. Pre-election and post-election polling in fragile and precarious situations. Fafo-paper 2011:15

Tiltnes, Å. A., Pedersen J., Sønsterudbråten, S. and Jing Liu (2011), Palestinian Opinions about Public Services. Fafo-paper 2011:08

Tiltnes, Å.A., Pedersen J., Sønsterudbråten, S. and Jing Liu (2011), Palestinian Opinions about Governance, Institutions and Political Leaders. Fafo-paper 2011:09

Pedersen, J. (2009), Health and Conflict. A review of the links. Fafo-report 2009:20

Pedersen, J. (2009), Mortality from the conflict in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1998‐2006 – A reexamination. Part 1 in: Re-examining mortality from the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1998-2006. Peer review report. Geneva: Health and Nutrition Tracking Service

Dalen, K. and J. Pedersen (2005), Et nødvendig valg. Comment in Dagbladet, January 25, and in Expressen (Stort folkligt stöd för valget i Irak), January 28

Dalen, K. and J. Pedersen (2004), The Future Size of the Palestinian Population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Fafo-report 433

Hasle, A.G., A.G. Skar and J. Pedersen (2004), Risk assessment of Hepatitis A based on hepatitis A IgG testing. Poster presented at AFRICA-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TRAVEL MEDICINE, Cape Town 8-11 February

Sletten, P. and J. Pedersen (2003), Coping with Conflict. Palestinian Communities Two Years Into the Intifada. Fafo-report 408

Gironde, C., P. Sletten, T. Sommerfelt et J. Pedersen (2002), L'utilisation des enfants dans les conflit armés en Afrique centrale - Manuell pour l'évaluation rapide. Genève: Bureau international du Travail

Pedersen, J. (2002), "The influence of consanguineous marriage on Infant and Child mortality among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria." Community Genetics 5:178-181

Pedersen, J. and A. Hatløy (2002), «Extent and demographic characteristics of Haitian child domesticity». Chapter 3 in: Sommerfelt, T., ed., Child Domestic Labour in Haiti. (submitted). Fafo-report. Oslo: Fafo, UNICEF, Save the Children Canada, Save the Children UK and ILO

Sommerfelt, T., A. Hatløy and J. Pedersen J (2002), Living and working conditions of child domestic workers. Chapter 4 in: Sommerfelt, T., ed.

Pedersen, J., M. Christophersen and P. Sletten (2001), Paying a price: Coping with closure in Gaza City. Fafo-report 371

Pedersen, J., M. Christophersen, L.C. Endresen and P. Sletten (2001), Paying a price: Coping with Closure in two Palestinian Villages. Fafo-report 365

Pedersen, J., S. Randal and M. Khwaja, eds., (2001), Growing Fast: The Palestinian Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Fafo-report 353

Pedersen, J. (2000), "Determinants of Infant and Child Mortality in the West Bank and Gaza Strip." Journal of Biosocial Science 32: 527-546

Pedersen, J. (2000), Using GPS to locate survey clusters, a training manual, Oslo: Fafo

Pedersen, J. (1999), Female labour force particpation and fertility in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jordan: anomalies or standard cases? Paper delivered for the Seminar on Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues, IUSSP,Rome, Italy 22-24 September

Pedersen, J. (1999), Urban Sampling in Eritrea, Asmara: National Statistics and Evaluation Office

Pedersen, J., with M. Arneberg, ed. (1999), Social and Economic Conditions in East Timor, New York: Columbia University/Fafo

Pedersen, J., with M. Arneberg (1998), Urban Households and Urban Economy in Eritrea. Oslo: Fafo

Pedersen, J., with M. Arneberg (1998), Vocational training in Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Paper presented for the Middle East Peace Process Working Group on Refugees, Washington, June

Pedersen, J. (1988), An introduction to the use of SUDAAN for estimating sampling errors from complex surveys. Oslo: Fafo

Hanssen-Bauer, J., J. Pedersen and Å.A. Tiltnes (1998), The Jordanian Society. Living Conditions in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Fafo-report 253

Pedersen, J. and R. Hooper, ed. (1998), Developing Palestinian Society. Socio-economic trends and their implications for development strategies. Fafo-report 242

Hovdenak, A., J. Pedersen, D.H. Tuastad and E. Zureik (1997), Constructing Order: Palestinian Adaptations to Refugee Life. Fafo-report 236

Pedersen, J. (1997), West Bank and Gaza Living conditions: Are refugees different? (The answer is: not very much). Fafo-paper 1997:22

Pedersen, J. (1996), Poverty and Policy in Africa. Keynote speech at the senior policy Workshop on Povert Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jan 30-feb 2, 1996 Organized by the World Bank and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Pedersen, J. (1996), "Sampling errors". In J.B. Grøgard, ed., Estonia in the Grip of Change. Fafo-report

Pedersen, J. (1996), "The sample design". In A. Aasland, ed., Latvia, The impact of Transformation. Fafo-report 188

Pedersen, J. (1996), "The sample design". In K. Knudsen, Lithuania in a period of Transition. Fafo-report 186

Pedersen, J. (1995), The demography of Palestinians. Fafo-notat

Pedersen, J. (1995), "Drought, migration and population growth in the Sahel, the case of the Malian Gourma 1900-1991." Population Studies 49, 111-126

Oshaug, A., J. Pedersen, M. Diarra, M. Ag Bendech, A. Hatløy (1994), «Problems and pitfalls in the use of estimated age in anthropometric measurements of children from 6 to 60 months of age: A case from Mali.» Journal of Nutrition, 124

Gilen, S. A. Hovdenak, R. Maktabi and J. Pedersen (1994), Finding ways, Palestinian coping strategies in changing environments. Fafo-report

Pedersen, J. (1994), "Equality, autonomy and dangerous bonds to outsiders: Immediate return systems in comparative context". In R.Grønhaug, G. Henriksen og G. Haaland: Festschrift to Fredrik Barth. Bergen

Pedersen, J. (1991), Les échantillonages statistiques dans le Gourma Malien Note de travail, Oslo: programme SSE

Pedersen, J. and G. Berge (1990), Rapport comportant les résultats de l'enquete en cours sur la composition de repas au Gourma Malien Note de travail, Oslo: Programme SSE.

Pedersen, J., G. Berge and B. Hveem (1990), Tableau de quelques activités saisonière dans le Gourma Malien. Note de travail, Oslo: Programme SSE

Pedersen, J. (1990), "What is Bamgombi kinship all about". In B.Hewlett [Ed], Western pygmies

Pedersen, J., E. Wæhle and T. Mugaas (1988), Afrikanske kulturer. Guide til Afrikautstillingen i Etnografisk museum. (Guide to the permanent exhibition of African cultures at the Ethnographic Museum) Oslo: Etnografisk museum

Pedersen, J. and G. Berge (1988), approximately 120 entries (60 pages) on social anthropology in the "Norsk Samfunnsleksikon" (Norwegian encyclopedia of the social sciences). Oslo: Pax

Pedersen, J. and E. Wæhle (1988),"The complexities of residential organization among the Efe (Mbuti) and the Bamgombi (Baka): a critical view of the notion of "flux" in hunter & gatherer societies". In T. Ingold, D. Riches and J. Woodburn, History, Evolution and Social Change in Hunting and Gathering Societies. Oxford: Berg

Pedersen, J. (1987), Befolkning og utviklingspolitikk i Afrika (Population and development policy in Africa). Report to the Ministry of Development Cooperation

Pedersen, J. (1987), "Plantation Women and Children: Wage Labor, Adoption and Fertility in the Seychelles." Ethnology 26(1) 51-61

Pedersen, J. and J. Hanssen-Bauer (1986), "Fra meldingsblad til tidsskrift: indeks til antropolognytt gjennom 7 år" (From newsletter to journal: index to Antropolognytt). Antropolognytt 7(3/4):163-181

Pedersen, J. and J. Hanssen-Bauer (1986), "Dantrologi: noen råd" (Computer assisted anthropology: some advice). Antropolognytt 7(3/4):163-166

Pedersen, J. (1986), "Barnløshet i andre kulturer" (Childlessness in other cultures). In Ufrivillig barnløshet, nye løsninger, nye problemer. Arbeidsnotat 4/86, Oslo: NAVFs sekretariat for kvinneforskning

Pedersen, J. and J.G. de Leon (1986), Research on Population and Health in Developing Countries. Oslo: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt

Pedersen, J. (1985), The Social Construction of Fertility. Oslo Occasional papers in Social Anthropology no. 10 (revised version of mag.art. thesis)

Pedersen, J. (1984), "Data og utviklingsland en litt ideosynkratisk seminarraport" (Electronic data processing and developing countries). Antropolognytt 6(3/4)

Pedersen, J. (1983), Barn som gåvor och gengåvor (Children as gifts). Rapport från SIDA 8 1982

Pedersen, J. and A. Kalland (1984), "Famine and Population in Tokugawa Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies, 10(1)

Pedersen, J. (1984), Teknologioverføring til utviklingsland (The transfer of technology to developing Countries). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget

Pedersen, J. and J. Hanssen-Bauer (1984), Mikromaskinen i bruk (The microcomputer in use). Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag

Pedersen, J. (1984), "Etnografiske utstillinger, innsamling og dokumentasjon" (Ethnographic exhibitions, collection and documentation), Antropolognytt 6(2)

Pedersen, J. (1983), "Problemer i analysen av klassifikatoriske slektskapssystemer" (Problems in the analysis of classificatory kinship systems). Antropolognytt 5(1)

Pedersen, J., E. Wæhle, G. Berge and J. Hanssen Bauer (1981), Antropolognytt 3(3): Special Issue: Photography and Anthropology

Pedersen, J., E. Wæhle, R. Veiberg and B. Berge (1982), Vedfyringen i Elverum fyringssesongen 1981 1982 (The use of firewood in Elverum). Report, Council for Environmental Studies, Oslo

Pedersen, J. (1981), "Fotografering som hjelpemiddel for økologisk antropologi" (Photography as a tool in Ecological Anthropology). Antropolognytt 3(3)

Fafo, P.O.box 2947 Tøyen, NO-0608 Oslo Street adress: Borggata 2B Map. Tel: +47 22088600 Fax: +47 22088700 E-mail:fafo@fafo.no
Web editors: Jon Lahlum and Bente Bakken