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Programme

• 10:15 Karen Margrete Eikenes Mestad will hold her trial lecture on the topic: "Where did the people go? Discussing the consequences of not including the congregation in empirical studies of church leadership"
• 12.15 Karen Margrete Eikenes Mestad will publicly defend her thesis for the PhD degree: Pastoral Leadership in Sunday Services. A Qualitative Case Study of Seven Pastors in the Church of Norway.

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The evaluation committee

• Associate professor Kirsten Donskov Felter, Folkekirkens Uddannelses-og Videnscenter, Denmark
• Associate professor Merete Thomassen, University of Oslo
• Professor emeritus Hans Stifoss-Hansen, VID Specialized University

Ordinary opponents

• First ordinary opponent: Associate professor Merete Thomassen, University of Oslo
• Professor emeritus Hans Stifoss-Hansen, VID Specialized University

Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda, daniela.rapisarda@vid.no will chair the disputation

Supervisors

• Professor emeritus Hans Austnaberg, VID Specialized University
• Professor Harald Askeland, Hovedorganisasjonen KA/VID Specialized University