Faculty and research

Honorary doctorates

BI Norwegian Business School has 18 honorary doctorates.

An honorary doctorate is a doctorate awarded without the person having defended a dissertation. Most often they are given to highly prominent and foreign academics.

Honorary doctorate degrees can be given as recognition of vital life work, even though it is not within a doctoral degree. 

Teresa Amabile

The Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School

Professor Teresa Amabile

Teresa Amabile is originally a chemist and is primarily known for her research on writing and creativity. 

Professor Nicholas Bloom

Stanford University

Professor Nicholas Bloom

Nicholas Bloom is a professor of economics at Stanford University. 

Michael J. Brennan

Professor emeritus UCLA Anderson School of Management

Professor Michael J. Brennan

Brennan co-designed the Brennan-Schwartz interest rate model and was a pioneer of real options theory. 

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Former prime minister of Norway and Director General of WHO

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Internationally, Brundtland is particularly known as the leader of the Brundtland Commission, and as General Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1998 to 2003. 

John Y. Campbell

Harvard University

Professor John Y. Campbell

John Y. Campbell is The Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University. 

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Former U.S. Secretary of State

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary Clinton has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights, and she has fought important battles throughout her significant career.

Kathleen Eisenhardt

Stanford University

Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt

Kathleen Eisenhardt is Stanford W. Ascherman Professor and Associate Professor at Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University. 

Lise Klaveness

The Football Association of Norway

Lise Klaveness

Lise Klaveness is a Norwegian lawyer, former football player, and president of the Football Association of Norway. 

W. Robert Knechel

Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida

Professor W. Robert Knechel

Professor W. Robert Knechel is The Frederick E. Fisher Eminent Scholar in Accounting at The University of Florida.

Ajay Kohli

Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech

Professor Ajay Kohli

Through his research on market orientation, Ajay Kohli became one of the most acclaimed and leading professionals in marketing in the nineties. .

 Philip Kotler

S. C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Professor Philip Kotler

Kotler is the author of over 60 marketing books, including Marketing Management and Principles of Marketing.

Trond Petersen

Haas School of Business & Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Trond Petersen

Trond Petersen is an important contributor to international fields such as sociology and industrial relations.

Cristopher A. Pissarides

London School of Economics

Professor Cristopher A. Pissarides

Pissarides is the School Professor of Economics & Political Science and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. 

Michael E. Porter

Harvard Business School

Professor Michael E. Porter

Michael Porter is head of the department for strategy and competitiveness at Harvard Business School. 

Charles Snow

Smeal College of Business, Penn State University

Professor Emeritus Charles Snow

Charles Snow is one of the most significant international characters in the field of strategy. 

Professor Kathryn E. Spier

Harvard Law School

Professor Kathryn E. Spier

Kathryn E. Spier is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. 

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz

Columbia University

Professor Joseph Eugene Stiglitz

Stiglitz is economist and professor at Columbia University. He is the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Subjects (2001) and John Bates Clark Medal (1979). 

Valarie Zeithaml

Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Professor Valarie Zeithaml

Valarie Zeithaml is David S. Van Pelt's Family Distinguished Professor in Marketing at Kenan-Flagler Business School.