- M.D., Ph.D, (Dr.Medicina. y Dr. Psicología)
Date of birth 13th May 1954 in Hameln/Hamelin, Niedersachsen/Lower Saxony, Germany (both parents were forcibly displaced from Silesia in 1946; father from Bertelsdorf near Lauban, mother from Breslau)
Qualifications
1. M.D. (1984), Dr. med. (1994)
2. Clinical Psychologist (1978), Dr. psychol. (2001)
Education
1961 - 1965 Primary school (Volksschule) in Holtensen, near Hameln, Germany
1965 - 1973 Secondary school (Gymnasium) Viktoria-Luise Schule in Hameln (Gymnasium: equivalent of high school)
15th May 1973 Abitur (with distinction and special award) at the Mathematical and Natural Science Department of the Viktoria-Luise Schule in Hameln (Abitur: German equivalent to A-levels, concluding 12/13 years of school education, thus assuring university entrance)
1973/74 Studium Generale at the University of Frankfurt, Germany (fields: law, psychology and Chinese)
Study of Psychology
1974 - 1978 Study of psychology at the University of Hamburg, Germany(Specialisation in the field of social psychology and clinical psychology: Rogerian psychotherapy, encounter, analytic group therapy; overview over behaviour therapy, family therapy, marriage counselling, gestalt therapy, psychodrama, psychoanalysis, autogene training)
1977 and 1978 Completion of a diploma thesis About the Attitude of Physicians Towards the Profession of a Clinical Psychologist (Academic assessment 'very good' or 'excellent,' being the highest mark out of possible six)
1976 Vordiplom in psychology (approximate equivalent to bachelor degree)
3rd November 1978 Graduation as a psychologist with university diploma at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Title: 'Diplom-Psychologin' approximate equivalent to master's degree; grade of diploma: 'excellent')
1995 License as a psychologist in Norway (offentlig godkjenning som psykolog i Norge)
26th May 2001 Dr. psychol. (University of Oslo, Department of Psychology, topic: The Psychology of Humiliation, committee: Stanford University and Oslo University)
Study of Medicine
1978 - 1984 Medical studies in Heidelberg and Hamburg, Germany, and Dunedin, New Zealand
1978 - 1980 Pre-clinical years followed by Physikum in Heidelberg (Physikum: written nation-wide identical examination after two years of basic studies in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Micro- Anatomy, Macro-Anatomy, Medical Latin Terminology; academic results: 84,4% which is outstanding on the national level of Germany)
1980 - 1984 Clinical studies in Hamburg, Germany, and graduation as a physician
1983 Trainee internship (final 'practical year') at the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry at the Dunedin University Hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand
1981 - 1984 Preparation of a research project: Drawing up a questionnaire about the role and rank of the medical profession, the concept of disease, and medical care in different cultures. Interviews pertaining to the questionnaire with approximately 100 physicians from Thailand, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Norway and Germany
21st June 1984 Graduation as a physician at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Title: 'Approbierte Ärztin': Graduation as stately acknowledged medical doctor in Germany; results of final examination: 'excellent')
1992 - 1994 Completion of a medical doctorate in the field of cross-cultural quality of life research at the Department of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital of Hamburg, supported by a scholarship from the Senate of the City of Hamburg
9th December 1994 Dr. med., doctoral degree in medicine at the University of Hamburg, Germany (magna cum laude, topic: The Definition of Quality of Life in Egypt and Germany)
1997 License as a physician in Norway (offentlig godkjenning som lege i Norge)
Professional History
1980 - 1984 Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy (Rogerian, individual therapy) at the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Hamburg
• Group therapy at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Hamburg (Clients: Women with oral problems as anorexia nervosa and obesity)
• Theoretical survey of the diagnostic interviews and protocols of the sessions
1985 - 1988 Psychological counselling at the American University of Cairo in Egypt (Clients: Students and teaching staff of all nations)
1984 - 1991 Private psychological practice in Cairo, Egypt (Clients: From all strata in society, from wealthy to poor: Egyptians - western oriented as well as more traditional oriented - and non-Egyptians of all nations, members of western embassies, institutes and schools; managers of western companies; partners in mixed marriages and their children)
• Methods of intervention: Psychotherapy, psychological trans-cultural counselling
• Employed languages: English, French, Norwegian, German, Egyptian-Arabic
1991 Flores, Açores, Portugal: Development of a preservation and development concept for the island (six months)
1996 - 2001
• Doctoral research project on group conflict at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway, as part of the Research Programme on Multilateral Development Assistance, Norwegian Research Council. Title: The Feeling of Being Humiliated: A Central Theme in Armed Conflicts. A Study of the Role of Humiliation in Somalia, and Burundi/Rwanda, Between the Warring Parties, and in Relation to Third Intervening Parties
• Teaching at the Departments of Psychology at the University of Oslo and the University of Trondheim
• Presentations to the corporate sector regarding topics related to globalisation and culture difference
2001 -
• Teaching on Conflict Resolution and the Psychology of Humiliation at the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR), Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City
• Teaching at the University of Oslo and the University of Trondheim, as well as universities in other parts of the world
• Invited as guest researcher at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in the group of Serge Moscovici, Laboratoire européen de psychologie sociale-LEPS
• Developing Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS) and the World Dignity University (WDU) initiative, in affiliation with the University of Oslo (since 1997), NTNU in Trondheim (1999-2007), Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (since 2001), and (since 2001) the Columbia University Conflict Resolution Network in New York City (superseded, in 2009, by the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity, AC4)
Other Relevant Experience
Special Training during the Psychological Studies
1975 Psychology-internship in Jerusalem, Israel. Work with physically handicapped children in the Orthopaedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Physically Handicapped Children, Alyn (two months)
1976 Schoolpsychology-internship on the training-ship Kariba of the German Africa Lines, DAL, during a journey from Europe along the coast of West Africa (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon (three months)
Special Training During the Medical Studies
1979 Practical course in nursing at the National Hospital of Psychiatry, Oslo, Dikemark in Norway (two months)
1980 Practical course at the practice of a general practitioner in Hamburg, Germany(one month)
1981 Internship at the Department of Surgery at the Paolo Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand; study of Thai culture and society (two months)
1981 Information collecting journey through Malaysia and Indonesia; brief internship at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (two months)
1982 Practical course at the Environmental Health Center in Dallas, Texas, USA (one month)
1982 Information collecting visit to the Navajo-, Pueblo- and Havasupai-Indians becoming acquainted with different Indian medical and psychological philosophies (one month)
1983 Information collecting journey through China, visiting medical institutions in different parts of the country; familiarisation with Chinese language, culture and history (two months)
1983 Trainee internship at the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry at the Dunedin University Hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand and study of culture and history of the Maoris (three months)
1993, 1994 Founding and chairmanship of the association Global Understanding e.V. and organisation of the Chain of Ideas (Hamburger Ideenkette) with the Vision of a World House (Vision eines Welthauses), a festival with the aim to further global responsibility; Participation of ca. twenty thousand people contributing with two thousand 'ideas' to the theme in prose, by drawings, and paintings (June 1993 first exhibition in Hamburg; July 1993 completion of a documentation; July 1994 exhibition in Bonn together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
1994 Candidate for the European Parliament
1995, 1996 Participation in the Ethics Programme at the Norwegian's Research Council
1995 - 1997 Building corporate contacts in Norway for International Alert, a non-governmental organisation active in preventive diplomacy, founded by the former head of Amnesty International, Martin Ennals
Current Work
2001 -
• Research in the field of dignity and humiliation, building a theory of humiliation in cooperation with the Departments of Psychology at the Universities of Oslo (since 1997) and NTNU in Trondheim (1999-2007) in Norway, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris in France (since 2001), the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR), Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City in the United States (since 2001), and the Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo, Norway (since 2011)
• Expansion of fieldwork from Europe and Africa (in connection with the dissertation) to include also Southeast Asia, America, and other parts of the world (since 2001)
• Teaching and giving lectures at the Departments of Psychology at the Universities of Oslo (since 1997) and NTNU in Trondheim (since 1999) in Norway, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris in France (since 2001), and the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR), Teachers College, Columbia University (since 2001) in New York City in the United States, as well as Hebrew University in Jerusalem (2004), Rikkyo University and International Christian University in Tokyo (2004-2007), the University of Queensland, Australia (2007), and universities, among others, in Costa Rica (2006), China (2006-2007), North Carolina, US (2007), Hawai'i, US (2009), Turkey (2010), Italy (2010), New Zealand (2011), Sydney, Australia (2011), and the Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo, Norway (since 2011)
• Founding president of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS, www.humiliationstudies.org) (since 2001)
• Living as a global citizen to develop globally the HumanDHS network (since 2001), and the World Dignity University iniative (since 2011)
• Organising two yearly HumanDHS conferences, see annual conferences (since 2002)
• Lectures: see database in Norway, Cristin (Current Research Information System in Norway) (search etternavn Lindner and fornavn Evelin
• Associate and Advisor in Jan Øberg's Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF)(since 1999)
• Member of the Editorial Board of Charles Figley's journal TRAUMATOLOGY (refereed, since 2004)
• 2006 SBAP Award for Extraordinary Performance in Applied Psychology
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, edited by Professor Lester Kurtz and Academic Press (since 2006)
• Member of the Board of Advisors for the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) (since 2007)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD) (since 2008)
• 2009 "Prisoner’s Testament" Peace Award
• Member of the Special Interest Group of Indigenous Psychology (2011)
• Supporting Monty Marshall’s work (since 2001/2011)
• Supporting Deepika “Deeyah” Thathaal’s work (since 2011)
• Co-founder of the World Dignity University initiative and Dignity Press/World Dignity University Press (launch 24th June 2011 at the University of Oslo, Norway)
Language Skills
Very good understanding/command
English, German, French, Norwegian
Good understanding
Swedish, Danish, Dutch
Learning
Egyptian-Arabic
Basic knowledge but either rusty or rudimentary
Hebrew, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
Long studied
Russian (5 years at school, final grade: very good)
Latin (7 years at school)
Other relevant interests
• Flying lessons from the age of fifteen (first gliding, later single-motor machines)
• Sport: Swimming
• Design: architecture, interior decoration, clothes, jewellery
• Art: sculpture, canvas