CV for Stian Hamre, BA, MSc

Education

2001-2003

MSc in Forensic and Biological Anthropology at Bournemouth University, England.

1998-2001

BA in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the University of New England, Australia.

1996

Nordic Archaeology (grunnfag) at the University of Bergen, Norway.

1995

Examen Philosophicum at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Courses

17.11-21.11.2006

Inforce mass fatality incident mortuary workshop, organised by the Inforce foundation.

Work experience

Current positions

-Head of Forensic and Osteoarchaeological Services (FOS).

-PhD student at the Centre of Excellence for Medieval Studies at the University of Bergen.

-Forensic anthropologist for the Kaprolat committee at the University of Bergen.

Recent work

Recently I’ve worked on two cases for the Norwegian police and I’ve worked for the the Bergen Museum doing osteological analyses of the medieval archaeological skeletal material from Nonneseter and Bryggen.

11.2001-05.2002

Osteological technician at Bournemouth University.

1993-2003

During this period I worked eight months as a field assistant on different archaeological excavations.

1995-2005

During this period I worked for several periods in the food preparation industry as a chef and baker, about thirty months in total.

Publications

Hamre, S. 2007. Report for the osteological examination of K/H 001. FOS report 02/2007. FOS, Bergen.

Hamre, S. 2007. Amendment to the FOS report 01/2006, including the later discovered human skeletal remains from Nonneseter, Bergen. FOS report 01/2007. FOS, Bergen.

Hamre, S. 2006. Final report for the preliminary osteological analysis of the human skeletal remains from Nonneseter, Bergen. FOS report 01/2006. FOS, Bergen.

Hamre, S. 2005. En innføring i rettsantropologi. Bevis. 4:29-31.

Hamre, S. 2005. Bilateral symmetry as a means of reassembling commingled human remains: a study of the long bones of the upper and lower limbs. Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science. 11(2):60-68.

Languages

Norwegian

Speak and write fluently

English

Speak and write fluently

German

Speak and read on a useful level