Short CV: Gorm Winther, born 1951, external lecturer at the Dept. of History, International Studies and Social Relations at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, Ph.D. 1990, masters in economics (cand. oecon.) 1981, initially educated as a craftsman 1972. Professor in Economics at the Dept. of Administration at the University of Greenland 1999-2002, Head of the Dept. same place 1999-01, own consultancy company 'agio greenland' from 2003, projects for Greenland municipalities, organizations, government corporations and the Home Rule government. From 2002 research professor on eksternal funds in relation to a project on 'Produktivity Studies in Greenland'. Teaching at the Center for Arctic Technology in Sisimiut, Greenland from 2002, Project manager for the Greenland part of the Danish Power and Democracy project established by the Danish Parliament 2000-02, project manager on West-nordic labor market research financed by The Labor Market Committee, the Nordic Council of Ministers 2000-01, Chairman of the Greenland Competition Committee 2000-01, Member of The Board Statistics Greenland 2001-03, member of the Self-governement Commission's work group for trade and economy 2000-01, member of the board of 'European Association for Employee Share Ownership', 2000 and of the executive board from 2005, faculty at the 'Circumpolar Social Sciences Ph.D. Network, 2000-01, associate professor at the Dept. of Development and Planning, the University of Aalborg 1994-99, 'fulbright scholar' visiting the dept. of Community, Trade and Development, Washington State, 1994, participation in international ekspert group set up by the Association of European Universities (CRE) regarding curricula building at universities in Bosnien-Herzegovina 1997-1999, assistant professor at the Dept. of Economics at the Copenhagen School of Business Economics and Administration 1989-1993, visisting scholar to the US for the 'American Council of Learned Societies' affiliated to the Program on Participation and Labor-managed Systems, Dept. of Economics, Cornell universitet, Ithaca, New York 1990-91.

Research fellow at the Dept. of Development and International Planning, the University of Aalborg 1983-1986, associate professor same dept. 1982-1988; visiting fellow to the Program on Participation and Labor-managed Systems, Dept. Of economics, Cornell Universitet, Ithaca, New York, financed by the Danish State's Social Scientific Research Council, 1984, course director at the inter-university centre of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik 1983-90 and 1995-99, research funding from the Danish State's Social Scientific research Council, Nordic Council of Ministers, the Commission for Social Scientific Research in Greenland and the Home Rule Government. Author, editor and co-author to scientific books, articles, special themes periodicals on development and economics in Greenland and on employee owned firms and co-operatives. From 2004 weekly 'columnist' in the Greenland paper 'Atuagagdliutit'.