Gudmund Hernes (born 25 March 1941 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian professor and politician for the Labour Party.

[1] Gudmund Hernes got his PhD in sociology at Johns Hopkins University in 1971.

He has been a Fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford (1974–75) and Visiting Professor at Harvard University in 1986 and 1990.

[4] the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters[1], and The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research [2].

Gudmund Hernes is researcher at the Fafo Institute in Oslo, and adjunct professor at BI Norwegian Business School.