Werner Günter Adolf Jeanrond was Professor of Systematic Theology with special responsibility for Dogmatics at the University of Oslo.

Jeanrond studied theology, German language and literature, and educational science at the Universities of Saarbrücken, Regensburg and Chicago.

While in Lund, he supervised the doctoral dissertation of Antje Jackelén who was the first woman to be Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden.

He has academic administrative experience in a number of roles, including as Head of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies in Trinity College Dublin; as Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Vice-Dean of Humanities at Lund University; as elected member of the Swedish Research Council and the Nordic Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences; as Research Convenor and Deputy Head of the School of Critical Studies in the University of Glasgow; as a longtime member of the Board and Foundation of Concilium and of many other editorial and academic boards and committees.

In 2023, Jeanrond was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa by Regis College, University of Toronto, for his contributions to academia, church, and society.