Revisit #BeEx2024 Annual Lecture: Kim Lane Scheppele “Restoring Democracy through Transnational Law”

We invite you to revisit this year’s engaging annual lecture, where renowned scholar Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University, delves into the critical issue of preserving democracy in the modern age. Professor Scheppele highlights the primary role that transnational courts play in transforming individual rights […]

10 Years of LawTransform! Get to Know More about Our History

LawTransform – the CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation – has turned 10 years! We celebrated throughout the week of the Bergen Exchanges with a series of roundtables discussing what socio-legal research should focus on in the coming years, setting the research agendas for the next decade.

South-South Network Special Issue – October 18th

We are excited to announce the launch of the South-South Network Special Issue on October 18th! Published by Direito GV, this special issue rethinks inequalities through Southern voices, featuring groundbreaking research and case studies on social, gender, sexual, and structural inequality in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, India, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. The event will be held […]

Social Media and Democracy: Influence, Distortion and Resistance

Are you confident in your ability to identify fake news? Do you believe disinformation is a significant challenge in today’s world? And what about the ethical implications when political figures manipulate facts? Join us for an engaging student-led panel discussion

Recent publications

Blogpost: Gender Trouble: Glocalization of Sexuality Education

Check here Dr Satang Nabaneh's most recent publication, the blogpost Gender Trouble: Glocalization of Sexual Education at Human Rights in Context. Dr Satang Nabaneh is an …

Blogpost: Governing assisted reproduction

Check here Ana de Mello Côrtes' most recent publication, the blogpost Governing assisted reproduction at Open Global Rights. Ana de Mello Côrtes is a Queer rights …

Stream of publications from LawTransform intern Nelufer Nazrul

Interview with Nelufer Nazrul: Over the past three months Nelufer Nazrul, a Transform intern and Master’s student at the Global Development Theory and Practice program at …

Blogpost: About to do research with children? Here are some questions to ask yourself

BLOG: Reflexivity is key throughout the research process. Here are some questions to get started.      Blogpost by: Dr. Francesca Vaghi, Research Associate at the School of …

One Ocean Week: A Wave of Global Youth Advocacy for the Oceans

One Ocean Week is an annual event, organised for the first time in 2023, about the sustainable use of the oceans as part of the …

Recent news

Participating at the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Reflections from Maria Lie Jordheim: From the 11th to the 21st of March, I attended the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women …

Reflections on the PhD Conference on Gendered Autocratization

This past March, LawTransform hosted a two day conference for the UiB PhD course on Gendered Autocratization. This student lead course allowed PhD candidates an …

Join us at #BeEx2024 – Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation 19-23 August

Join us for the 10th Anniversary of Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation 19-23 August! See the program here! Click here to join us online, and …

PhD course “Effects of Lawfare – Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change”

Apply here  for the annual UiB/LawTransform PhD course Effects of Lawfare - Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change  (August 5th - 26th)   The Bergen …

Photo taken by Siri Gloppen Apply for LawTransform Master’s Scholarships!

Are you interested in how activists use law and court cases to advance (or oppose) goals such as indigenous rights, climate transformation, abortion, queer rights, …