Humanitarian Borders

Date: 14.11.18 Time: 08:30-09:30. Place: Bergen Resource Centre, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen. Is humanitarian access and action geographically constrained? Which political perspectives are shaping this process? At what point does helping people in need become a criminal offence? What role do non-state actors play in a European humanitarian crisis? The Centre of Law and Social Transformation […]

Permanent position as researcher

Vacancy at Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, UiB. Vacancy as researcher at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, UiB. Qualifications: Ph.D. in political science, sociology or economics (other education when clearly related to the project topic may be considered), good qualifications in quantitative […]

LawTransform – researching law as an instrument of social change

Law is increasingly at the center of political battles. LawTransform – the Center on Law and Social Transformation – brings together scholars, students and practitioners across institutions and academic fields focusing on law as an instrument of social change. The center is located in Bergen and established jointly by CMI and the University of Bergen, but is also […]

Recent publications

Master thesis: Safeguarding borders, or safeguarding queers?

October 30, 2018

Yngvild Gotaas Torvik has submitted her master thesis on queer asylum, titled "Safeguarding borders, or safeguarding queers - Norwegian perceptions of (in)credible LGBT asylum seekers …

Critiques of Human Rights, by Malcolm Langford.

October 29, 2018

Malcolm Langford, Co-Director of Centre on Law and Social Transformation, has, written the article “Critiques of Human Rights” (Annual Review of Law and Social Science). Social …

Human Rights in Child Protection

September 18, 2018

Child rights unit has released a new book Human Rights in Child Protection (open access), which is related to the project Child Protection and Human …

Child’s Best Interest Principle

September 18, 2018

The Child’s Best Interest Principle across Child Protection Jurisdictions in Asgeir Falch-Eriksen and Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, Human Rights in Child Protection - Implications for Professional Practice and Policy (PP. 59-88). The UN …

Assessing Judicial Empowerment

August 8, 2018

Drawing on an ongoing international data collection effort, our affiliate Thomas Keck examines the free expression jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada and the …