Recent publications
Socialising effect of the ECHR: Estonia – a success story?
June 13, 2018
In this blogpost Child Rights affiliate Katre Luhamaa examines the effect of Estonias membership in the Council of Europe and European Court of Human Rights. International …
Considerable room for improving the child friendliness of courts
May 7, 2018
Court proceedings such as care order or removal cases are often a sincere distress for the child in question. Reports have found that shortcomings as …
Modes of Ordering: Labelling, Classification and Categorization in Lebanon’s Refugee Response
January 24, 2018
LawTransform's Maja Janmyr has co-written a socio-legal article on Syrians in Lebanon which has just been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. The article …
Are there population biases against migrant children?
January 10, 2018
“Are there population biases against migrant children? An experimental analysis of attitudes towards corporal punishment in Austria, Norway and Spain” in Children and Youth Services …
The Impact of Elections: The Case of Uganda
January 7, 2018
About the book: What makes autocratic regimes vulnerable? Why, in times of crisis, do some of these regimes break down while others weather the storm? This …
Recent news
Water & Power – Dissertation by Mathilde Thorsen
June 21, 2018
On 1st. of June comparative politics student Mathilde Thorsen handed in her master thesis: 'Water & Power: Has the elevation of the right to water to …
Affiliate Synnøve Jahnsen With New Book on “Criminal Justice Research in an Era of Mass Mobility.”
June 18, 2018
Affiliate Synnøve Økland Jahnsen, Andriani Fili and Rebecca Powell recently published their new book "Criminal Justice Research in an Era of Mass Mobility." The book …
Register for our PhD course on “Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change”
May 4, 2018
In addition to the general track, there are two options of specialisation: Effects of Lawfare concerning Child Rights and Health Rights. The course combines lectures specifically designed for the …
Volunteer with Law Transform!
April 9, 2018
Would you like to volunteer during the 2018 Bergen Exchanges? What is Bergen Exchanges? Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation is a week-long event hosted annually …
We are looking for media interns!
March 26, 2018
The Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) is looking for 1-2 media interns to join our dedicated team of students and researchers. We are searching …