Join scholars, activists, legal professionals, and artists from around the world at the 2025 Bergen Exchanges, a five-day international conference exploring the intersections of law, power, and resistance. Hosted across Bergen’s vibrant cultural venues, the Exchanges feature cutting-edge debates, keynotes, roundtables, exhibitions and social gatherings. 🗓️ MONDAY & TUESDAY: Democracy, Autocratization, Resistance Explore how law […]

The  2025 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation will take place 18-12 August 2025. We will discuss: autocratization and democratic resistance – including the role of gender, rights, and of academia; contestation over land, indigenous rights, and climate transformation;  decolonization in  academia; children’s rights and dilemmas arising from the need to protect society against […]

By Camila Salazar Larsen Moderator and Organizer, Leader of Minojur Bergen and Member of LawTransform. On Thursday, March 6th, Bergen Global was filled to capacity, buzzing with energy and purpose. People from diverse backgrounds came together to reflect, question, and discuss one of the most persistent challenges of our time: gender inequality in the labor […]

Something you might not have noticed during the chaotic times of Bergen Exchanges, some of our most prominent alumni working on the joint CMI/LawTransform Rights act project were interviewed.

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.