Recent publications
Child Protection in post-Soviet countries: Child rights friendly?
August 7, 2023
BLOG: There has been a shift in many post-Soviet countries’ efforts to improve the protection of children’s rights in child protection, resulting in fewer children …
Book Review: Global Gender Constitutionalism and Women’s Citizenship
June 30, 2023
Guest researcher at LawTransform Ana Côrtes has written a book review on Global Gender Constitutionalism and Women's Citizenship: A Struggle for Transformative Inclusion, which has been published in the Jindal Global …
How ‘child life specialists’ secure children’s rights to participation
August 7, 2023
BLOG: Fulfilling children´s right to participate and be involved in complex settings such as hospital treatment, child protection, court proceedings, is difficult to realize. However, …
Reconciliation between the Norwegian state and the Sami, Kven and Norwegian Finns
June 12, 2023
Last week the Norwegian government published a rapport outlining measures that can be used to reconcile the Norwegian state and the Sami, Kven and Norwegian …
Book chapters in Research Handbook on International Abortion Law
July 16, 2023
LawTransform co-director Liv Tønnessen and other LawTransform affiliates and PhD course alums have contributed with chapters in the newly published Research Handbook on International Abortion …
Recent news
Law & Society Association annual meeting in San Juan
May 30, 2023
The annual meeting on Law and Society is taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from June 1-4, 2023. The theme for this years conference …
Call for applications: Predoctoral fellow position at DIPA
May 15, 2023
There is a vacancy for a position as a predoctoral fellow at the DIPA- Centre at the Department of Government, University of Bergen. It is …
Announcement of 1-2 grants for master students
March 30, 2023
Students interested in writing a master's thesis in 2023/24 as part of the research project “Exploring the Insanity Defense in the Global South” can apply …
Join the #BeEx2023 – Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation 14-18 August
February 1, 2023
The Bergen Exchanges take place the week of 14th -18th August. Take a look at the (draft) program here! The line-up of scholars from across …
Commemorating 80 Years Since the Deportation of the Norwegian Jews
November 26, 2022
Blogpost by Dorothee Alberts Walking through many European cities today all that reminds us of the vibrant Jewish life and culture that once was part of …