Bli med på Muséplassen kl 12:00 i dag for å #standupforscience2025 i solidaritet med våre amerikanske kollegaer – og ikke minst for å tydelig vise at vi her i Norge bryr oss om fri forskning og frie universiteter. Dette blir en kort ad hoc demonstrasjon, så vi trenger bare 10 minutter av din tid. Jeg […]
Charles Ngwena in memory
At LawTransform we are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Professor Charles Ngwena. In his capacity as professor of law at the University of Pretoria, he has been our valued partner and collaborator, including in the long running research project investigating “Political determinants of sexual and reproductive health in Africa”. He was a […]
PhD Course: Climate Change & Autocratization 25-26 March
Conference-format PhD Course (2 ECTS) offered by the Department of Government, University of Bergen in collaboration with LawTransform 25-26 March 2025. Participation is open to students from all disciplines and institutions in Norway and interternationally. There is no course fee, but participants must pay and arrange their own travel and accommodation. Read about the course […]
Bergen Exchanges 2025: 18-22 August – save the dates!
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 […]
Applications open for BeEx2025 PhD Course: Effects of Lawfare
“Effects of Lawfare – Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change” in an integral part of LawTransfom’s annual The course offers insights into cutting edge research on the potential and limits of law as an instrument of social change and provides a unique opportunity to engage with some of the foremost scholars in the […]
Good wishes to all!
Dear friends and colleagues. As 2024 draws to a close we want to thank all who in myriad ways have contributed to the life and work of LawTransform this year—which also marked our 10-year anniversary! It was wonderful to celebrate with so many of you during the Bergen Exchanges in August. For those who were […]
LawTransform represents the University of Bergen (UiB) at CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2024
On 5 November the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary, hosted the CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2024 “Intercultural Learning and European Universities”, bringing together delegates from the nine universities part of the alliance. The panel Global South Perspectives in European Higher Education was chaired by Priscila Alvarez-Cueva (University of Barcelona) and had Marjanneke Vijge (Utrecht […]
New PhD course: Sex and politics in a global perspective
In spring 2025, SKOK (center for women’s and gender research), LawTransform and Skeivforsk will organize a cross-disciplinary, combined master and PhD course about thedynamics between sex and politics in a global perspective. Registration deadline – Monday 13 of January 2025. The regular lectures are public and open to all students, staff and the general public. […]
Spotlight on the Rights Research Agenda
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.
New LawTransform Co-Director
Lise Rakner takes over as Co-Director of LawTransform, from 1. November 2024 until 1 August 2025 and will share the directorship with Liv Tønnessen of CMI. Siri Gloppen is stepping down temporarily to serve as the Dean of the UiB Social Science faculty. Lise, who is very well know to the LawTransform community, is a […]