Ianira Vieira (2025)
Reflections about the conference-format joint Master and PhD Course (2 ECTS) offered by the Department of Government (UiB) in collaboration with LawTransform 25-26 March 2025 A lot can be said about the two days in March dedicated to the Climate Politics and Autocratisation (GOV904) course, a joint doctoral and master’s programme coordinated by Lise Rakner […]
Lívia Gonçalves Buzolin (2025)
Social Politics
BLOG: Despite a global trend of autocratization, Brazil’s LGBTQI and feminist movements resisted attacks under Bolsonaro’s government, achieving unprecedented legal and political gains through collective action and strategic alliances Blog post by Lívia Buzolin, Researcher, Getulio Vargas Foundation São Paulo Law School and LawTransform Global Fellow. There is no doubt that autocratization is a global […]
Mathea Loen (2025)
The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA)
BLOG: To enhance trust in the Norwegian child protection system, efforts must be made to improve the quality and fairness of case proceedings. To manage that, child protection workers need enough time, resources and competency. Blog post by Mathea Loen, PhD Candidate at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, Department of Government, University of […]
Marit Skivenes (2025)
The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA)
BLOG: Our study uncovers a striking paradox: while Nordic citizens broadly support children’s participation, younger children are still often sidelined-despite the clear mandate of the CRC. Blog post by Marit Skivenes, Professor at the Department of Government, UiB, and the Director of the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) The Nordic countries are widely […]
Mathea Loen, Marit Skivenes (2025)
The Journal of European Social Policy
NEW ARTICLE: PhD Fellow Mathea Loen and Professor Marit Skivenes have published a study on child protection, examining how individuals’ values around responsibility, certainty, and child rights influence their support for state intervention in potential child protection cases. The study, published in the Journal of European Social Policy, analyzes data from over 6000 people across Norway, Finland, England, Poland, Romania, […]
Ianira Vieira (2025)
Reflections written by Ianira Vieira Master’s student at Politics and Governance of Global Challenges (UiB), part of LawTransform student group The moment I told a friend in February 2023 that my intention to study abroad would soon materialise, but that I felt a sense of sadness that I had not even considered Brazil as an […]
By Hannah Behncke, Mathea Kristoffersen, Camila Salazar Larsen, Selma Zachariassen Nasby, Eylül Sahin and Sabrina Eriksen Zapata - ELSA Bergen, Human Rights Researchgruppen (2024)
This blogpost was written and finished on November 5th, right before the beginning of the US presidential elections. A more extensive version of this post can be found on Injuria[1]. The right to vote is a fundamental aspect of democracy, yet in the United States, millions of individuals with felony convictions are excluded from […]
Jill Marshall (2024)
The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA)
Blogpost by: Professor Jill Marshall, Professor of Law, Royal Holloway, University of London BLOG: We may all think we know what ‘personal identity’ means, but what exactly is a human right to personal identity? Does everyone have the same identity rights? This piece outlines how the right has developed at the European Court of Human Rights […]
Petra Järvinen (2024)
The Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA)
Blogpost by: Petra Järvinen, Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, and visiting scholar at the Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism (DIPA) in April and May 2024. Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Governments Programme took a much-awaited initiative to advance the role of adoption from care in Finland. However, the placement of this initiative […]
Nelufer Nazrul (2024)
Interview with Nelufer Nazrul: Over the past three months Nelufer Nazrul, a Transform intern and Master’s student at the Global Development Theory and Practice program at the University of Bergen, has published two articles in peer reviewed journals, and had a book chapter accepted. She also just published a book review. In this short interview […]
The interconnected challenges of climate politics and autocratisation
