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Where ordinary laws fall short: ‘riverine rights’ and constitutionalism
October 1, 2021
Where ordinary laws fall short: ‘riverine rights’ and constitutionalism New publication from our LawTransform affiliate Catalina Vallejo Piedrahita. Laws that recognise rivers and their ecosystems …
Anthropological Contributions to International Legal Approaches to Violence Against Indigenous Women
August 22, 2021
Check out Rachel Sieder‘s most recent article: Anthropological Contributions to International Legal Approaches to Violence Against Indigenous Women. Just published on line in the American …
Master thesis: Safeguarding borders, or safeguarding queers?
October 30, 2018
Yngvild Gotaas Torvik has submitted her master thesis on queer asylum, titled “Safeguarding borders, or safeguarding queers – Norwegian perceptions of (in)credible LGBT asylum seekers …
Master’s thesis: A Postmaterialist Explanation of Homophobia in Africa
August 18, 2018
Ruben Berge Mathisen, a research assistant at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation, submitted his master’s thesis on homophobia in Africa in June 2018. …
Frå sinke til føregangsland på transpersonars rettar
August 23, 2017
Moldestad’s MA thesis I løpet av to år gjekk Norge frå å vere ei sinke når det gjelder transpersonar sine rettar til å bli eit …
Projects
Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)
June 10, 2022
Project team: Project leader: Leonardo Arriola Liv Tønnessen, Matthew Gichohi, Lise Rakner, Siri Gloppen, Arsène Brice Bardo, Jaimie Bleck, Alyssa Heinze, Jane Mango Angar, Johanna …
Autocratization Dynamics: Innovations in Research-Embedded Learning
April 8, 2022
Project Leader: Lise Rakner (UiB) Funding: Norwegian Research Council (NRC) & HK-dir 10 mill NOK About the project “Autocratization Dynamics” aims to further strengthen UiB-CMI LawTransform …
Riverine Rights: Exploring the Currents and Consequences of Legal Innovations on the Rights of Rivers
September 24, 2020
Timeframe: 01.07.2020 – 31.12.2023 Funding source: Norges forskningsråd Project owner: OsloMet, Faculty of Education and International Studies Project manager: Axel Borchgrevink Partner institutions: Norwegian University of Life Sciences …
Rethinking democracy & law
September 18, 2020
This project will rethink the way teaching is done in the field of Democracy & Law. It will do so by building a new four-way …
Truth and Reconciliation in a Democratic Welfare State: The Indigenous Sami and the Kven/Norwegian Finns Minority in Norway (TRUCOM)
February 5, 2020
This project will study how Norway – a well-established democratic welfare state – attempts to settle the negative effects of long-lasting policies of assimilation and …
News
Anthropological Contributions to International Legal Approaches to Violence Against Indigenous Women
August 23, 2021
Check out Rachel Sieder‘s most recent article: Anthropological Contributions to International Legal Approaches to Violence Against Indigenous Women. Just published on line in the American Journal of …
Congratulations to Ana Braconnier, whose PhD was approved in July!
August 3, 2021
Congratulations to PluriLands research team member Ana Braconnier, whose PhD was approved in July. Ana’s dissertation on the politics of constitutional justice and backlash in Guatemala …