Ongoing projects
People
Publications
There are Fosen-cases all over the world – do they improve indigenous peoples’ rights?
February 12, 2024
By Siri Gloppen (Written as an op-ed in Panorama (in Norwegian) as part of the PluriLand project) Despite the special protection given to indigenous peoples …
Zimbabwe’s civil society is suffocating as we turn our eyes away
December 11, 2023
By Siri Gloppen (written as an op-ed for Panorama (in Norwegian as part of the RightsAct project) The room for manoeuvre for rights activists …
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 …
Projects
Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy
February 24, 2023
Project Leader: Siri Gloppen Funding: Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) RDF 2022, £10000 About the project The project aims to to develop a collaborative, inter-disciplinary, and multi-sited …
Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence: African and Latin American Experiences
November 10, 2022
Sexual violence committed during war or internal armed conflict is a major global challenge. It has mostly remained under-addressed during transitions from conflict and repressive …
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 “Autocratization Dynamics” aims to further strengthen UiB-CMI LawTransform as a global …
Rethinking democracy & law
September 18, 2020
This project rethinks the way teaching is done in the field of Democracy & Law. It does so by building a new four-way collaboration …
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 …
Events
Gendered Autocratization. PhD Conference 21-22 March with open and streamed keynotes and roundtables.
February 8, 2024
Are you a PhD student and interested in the politics of gender and sexual and reproductive rights? This 2-day Conference-format PhD course is for you. …