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Post-seminar reflection: The Impact of Social Media on Bangladesh’s 2024 Student-Led Democratic Revolution
November 7, 2024
In 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a powerful student-led movement that catalyzed democratic change, demonstrating the profound impact of social media on societal transformation. This movement emerged …
International Labour Day – Should focus be on how much we work or how we work?
April 30, 2024
1st of May is International Labour Day. This is not just a celebration of the rights won by employees, but a day to march for …
Are Norwegian prisons perfect?
February 19, 2024
This blogpost reflects part of Davi Mendes Málaga’s Ph.D. research on the field of Administration, with focus in Public Administration and Policy. In this work, …
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. …
Projects
Water & Power: Has the elevation of the right to water to an independent human right strengthened opportunities for those that have their rights violated in India?
February 18, 2019
Masters project by Mathilde Thorsen, 2018. In this thesis, I attempt to explain the development of the international human right to water, and how this …
Providing ‘international protection’ to refugees – UNCHR’s mandate lost in interpretation?
February 14, 2019
Masters thesis for Marthe Sleire Engedahl (Comparative politics, UiB) Historically high numbers of refugees and the current unwillingness of states to provide refuge to people …
New Policies, Old Attitudes? – Discrimination against Roma in Norway
February 14, 2019
Masters thesis for Runa Falck Langaas (Comparative Politics, UiB), submitted 2017 Norway has a long history of discrimination against a group of Roma, namely the …
Exploring Community Policing as Social Innovation. Democratic Governance, social needs, social change, and implementation challenges. The cases of Badalona and Pamplona (Spain)
February 14, 2019
Masters project for Artur Rubinat (Department of Administration and Organization Theory at UiB) My master thesis reads Community Policing as Social Innovation. In the Police …
A Postmaterialist Explanation for Homophobia in Africa: Multilevel Analysis of Attitudes Towards Homosexuals in 33 African Countries
February 14, 2019
Masters project: Ruben Berge Mathisen (Comparative Politics, UiB), submitted 2018 This thesis advances a modified version of Inglehart’s Postmaterialist thesis as an explanation for homophobia …
News
Two master theses completed as part of the Water-rights project
July 16, 2018
Congratulations to Mathilde Thorsen and Sara Ekblom on their master theses! The Water-rights’ project team is really proud of you! Water & Power (2017-2018). Mathilde Thorsen …
Water & Power – Dissertation by Mathilde Thorsen
June 21, 2018
On 1st. of June comparative politics student Mathilde Thorsen handed in her master thesis: ‘Water & Power: Has the elevation of the right to water …