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Presenting the Project Book!

The Breaking BAD project is formally closed as of 30 September 2022, ending with the publication of the project book by Leonardo Arriola, Lise Rakner, and Nic van de Walle to be published by Oxford University Press in November 2022.


Doctoral Defense

Project member and PhD Candidate Lisa-Marie Selvik successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “The Politics of Liberal Rights in Africa”.


 

Writing Retreat at Solstrand

The Breaking BAD team went at the end of January for a writing retreat an hour outside of Bergen. Moving from home-office to a historical hotel, surrounded by wonderful nature and great people did wonders for both our productivity and mental health.


ISTR roundtable ‘Restricting NGOs: From Pushback to Accommodation’

Project members Kendra Dupuy, Lise Rakner and Lisa-Marie Selvik take part in a roundtable discussion organised by International Society for Third-Sector Research, promoting the special issue in Global Policy.


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‘Autocratization dynamics in Africa’ at Bergen Exchanges 2021

Team members gathered in a roundtable discussion on 16 August. Africa is a continent where democracy has long been in precarious state, but where the global trend towards democratic backsliding is less notable. Why is this so? What are the characteristics of the autocratization dynamics – and counter-forces – that play out on the African continent?


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Special Issue on ‘Restricting NGOs: From Pushback to Accommodation in Global Policy

Team member Kendra Dupuy has co-edited a special issue in Global Policy on restrictions on civil society, including contributions from project leader Lise Rakner and team members Marja Hinfelaar and Lisa-Marie Selvik. The special issue is Open Access and open for all!


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Blog: How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech

Breaking BAD member Lisa-Marie Selvik has, together with Pauline Lemaire and Lisa Garbe, published a blog text concerning their journal article at the Africa at LSE blog site. To read it, click the bottom below.


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Democracy in Africa seminar

Project members Lise Rakner and Marja Hinfelaar take part in webinar in a Democracy in Africa series hosted by the Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at the University of Cape Town.