Welcome to Bergen Exchanges 22-26 August 2016!

Scholars and practitioners from all over the world. Lectures, roundtables and panels. Focus: the legal determinants of inequality; lawfare by and related to migrants & refugees, sexual & gender minorities, and children; the effects of policing, criminal law and incarceration; judicial independence; lawfare over natural resources; climate change. See full program here!  

The Law & Social Change seminar series

Centre on Law & Social Transformation (LawTransform) advances interdisciplinary research on the potential of law as an instrument of social change. March 16, 18:00 – 21:00 Film & reflection: “Democrats” – Constitution-making in Zimbabwe April 6, 12:00 – 13:30 Taking custody in the best interest of the child? April 7, 08:30 – 09:30 Breakfast forum: […]

Corruption and Criminal Justice

Book launch: Tina Søreide’s “Corruption and Criminal Justice” The Centre on Law and Social Transformation’s seminar series Why is criminal law regulation of corruption enforced so differently across countries? And if we could choose, what would optimal law enforcement solutions look like? In her book ‘Corruption and Criminal Justice’, Tina Søreide explains why economists and […]

Taking custody in the best interest of the child?

When should the state intervene in a family? At what stage is the risk to a child so great that the child should be removed from the parents’ care? What services could the state provide to help families that are struggling? Through international law and domestic legislation, many states are obliged to act in the […]

Film & reflection: “Democrats” – constitution-making in Zimbabwe

How do two former political enemies deliver a new constitution for Zimbabwe, a country governed by the infamous political leader, Robert Mugabe, for almost 30 years? “Democrats” won the 2015 Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca film festival in New York. The film portrays how the Zimbabwean political elite fight the battle over the founding […]

Postdoc position at Centre of Law and Social Transformation

There is a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position with a focus on political and legal mobilization around sexual and reproductive rights in Africa. Closing date: March 31, 2016 Call for applications. The postdoctoral fellow will be at the Centre on Law & Social Transformation and administratively under the Department of Comparative Politics, University […]

Film screening: Sisters in Law (2005)

A screening of the movie “Sisters in Law” will be held at the Bergen Resource Centre on 22 January 6 p.m, followed by a panel debate on whether social change can be achieved through the court-room and to what extent gender matters for judicial decision-making. Click here to see the detailed event.