Applications open for #BeEx2026 PhD course “Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change”  

Join the LawTransform/UiB Department of Goverment PhD course “Effects of Lawfare: Courts and law as battlegrounds for social change”  which is an integrated part of the 2026 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformaion (Here is the emerging #BeEx2026 program). Here is a link to the course plan. Applications are due 20 March (extended deadline). Here you […]

Revisit #BeEx2025

Scholars, activists, legal professionals, and artists from around the world joined the 2025 Bergen Exchanges, a five-day international conference exploring the intersections of law, power, and resistance. Hosted across Bergen’s vibrant cultural venues, the Exchanges feature cutting-edge debates, keynotes, roundtables, exhibitions and social gatherings. See the full program for the 2025 Bergen Exchanges:🗓️ Check out […]

Recent publications

Adolescents Trust in the Child Welfare System: Does Institutional Contact and Performance Matter?

NEW ARTICLE by Hege Stein Helland (University of Bergen, DIPA) A new article published in Child & Family Social Work examines adolescents’ trust in the child …

Women Judges in Fragile States (special issue of EJPG)

This special issue in the European Journal of Politics and Gender  presents fidndings from the CMI/LawTransform project "Women on the Bench". The project was headed …

Visibility without protection: Yemeni women’s activism between war-time opportunity and backlash

The war in Yemen has challenged traditional gender roles, pushing women into public life as both activists and breadwinners. Yet, these gains are fragile: Increased …

Cash-Based Assistance Versus In-Kind Aid in Conflict Zones: A System Dynamics Evaluation of Humanitarian Effectiveness in Sudan

Abeer Tajalsir's article “Cash-Based Assistance Versus In-Kind Aid in Conflict Zones: A System Dynamics Evaluation of Humanitarian Effectiveness in Sudan,” is published in System Dynamics …

The interconnected challenges of climate politics and autocratisation

Reflections about the conference-format joint Master and PhD Course (2 ECTS) offered by the Department of Government (UiB) in collaboration with LawTransform 25-26 March 2025  A …

Recent news

Book Review: Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights

The book Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from Norway in the Development and Contestation of Children’s Rights, edited by Dr. …

The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. 80 years on

Blogpost by Dorothee Alberts When on 20 November 1945 the opening session of the International Military Tribunal (IMT)[1] was being held in Nuremberg by the four …

#BeEx2025 activist interviews and more

The CMI recap of the 2025 Bergen Exchanges, featuring interviews with some of our dear scholars: Satang Nabaneh, Ayo Sogunro, Reem Abbas, and Adrian Jjuuko and …

Check out the #BeEx2025 videos

The videos from the Bergen Exchanges 2025 are now available on YouTube. Check out the BeEx2025 playlist!

The Gender Game: Closing the Gap – A Look Back on an Unforgettable Evening

By Camila Salazar Larsen Moderator and Organizer, Leader of Minojur Bergen and Member of LawTransform. On Thursday, March 6th, Bergen Global was filled to capacity, buzzing with …