Global School Film & Reflections: Inequality

Date: 21 April 2021 Time: 16:00-19:00 Venue:  Jekteviksbakken 31, Jusbygg II Auditorium/Zoom (for the webinar) Film screening of Picture a Scientist followed by a webinar discussion with Ragnhild Murias (UiB), Dorothy Jane Dankel (UiB) and Lise Rakner (Director of the Bergen School of Global Studies, UiB) hosted by Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (Leader of the Inequality Pillar, UiB). Welcome to the second Global School Film & […]

Barnevernfrokost: Barns medvirkning

Date: 14 April 2021 Time: 9:00-9:45 Venue: Zoom Hvordan kan man ivareta barns rett til å bli hørt i barnevernssaker? Barnekonvensjonens artikkel 12 slår fast at barn har rett til å gi uttrykk for sine synspunkter i saker som berører dem, og at barnets synspunkter skal tillegges behørig vekt i samsvar med dets alder og […]

RDV: Children’s right to health

Date: 3 June 2021 Time: 14:15-15:45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Trude Haugli: Children’s right to health. Trude Haugli is Professor of Law at the University of Tromsø, where she leads the research group for children’s rights. Her research interests include the Legal status of children and young people, […]

RDV: Child´s Right to Participation and Professional Practice in Child Protection Services

Date: 20 May 2021 Time: 14:15-15:45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Asgeir Falck-Eriksen: Child´s Right to Participation and Professional Practice in Child Protection Services. Asgeir Falck-Eriksen is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University. He is a political scientist with the main […]

Elevating water rights to human rights: World Water Day

Date: 22 March 2021 Time: 15:00-16:00 Venue: Zoom #World Water Day 2021 How does the recognition of the right to water as a human right actually make a difference to the lives of people who lack adequate access to water and sanitation? In 2010, a United Nations General Assembly resolution recognized the right to safe and […]

RDV: The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law

Date: 22 April 2021 Time: 14:15-15:45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Pieter De Wilde: The essence of democratic backsliding in the European Union: deliberation and rule of law. Pieter De Wilde is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at NTNU. His research addresses […]

RDV: Discursive Institutionalism: Analyzing the Power of Ideas and Discourse in Institutional Context

Date: 8 April 2021 Time: 12:15-13:45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Vivien Schmidt: Discursive Institutionalism:  Analyzing the Power of Ideas and Discourse in Institutional Context. Vivien Schmidt is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and Professor […]

RDV: Understanding the State at the Street: Street-Level Organizations as Mediators of Welfare State Politics

Date: 25 March 2021 Time: 16:30-17:45 (18:00) Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Evelyn Z. Brodkin: Understanding the State at the Street: Street-Level Organizations as Mediators of Welfare State Politics. Evelyn Z. Brodkin is Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration and Associate Faculty in the Department of […]

Selection methods of judges – Master’s Week 2021

Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 16:00-17:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 Courts have many roles in a democratic society. Three of the main roles of courts are resolving disputes, monitoring government action and making policy. With some courts experiencing an increased judicialization of politics, especially courts of last resort, political questions are being decided by their […]

Women on the Bench – The role of women judges in fragile states

Date: 8 March 2021 Time: 8:30-9:30 Venue: Zoom Women are entering courts as judges in increasing numbers all over the world. This is also true in post-conflict and transitioning countries. Judges are influential decision-makers and decide on a wide range of issues across public and private life that have concrete impact on individuals and society. […]