How does the idea of “rehabilitation” work in practice? In this seminar, Yanique Anderson will present and discuss her study of Bergen Prison. Her research analyzes the perceptions of rehabilitation, from the perspectives of both inmates and the prison staff, in order to ascertain individual assessments of the efficacy and impact of rehabilitation policies and […]
But what does the right to health mean in practice?
Abstract: The research project a Rights-Based Approach to Health Service Delivery (RBA – health delivery) aims to develop a participatory methodology for operationalizing a rights-based approach to health service delivery. Background and purpose: This research project is a joint effort by CMI, The World Bank and Harvard University to develop a participatory methodology for operationalizing a rights-based […]
On 15. June we had the pleasure of hearing Professor Ran Hirschl give a lecture, “Constitutions & the Metropolis“, based on his recent book City, State: Constitutionalism and the Megacity (Oxford University Press, 2020)—winner of the 2021 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research. Here you can find the recording of the lecture. Photo: […]
Date: 15. June 2022 Time: 16.00 Venue: Auditorium Egget at Studentsenteret The 21st century has been hailed the ‘century of the city’. The figures behind this label are mind boggling. From the early 20th century to present day, the world’s urban population has increased more than thirtyfold, from 150 million to over 4.5 billion. The ever-expanding […]
LawTransform, together with our collaborators, host a number of ongoing seminar series on a wide variety of topics: Queer Lawfare Seminar Series To mark the celebration of 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Norway, LawTransform will run, throughout 2022, a seminar series focused on queer rights activism in different contexts. While fighting for the recognition […]
Here you will find useful teaching materials for courses as part of our INTPART project. Videos taken during Bergen Exchanges 2019: Rights to the City – Bergen as a Human Rights City (event description) Professor Louise Shelley: Natural Resource Corruption – How to research and address it? (event description) Political corruption and corruption as a political strategy (event description) […]
You can find links to all the LawTransform events that we have streamed below. For all events streamed at Bergen Global, please visit their YouTube channel. 2021 01.19 Paths for recognising LGBT rights in Latin America: the cases of Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica – Watch here 01.28. Academic Freedom and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative […]
2nd May 14:00 (hybrid) at Bergen Global. As part of the Book Salons on Constitution, Courts, and Politics, UiB students along with Siri Gloppen interview Alicia Ely Yamin her book ‘When Misfortune Becomes Injustice‘. This event is free to attend and open to all. About the book: When Misfortune Becomes Injustice surveys the progress and challenges […]
Date/time: 27th of October 10:15-12:00 Place: Auditorium Egget, Parkveien 1, 5007 Bergen The former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Lady Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond will be the Department of Government’s esteemed speaker at the General Seminar in Politics and Government. Lady Hale is a trailblazer in British law and […]
Rehabilitation in Bergen Prison: Perspectives of Inmates and Officers
