LawTransform invites all interested to a seminar that will discuss the democratic costs of corrupted social capital with experts in the field. Willeke Slingerland (Saxon University of Applied Sciences) and Lise Rakner (UiB/CMI/LawTransform) in conversation with Tina Søreide (NHH/LawTransform). In countries all over the world there are examples of large infrastructure projects being built bigger than necessary with huge […]
Gender-based violence India is receiving growing international attention. Horrifying stories of gang-rapes and murders of Indian women have emerged. But there are also men seeking change. Boys Who Like Girls, screened at the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF), follows the story of Ved, a teenage boy with an abhorrent view of women whose views are […]
Date: Friday September 28 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development Svein-Erik Helle (CMI/UiB) in conversation with Jonas Linde (UiB) and Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB) Right-wing populist parties and candidates are at the forefront of two of the most important elections this autumn. In Sweden, the most fiercely debated question before the election was how well the Sweden […]
Date: September 18 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek (Stromgaten 6, 5015 Bergen) Organiser: Bergen Resource Centre CMI/UiB and Studentersamfunnet i Bergen. What’s the role of the headscarf and hijab in Norway and the world today, and what does religious clothing like this symbolize in different parts of the world? We have the pleasure of […]
Date: September 19 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development (Jekteviksbakken 31) Organiser: Bergen Resource Centre CMI/UiB Meet Sarah Tobin (CMI), Aubrey Westfall (Wheaton College, Massachusetts, US) and Özge Celik Russell (Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey) in conversation with Lise Rakner (UiB) about their new book. It is a pleasure to welcome all […]
Date: September 14 Time: 08:30 – 10:00 Place: Cafe Christie (Museplassen 3, Bergen) Organizer: Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism Migration is one of the major political issues in Europe today, challenging the cohesion of the European Union and affecting national elections. How should Europe handle the increasing immigration? We are bringing together some of the world’s leading […]
Date: Tuesday 4 September Time: 08:30–09:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Africa has the youngest population of any continent, but some of the oldest and longest serving Presidents. “When our leaders have become misleaders and mentors have become tormentors. When freedom of expression becomes the target of oppression, opposition becomes […]
Date: Tuesday 21 August Time: 18:00-19:30 Place: Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Kalfaveien 31, Bergen Politics and law are major determinants of sexual and reproductive health, affecting the availability and quality of for sexual and reproductive health policies and services, including abortion care, as well as access to information and sex education. […]
Date: Thursday 23 August Time: 10:40-12:10 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Societies and states are at a crossroads in how children are to be treated, how their rights should be respected and protected. Children’s new position and the emphasis on their rights create tensions and challenge the traditional relationships between […]
Date: Wednesday 22 August Time: 10:00-11:00 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Technology is changing the law and the legal profession innumerable ways. This roundtable discusses some of the most pertinent issues – from threats that new technologies – by design or default – are posing to our privacy, and the […]