Siri Gloppen (2023)
Panorama
By Siri Gloppen (written as an op-ed for Panorama (in Norwegian as part of the RightsAct project) The room for manoeuvre for rights activists in Zimbabwe has been dramatically curtailed since I was last here in 2018. Legislative changes criminalize regime-critical strikes and demonstrations, and activists are abducted in broad daylight, tortured and, in […]
Audun Løvlie (2023)
BLOG: Children and parents subjected to state interventions experience significant disruption in their lives. They may face many challenges, such as barriers to participation and a lack of comprehension of the reasons for the intervention. The written decisions of judges may serve participation by facilitating comprehension, and thus acceptance, of the reasons for such life-transforming decisions, […]
Date/Time: 23th of November 2023 (Thursday) 14:00-15:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 Melanie Hack (UiB) will talk about her new research project “Life and Work in Balance: Legal Responses to a Working Life in Transition and in Times of Crisis” (LaW-BALANCE). It will examine how the law can address the challenges and opportunities posed by […]
Date/Time: 23th of November 2023 (Thursday) 14:00-15:00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 Melanie Hack will talk about LaW-BALANCE, a new research project led by her. “Life and Work in Balance: Legal Responses to a Working Life in Transition and in Times of Crisis” will examine how the law can address the challenges and opportunities posed […]
Enjoy a recap from Bergen Exchanges 2023 by watching the live recordings from the conference! Monday 14th of August Tuesday 15th of August Thursday 17th of August Friday 18th of August
Welcome to a seminar that delves into the pressing issues surrounding child welfare today.
Date/Time: October 20th – 12:15
Place: Jekteviksbakken 31
Self-determination and border control
At the University of Texas Austin, the Department of Government is organizing an “Emerging Scholars conference in Public Law”, with topics at the intersection of law and political science. Interested candidates from UiB can apply to LawTransform to have their costs of travel and accommodation covered. More about the conference: The conference is scheduled for Thursday, […]
Larissa Cristina Margarido (2023)
One of the most interesting – albeit challenging – parts of researching child marriage in Brazil is recognizing the need for a more nuanced, dynamic, and critical understanding of children’s agency. Unfortunately, we are still quite distant from it by PhD candidate Larissa Cristina Margarido, FGV Sao Paulo Law School How are sexual and family practices […]
Roberto Gargarella will talk about the deep crisis affecting constitutional democracies around the world. This crisis manifests itself both in a growing lack of confidence in constitutionalism and in an increase in citizens’ dissatisfaction with democracy.
Zimbabwe’s civil society is suffocating as we turn our eyes away
