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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 14.15:15.45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Ida Vikøren Andersen: The impact of social media on democracy and democratic discussions. Ida Vikøren Andersen is Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen. Andersen’s main interests are rhetoric, political communication, and the public debate. In […]
Date: 11 March 2021 Time: 14:00-15:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 In order to adequately respond to health needs, health systems need to be equitable and inclusive of all population groups. This includes refugees and migrants. The ongoing crisis in Venezuela has led to more than 5 million inhabitants leaving the country. More than 3 […]
Date: 8 March 2021 Time: 17:00-18:00 Venue: Zoom Relevant issues for transgender persons, such as the change of name and gender marks on birth certificates and the use of restrooms according to their gender identity, have been taken to the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court. Considering that and the democratisation role usually assigned to the amicus […]
Date: 8 March 2021 Time: 15:00-16:00 Venue: Zoom #Master’s Week 2021 Water constitutes the foundation of human life. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 64/292 recognising the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. Subsequently, constitutionalisation of the Water and Sanitation rights has proliferated, and 31 countries have now constitutionalised the right to […]
Date: 25 February 2021 Time: 14.15:15.45 Venue: Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom-webinar, contact discretion@uib.no Presentation Søren Koch: Interdisciplinary comparative analysis – a lesson to learn from comparative law. Sören Koch is Professor at the Faculty of Law in Bergen and Chair of the Research Group for Legal Culture. Koch has published comparative and legal historical studies […]
Time: 17 February 2021, 9.00-9.45 Venue: Zoom Hvordan ivaretar Norge plikten til å forebygge omsorgsovertakelser av nyfødte barn? Alle europeiske land er forpliktet etter barnekonvensjonen og den europeiske menneskerettighetskonvensjonen til å yte tjenester og støtte til familier i sårbare situasjoner. Dette skal sikre at staten ikke må gripe inn og overta omsorgen for barn oftere […]
