ERC project RIVERS– Water/human rights beyond the human? Indigenous water ontologies, plurilegal encounters and interlegal translation (2019-2024), University Carlos III de Madrid (SPAIN)- seeks a PhD researcher to join an international and interdisciplinary research team led by the Principal Investigator, Prof. dr. Lieselotte Viaene. LawTransform affiliate Rachel Sieder is one of the scientific advisory board […]
The Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin invites graduate student submissions for the seventh annual Graduate Conference in Public Law, to be held March 26, 2021. Given the unique circumstances of this year, the conference will be held online. As public law has grown in prominence in political science, the conference […]
PhD: Why is adoption rarely used in Norwegian child protection, but widely used in the United States? LawTransform-affiliate Øyvind S. Tefre defend his doctoral thesis titled “Exploring Boundaries of Legitimate State Intervention” for the PhD Degree at the University of Bergen. In the thesis, Tefre examines how adoption as a child protection measure is practiced and legitimized […]
You can find all the LawTransform events that we have streamed at Bergen Global with events descriptions, and links to YouTube videos, here.
The Moria refugee camp destroyed by fire, with shelter-less children, youth, and adults trapped in a humanitarian crisis and prevented from leaving has become the ultimate mark of Europe’s failed refugee – and migration policy – and inhumanity. We can all do something. Keep updated: https://legalcentrelesvos.org Speak out. Donate to assist those who are now […]
At LawTransform we are profoundly saddened to learn that Sally Engle Merry has passed away. Besides being a leading legal anthropologist and beloved professor at New York University, where she was the Silver Professor of Anthropology, she was also a mentor to many. At LawTransform we had the privilege of getting to know her when […]
Ana Côrtes is currently a PhD candidate in Public Law at the University of Coimbra – UC (2018- ) and a visiting researcher at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation. Her PhD research topic is the recognition of LGBTQI rights in countries with a civil law legal system (from legislation editing or rulings from […]
Did you miss out on #BeEx2020? Or you would like a recap? Now you can check out the videos, the program and the summary of Bergen Exchanges, here.
Under this page you can find all the seminars you missed from the Bergen Exchanges 2020.
In the Amazon deforestation and fires have soared since the Brazilian far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took office in January 2019, vowing to end the “fines industry” of environment agencies and develop the rainforest. This has consequences for deforestation – and thus for the global climate. It also severely affects the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. […]
