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. […]

BSRS2020 “Global Climate Governance Regime” PhD course session/webinar on Grassroot climate activism – from Paris to the Amazon With Nnimmo Bassey, Julio Prieto, Deborah Delgado, Camila Gianella & Siri Gloppen Myriad organizations – diverse and spanning the globe – are engaged in climate related activism. Some are transnational in operation and focus, some are national […]

The pandemic has limited people’s movement within and across borders, with particular consequences for migrants and refugees. Venezuelans alone number more than three million migrants and refugees living in different South American countries. How has the pandemic affected vulnerable migrant and refugee populations in both Europe and South America? Do their experiences differ across the […]

As the Covid-19 virus spread across the globe, European counties have adopted different legislative approaches to effectively combat the pandemic. Citing the need for rapid decision-making, governments have imposed extraordinary measures – and incidentally gained significant new powers. Some countries have adopted measures that severely restrict the freedom of the population, or that are long-lasting, […]

As a measure to prevent the spread of corona virus in Bergen, we have cancelled all events until further notice. We look forward to seeing you when we announce new events, but in the meantime you can watch the events we previously streamed here: https://www.lawtransform.no/events-streaming    

  This year it is possible to combine the LawTransform PhD course “Effects of Lawfare” with the training in Humanitarian Diplomacy that runs in the afternoons of the Bergen Exchanges (17-21 August). This course is aimed at practitioners, researchers, and graduate students with an interest in humanitarian negotiations, relief, and diplomacy. Humanitarian negotiations have historically […]