Date: Wednesday 7th March 2018 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen All parties and all regimes consist of factions. In authortiarian regimes, keeping the factions happy and avvoiding defections is critical for the survival of the regime. The ruling EPRDF regime in Ethiopia has faced both widespread factional […]
Camila Gianella, Flavio Wiik and Lara Côrtes are pleased to invite you to submit a paper proposal to the open panel entitled Water rights and indigenous identities in Latin America that they are organising for the 18th IUAES World Congress in Brazil in July 2018. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 25 March 2018. In order to submit an abstract […]
Time: 14:15-15:45 Law, Democracy and Welfare and the Centre on Law and Social Transformation are happy to invite you to a seminar on terms and conditions within neoliberal governing. Place: Møllendalsveien 6, room 624 (sixth floor). Tor-Johan Ekeland is a Professor in Psychology at Volda University College (VUC). His research and field of interest include: […]
Time: 10:15-11:45 Law, Democracy and Welfare and the Centre on Law and Social Transformation are happy to invite you to a seminar on EU Law and the impact it has on the health care sector. Place: The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen, Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1, Jussbygget (Dragefjellet), room 546. Prof. Dr. […]
Time: 14:15-15:45 Law, Democracy and Welfare and The Centre on Law and Social Transformation are happy to invite you to a seminar on global justice. Place: Christiesgate 17, 2nd floor, Seminar room 112. Lars Blichner is a professor at the Department for Administration and Organization Theory at the University of Bergen. His area of expertise includes political […]
Time: 4. April 10:15 – 12:00 Venue: Auditorium A, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). The Norwegian School of Economics and the unit on Corruption & Law at LawTransform invites you to an open lecture with Drago Kos, Chair of the OECD Working Group in Bribery. Drago Kos will discuss the difficulties in controlling corruption in various […]
In a context of political dealignment and a fluid multiparty system, corruption scandals and a divisive international court ruling on sexual and reproductive rights have drastically altered the electoral landscape, write Evelyn Villarreal Fernández (State of the Nation Programme) and Bruce M. Wilson (University of Central Florida). Published on LSE Blogs, 1 February 2018. This Sunday, 4 February 2018, will mark the 17th time since […]
Opinion: Lack of access to surgeries for people affected by TB in Peru (in Spanish)
Las cirugías del tórax para personas con tuberculosis no pueden esperar Se estima que en el Perú, unas 35,000 personas se infectan anualmente de tuberculosis (TB), y unas 2,000 mueren debido a este mal. Pese a que desde hace más de 20 años se cuenta con un programa que debe diagnosticar y brindar tratamiento gratuito […]
Sami National Day with LawTransform
Celebration of the Sami National Day with LawTransform on the news: https://www.nrk.no/hordaland/vestlandsrevyen-20.55-1.13902727 Thank you all for making LawTransform’s first Annual Lecture on Rights of Indigenous Peoples such an inspiring event! We are especially grateful for our collaboration with the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Sami Association in Bergen, United Nations Association of […]
Anna Gopsill
Global Fellow
PhD candidate, University of London