A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute

BIFF: The secret reading club of Kabul

16.10.2026 08:30 – 09:30English

The struggle for women’s rights and the risks taken by those operating in the shadows to resist the regime.

Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI)

BIFF: Silenced

19.10.2026 08:30 – 09:30English

What happens when those who speak out about violence and abuse are themselves threatened with legal action?

Ragna Aarli (UiB) Lise Rakner (UiB) Sofia Rolim (UiB)

BIFF: The American Doctor

21.10.2026 08:30 – 09:30English

From a Gazan hospital under siege, to the halls of Congress.

Kjersti G. Berg (NLA University College) Marthe Sleire Engedahl (UiB) Osama Khaled Shaheen (UiB/CMI)

Students against autocracy: will Serbia’s Gen Z topple the hybrid regime?

22.10.2026 08:30 – 09:30English

President Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party faces challenge from the Student list.

Đorđe Milosav (UiB) Miloš Hrnjaz (University of Belgrade) Martina Vukasovic (UiB) Trajche Panov (ZIBR Institute, University of Lucerne)

Hashtag Wars: War, media and participation in the digital age

29.10.2026 14:00 – 15:30English

Contemporary wars have become hashtag-wars that extend beyond the physical battlefield into global war ecologies.

Rhys Crilley (University of Glasgow) Matthew Ford (Swedish Defence University) Stein Tønnesson (Toda Peace Institute) Eva Johais (CMI)

Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.