A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Past events
Fractured protection and bodily exhaustion: Navigating the paradigm shift in Danish asylum policy
Since 2015, a political turn towards temporary protection and return of refugees has taken place in Denmark. Video
All that Xi wants – a conversation on China-Taiwan relations
Julia Marinaccio (UiB) and Harald Bøckman (UiO) in conversation with Thor Olav Iversen (UiB)
Video
Where is Russia headed? Public opinion and a silent opposition
Irina Anisimova (UiB), Kyle Lohse Marquardt (UiB) and Martin Paulsen (UiB)
Video
Afghanistan – a graveyard of Empires
Petter Bauck in conversation with Arne Strand (CMI)
Sexual Violence in the War in Ukraine
Yuliia Ansonova (La Strada Ukraine), Kateryna Busol (lawyer), Anna Gopsill (University of London) and Dorothee Alberts (LawTransform)
Video
Women, life, freedom. Activism in Iran
Gilda Seddighi (Vestlandsforsking), Marianne Bøe (UiS) and Anne Bang (UiB)
Video
Do specialised anti-corruption courts make a difference?
Sofie Schütte, (U4/CMI), Olha Nikolaieva (USAID), Marta Mochulska (Lviv National University), Ivan Gunjic (University of Zurich) and Matthew C. Stephenson (Harvard Law School)
Video
How dare we? Om mennesker, klima og hvorfor vi ikke gjør nok
Espen Gamlund (UiB), Ida Vikøren Andersen (UiB), Thea Gregersen (NORCE) og Øyvind Gjerstad (UiB)
Queerness in Qatar: A conversation on activism and homonationalism
Dr. Nasser Mohammed (Osra Medical), Mari Norbakk (CMI) and Matthew Gichohi (CMI)
Video
Surviving climate change in Afghanistan
Najib Kakar (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences), Arne Strand (CMI) and Gry Synnevåg (NMBU)
Authoritarian Regimes on the Rise
Ingrid Breisteinslien Rosland (Rafto), Andrea Kronstad Felde (UiB) and Nathan Dumba
Video
Perspectives on Futures of Post-Conflict Societies
Akoul de Mabior (filmmaker) Sarah Tobin (CMI), Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI) and Elina Troscenko (UiB)
Gatekeeping the Nation: Deportation at Finnish Borderscapes from the Cold War to Europeanisation
Miika Tervonen ( Migration Institute of Finland)
Queer Politics & Democratic Rights in India: 1975 – Present
Svati Shah ( University of Massachusetts)
Video
The South China Sea explained: International law
Knut Einar Skodvin (UiB) and Thomas Eder (Austrian Institute for International Affairs) in conversation with Julia Marinaccio (UiB)
Video
The South China Sea explained: Anthropological perspectives
Edyta Roszko (CMI) in conversation with Julia Marinaccio (UiB)
