Past events

Webinar: Abortion Backlash! The significance of 22nd October 2020 for Poland and the world

Neil Datta (European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development), Marta Wysocka (Orkidé Bergen – Solidarity with Polish Women in Bergen) and Karolina Więckiewicz (Aborcyny Dream Team).

Webinar: Egypt: An electoral system without democracy

Mari Norbakk (HVL), Knut S. Vikør (UiB) and Ingrid Sjursen (CMI) in conversation with Sarah Tobin (CMI).

Webinar: Politics and security in West Africa: Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mali

Stig Jarle Hansen (NMBU), Vegard Vibe (UiB) and Pauline Lemaire (CMI) in conversation with Carmeliza Rosario (UiB/CMI).

Webinar: Towards a new debate on abortion law reform in Argentina?

Alicia Yamin (Harvard Law School), Mariela Belski (Amnistía Internacional Argentina) and Ximena Casas (Human Rights Watch) in converstaion with Paola Bergallo (University of Torcuato Di Tella).

Launching the Bergen School of Global Studies

Bergen School of Global Studies seeks to strengthen the interdisciplinary English-language master programmes of relevance to global challenges.

Webinar: A Conversation about Human Rights

Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt (Rafto) and Mohamed Lotfi (ECRF) in conversation with Osama Shaheen (DER).

Webinar: Women mobilising against violence

Olga Velásquez (Oxford) and Anna Gopsill (CMI)

Celebrating UN Day 2020

Sustainable development and 75 years of the United Nations.

The 2020 US Presidential Election

Gunnar Grendstad (UiB) and Hilmar Mjelde (UiB) in conversation with Christina Pletten (Aftenposten).

Corona Among The Poor

Magnus Hatlebakk (CMI)

Taiwan: Miracle or ticking bomb?

Halvor Eifring (UiO)

Peace on the Horizon for Sudan?

Gunnar M. Sørbø (CMI), Munzoul Assal (University of Khartoum) and Liv Tønnessen (CMI).

Fires in Moria

Lorraine Leete (Legal Centre Lesvos), Synnøve Bendixsen (UiB) and Edgar Córdova (CIESAS-Ciudad de México) in conversation with Alida Steigler (LawTransform).

Carbon Capture and Storage

Report on potential conflicts in regulations and technological capabilities of monitoring Carbon Capture and Storage

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