Past events

Hindu nationalism and its forms of excess

Kathinka Frøystad, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oslo.

Urban Landscapes: The Multicultural Inner City in Postwar Britain

Kieran Connell, Queen’s University, Belfast.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate with Responsibility for Genocide?

Stein Tønnesson (PRIO)

Predatory Humanitarianism: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Manhunt

Elizabeth C. Dunn, Professor of Geography at Indiana University in dialogue with Antonio De Lauri (CMI).

RCT: The Gold Standard for Poverty Eradication?

Howard White (Campbell), Sarah A Tobin (CMI), Georg Picot (UiB) and Espen Villanger (CMI) on Randomised Control Trials.

Iran forklart

Kjetil Selvik (NUPI) om Iran 40 år etter revolusjonen

Det muslimske brorskap forklart

Bjørn Olav Utvik, Professor i Midtøstenstudier ved UiO, tar for seg Det muslimske brorskaps rolle i det kaotiske politiske landskapet i Midtøsten.

Humanitarian Challenges in Contexts of Conflict and Complex Emergency

The Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) Research Network on Humanitarian Efforts.

Is Independent Medical Humanitarian Assistance Possible?

Morten Rostrup, Medical Doctor and Professor, Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

The rhetoric of sustainability

Silvio Funtowicz (UiB) on how science can solve the sustainability crisis.

NOTE: This lecture will take place at Café Christie (University Aula)

Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards for Children in Criminal Proceedings

A new impetus for children in conflict with the law. With Professor Ton Liefaard, Leiden Univerity.

Rebuilding Education in Areas of Armed Conflict: the Case of Syria

The Role of Information and Communication Technology. With Mirey Alfarah, the Autonumus University of Barcelona

Høyreekstremisme forklart

Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (UiB).

Long Term Migration Trends and Climate Change

The role of irrigation. With Théo Benonnier (ENS Cachan), Katrin Millock (PSE, CNRS) and Vis Taraz (Smith College).

Shatila: The island of (in)stability

Exhibit: A portrait of a refugee camp told through architecture.

Politics of corruption: Brazil and Peru

Florian Hoffmann, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Camila Gianella, researcher, CMI and political activist Bheki Dlamini.

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