Past events

Who can stop the president?

Presidential term limits in Africa and Latin America. With GIGA-researchers Charlotte Heyl and Mariana Llanos in conversation with Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB).

The Promise of Power

The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan. With author Maya Tudor (University of Oxford) and Michael Alvarez (UiB).

The Global South: From Recipient to Resource

Celebrating the International Day for South-South Cooperation.

The evolving political dynamics in Ethiopia

Implications for the greater Horn of Africa. Seminar with Dr. Abdeta Dribssa Beyene (CDRC/Ethiopia) and Lovise Aalen (CMI).

Kan Parisavtalen oppfylles?

Arild Underdal (UiO) om hvorvidt vi kan mestre befolkningsvekst, forbruk og teknologiutvikling.

UiB og CMI: Sammen om globale samfunnsutfordringer

Åpning, feiring og samtale

Bergen Exchanges 2019

Themes for 2019: Natural Resources, Corruption, Indigenous Rights and Law and Technology.

Turkey’s foreign policy and the critical Istanbul election

With Hasret Dikici Bilgin (Istanbul Bilgi University), Mustafa Aydin (Kadir Has University), Metin Gurcan (Episteme Turkey), Siri Neset (CMI), Arne Strand (CMI) and Ståle Knudsen (UiB).

Climate Change and Migration: Frontline Challenges

A discussion with Maxine Burkett (UH Mānoa), Ann Singleton (WUN/IOM) and Edvard Hviding (UiB).

Peace in Afghanistan: Realistic Prospect or Distant Dream?

With Aziz Hakimi (University of Sussex), Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO), Arne Strand (CMI) and Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI).

Communicating Refugee Research

Ethical dilemmas and the pitfalls of policy relevant research. With Cindy Horst (Prio), Arne Strand (CMI) and Synnøve Bendixsen (UiB).

Jon Hellesnes: Den nye kalde krigen

Om militærpolitikk, atomvåpen og norsk USA-servilitet med filosof Jon Hellesnes (UiT).

Home Accommodation of Asylum Seekers in Finland: Solidarity and Resistance

Paula Merikoski, University of Helsinki.

Forklart: Sri Lanka

Michael Hertzberg (HVL/UiB) om det som ligger bak de religiøse konfliktene på Sri Lanka.

Cybersikkerhet – trusler mot Norge

Øyvind Ytrehus (UiB) og Lars Gjesvik (NUPI) i samtale med Åse Gilje Østensen (Sjøkrigsskolen).

Grunnlovens § 112: dumpingplass for tomme løfter?

Marius Gulbranson Nordby om Grunnloven, maktfordelingen og prøvingsretten i forhold til miljøparagrafen og klimasøksmålet.

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