Past events

Preventing Palestine: Why statelessness is so important

Seth Anziska (University College London) on why and how Palestinian statelessness is maintained.

Sudan After Bashir

Three decades with that authoritarian rule of president Omar al-Bashir is over. What now, Gunnar Sørbø (CMI)?

Launch of Public Anthropologist

Editor in Chief Antonio de Lauri (CMI), Linda Green (University of Arizona), Barak Kalir (University of Amsterdam) and Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Berkeley).

Lessons from the struggle of Martin Luther King

Michael K. Honey (University of Washington) on the legacy of MLK and the fight for human equality today.

Vi må snakke om klimaflyktninger

Terje Einarsen (UiB) og Vikram Kolmannskog i samtale med Jessica Schultz (CMI)

Klimaforskning med verdens største forurenser

Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (UiB) og Ole Johannes Kaland (NLA /UiB ).

On jobs—the highway out of poverty

Lecture by David McKenzie, Lead Economist in the World Bank Development Research Group.

Accountability for Human Rights Violations by NGOs

Marianne Nerland (UiB) will discuss power relations in refugee camps, and legal recourses available to refugees seeking justice against NGOs

Will India re-elect its “strongman”?

Anwesha Dutta (CMI) and Hugo Stokke (CMI) in conversation with Aslaug Aarsæther (UiB) on what’s at stake in the world’s largest election.

Etterlyst: Thunberg-effekten i akademia

De voksne har sviktet med tanke på å sikre en bærekraftig klode for fremtidige generasjoner. Hvilket ansvar har akademia, spør Arne Johan Vetlesen, professor i filosofi ved UiO og sterkt engasjert i klimadebatten.

Do migrants have equal rights to health care?

Maria Del Mar Gonzales Hermosa in conversation with Esperanza Diaz (UiB/NAKMI) and Henriette Sinding Aasen (UiB).

Brexit: deal or no deal?

Breakfast Forum conversation with Sissel Rosland (HVL), Hakan Sicakkan (UiB), moderated by Kjetil Evjen (UiB).

Samarbeid med Kina

Rolf Bjerkvig (UiB) og Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (UiB/NUPI) i samtale med Aslaug Aarsæther (UiB).

Film screening: «Retablo» (Peru)

Film screening followed by a conversation with Camila Gianella (CMI) from Lima through Skype.

How to clean an election

Professor Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham) in conversation with Svein-Erik Helle (UiB).

Gender quotas on the rise – polarization or parity?

Marianne Tøraasen (CMI) in conversation with Ruth Rubio-Marin (European University Institute), UiB), Ragnhild L. Muriaas (UiB) and Pilar Domingo (Overseas Development Institute).

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