Past events

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).

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.

Poverty as ideology

Andrew M. Fischer (Erasmus University Rotterdam) in conversation with Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (UiB).

Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice

Conversation about Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice with author Michael K. Honey (University of Washington) and Camilla Brautaset (UiB).

Yemen after four years of war: What now?

Daniel Varisco (Bonn University) and Eirik Hovden (UiB) in conversation with Anne K. Bang (UiB).

Når er det verst å dø?

Espen Gamlund (UiB) og Carl Tollef Solberg (UiB) i samtale med Mathias Barra (Ahus)

Preventing Palestine: Why statelessness is so important

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

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