Events archive - Bergen Global

Right-wing populist parties and the future of democracy

Svein-Erik Helle (CMI/UiB) in conversation with Jonas Linde (UiB) and Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB)

Making professional decisions and judgments

Participants/introductions by: Asgeir Falch-Eriksen (OsloMet), Marit Skivenes (UiB), Karl Harald Søvig (UiB), Helen Stalford (University of Liverpool), and Anne Mette Magnussen (Western Norway University of Appliced Science). Moderator: Amy McEwan-Strand (UiB)

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States

Meet Sarah Tobin (CMI), Aubrey Westfall (Wheaton College, Massachusetts, US) , özge Celik Russell (Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey) in conversation with Lise Rakner about this new book.

Yemen’s Huthi Crisis

Marieke Brandt (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) gives an open lecture about the Tribal Factor in Yemen’s Ḥuthī Crisis.

Controversial Headscarf

Sarah Tobin (CMI), Aubrey Westfall (Wheaton College, Massachusetts, US) , özge Celik Russell (Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey) in conversation with the Bergen Student Society ( Studentersamfunnet)

The Social and Political Challenges of Migration

Migration is one of the major political issues in Europe today, challenging the cohesion of the European Union and affecting national elections. How should Europe handle the increasing immigration?

What works and what does not work in social and economic policy?

What works and what does not work in social and economic policy?

Women in China

Professor Guo Xiajuan in conversation with Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (Department of Comparative Politics, UiB).

Hajj explained

Mahmood Kooria (Leiden University) explains Hajj, the muslim pilgrimage.

The growing age gap between rulers and ruled in Africa

Bheki Dlamini (Centre for Law and Social Transformation), Marta González (IESA-CSIC/University of Granada) and Svein-Erik Helle (University of Bergen/CMI) in conversation with Lisa-Marie Selvik (University of Bergen).

CANCELLED: Boomtown. Runaway Globalisation on the Queensland Coast

Thomas Hylland Eriksen (UiO/CMI) presents his new book in conversation with Antonio De Lauri (CMI).

Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation

Welcome to the 2018 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation!

Child’s best interest principle

Panel: Katre Luhamaa (UiB), Kirsten Sandberg (University of Oslo, member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child), Marit Skivenes (UiB), Asgeir Falch-Eriksen (Velferdsforskningsinstituttet NOVA, OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet), Kenneth Burns (University College Cork) and Thomas Meysen (the International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies). Moderators: Siri H. Pedersen and Hege S. Helland (UiB).

The European Court of Human Rights and Child’s Rights

A panel discussion moderated by Trond Helland (UiB), with Karl Harald Søvig (UiB), Katre Luhamaa (UiB), Geir Kjell Andersland (Hordaland Social County Board), Conor O´Mahony (Cork University Collage) and Marit Skivenes (UiB).

International rights and cultural practices?

Participants: Une Thoburn (University of East Anglia), Sagrario Segado (National University of Distance Education), Kenneth Burns (University College Cork), Thomas Meysen, Jayna Kothari (CLPR/Lawtransform), Satang Nabaneh (University of Pretoria/Lawtransform). Moderator: Audun Løvlie.

The critique of child’s protection and children’s rights

A moderated conversation with June Thoburn (East Anglia University), Tarja Pösö (Tampere University), Svanhild Alver (Bergen Municipality)(tbc), Geir Kjell Andersland (Hordaland Social County Board)(tbc), Kenneth Burns (Cork Univerisity College), Thomas Meysen (the International Centre for Socio-Legal Studies), Marit Skivenes (UiB). Moderator: Hege Helland (UiB).

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