Past events

Summer 2016 at Bergen Resource Centre

This summer the Centre will be closed from Monday June 27 to Friday August 5.

The Political Economy of Organized Crime in Mexico

UiB Global Seminar with Karol Gil Vasquez, Nichols College, USA. NB! Held in Seminar Room 240, UiB Global, Jekteviksbakken 31.

Jemen – det ulykkelige Arabia?

Knut Vikør, Eirik Hovden og Reier Møll Schoder i samtale med Åse Gilje Østensen (CMI) om Jemen.

Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia

Author Sindre Bangstad (KIFO) in conversation with Christine M. Jacobsen (SKOK, UiB).

Documentary: The Olympic Dream

Screening of the documentary «The Olympic Dream». Director Anne Kjersti Bjørn and producer Einar Braathen will introduce the film and answer questions after the screening.

Maternal and newborn health in Ghana

– Maltreatment, social support and social autopsy.

Open lecture by Cheryl A. Moyer, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan.

Barn til salgs?

Nuray Yildirim Gullestad (IMDI) og Anja Bredal (HiOA) i samtale med Åse Gilje Østensen (CMI) om barneekteskap og tvangsekteskap i kjølvannet av den pågående krisen i Syria.

Living with Olympic Security

Human rights violations, music and activism in Rio de Janerio. Sterre Gilsing, Utrecht University and Thainã de Medeiros, Coletivo Papo Reto.

Beyond the two-child policy

Family planning and the future of fertility in Asia.

Citizens’ Trust in Public and Political Institutions

Nepal in comparison to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Ishtiaq Jamil Associate Professor at Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen.

Corruption and Criminal Justice

Author Tina Søreide (NHH) in conversation with Linda Grøning (UiB) and David Aled Williams (U4, CMI).

Latin American radicalism in decline?

Franck Gaudichaud, Universite Stendhal, Grenoble 3 / Universidad de Chile. This event will be held mainly in Spanish.

Replacing Judge Scalia

Why the battle to control the US Supreme Court is central for the 2016 elections and beyond. Gunnar Grendstad (Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, UiB) and Eirik Holmøyvik (Professor, Faculty of Law, UiB).

Når grensene stenges. Flyktningkrisen i Midtøsten

Maja Janmyr (UiB), Are Knudsen (CMI) og Kjersti Gravelsæter Berg (UiB) i samtale om flyktningkrisen i Midtøsten.

Taking custody in the best interest of the child?

Meet Marit Skivenes (Department of Administration and Organization Theory, UiB) and Karl H. Søvig (Faculty of Law, UiB) in a conversation on their search for decisive factors and mechanisms that promote or hinder high quality decision-making in the best interest of children.

Why can’t a pastor be president of a “christian nation”?

Mapping the diverse political theologies of Zambia’s pentecostals.

Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.