Hanna Geschewski
Doctoral Researcher, CMIEnvironmental scientist focusing on socio-ecological change in South Asia.
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A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Gen Z protests: Global wave or local struggles?
29.01.2026
08:30 - 09:30English
What defines the recent wave of Gen Z protests across the world?
हिमाल सुवेदी CC What motivates young people to mobilise, and how do these movements differ from earlier generations of youth-led protest?
This panel discussion explores youth-driven protest movements in Nepal, Madagascar and Kenya, examining their causes, political significance and use of social media to mobilise.
While these protests are often grouped under a shared “Gen Z” label, the panel will critically assess whether this overarching narrative obscures important national, social and political differences.
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Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
29.01.2026
08:30 - 09:30
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Xuefei Shi
Affiliated Researcher, CMIXuefei Shi is a cultural anthropologist and development researcher focusing on Madagascar, East Africa and the Indian Ocean.
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Tony Agutu Awiti
Master student , UiBTony is a master’s student at the University of Bergen, specializing in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges. He has experience participating in youth-led protests in Kenya
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Jana Belschner
Researcher, UiBJana Belschner is a researcher at the Department of Comparative Politics, UiB.
Read moreHanna Geschewski
Doctoral Researcher, CMI
Environmental scientist focusing on socio-ecological change in South Asia.
Hanna is a doctoral researcher at CMI within the NFR (NORGLOBAL) project, “Prioritising the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP Settlements as Social- Ecological Systems.”
Xuefei Shi
Affiliated Researcher, CMI
Xuefei Shi is a cultural anthropologist and development researcher focusing on Madagascar, East Africa and the Indian Ocean.
He is a post-doctoral researcher in the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project “Transoceanic Fishers: Multiple Mobilities in and out of the South China Sea” (TransOcean) at CMI. His research focuses on trans-Indian Ocean seafood trade, Sinophone maritime worlds, and China’s social and ecological footprint in East Africa.
He received my PhD in Development Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He has extensive field experience in the Southwest Indian Ocean and East Africa region, along the multiethnic Swahili coast, the great island of Madagascar, and the Mascarene Archipelago.
He is an expert on China and the global governance with more than 10 years’ experience. He provided policy consultancy to development studies/projects funded by World Bank, UNESCO, WWF, Oxfam and Ford Foundation.
Tony Agutu Awiti
Master student , UiB
Tony is a master’s student at the University of Bergen, specializing in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges. He has experience participating in youth-led protests in Kenya
Jana Belschner
Researcher, UiB
Jana Belschner is a researcher at the Department of Comparative Politics, UiB.
Belschner’s research is positioned at the nexus of political behaviour, political representation, and political economy. Generally, she is interested in how demography affects elections and policy, with a focus on youth’s political participation and the political representation of young and future generations’ interests.
She has specific expertise in the empirical analysis of the causes and effects of electoral reforms, such as electoral quotas and youth enfranchisement, and has researched these topics across Western Europe and North Africa.
In 2023, she was awarded a Trond Mohn Starting Grant for her project “Representing the Future in an Aging Europe. The Politics of Demographic Change”. The project will run from June 2024 to May 2028.
Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.
