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In a paper recently published in Asian Politics & Policy, Esther Song explains the evolution of NGO policies in China by drawing attention to central-level directives and the variegated origins of non-governmental organizations in China. The key is the adaptiveness of the party-state.
Congratulations to Carlo Koos and Richard Traunmüller on their publication of their research in the recognised journal American Political Science Review.
New "Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence" (lead editor Regine Paul) tackles burning questions in digital era.
Congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher, Hege Stein Helland, who has been elected as a delegate for the UiB Momentum program for 2024-25.
Some Norwegian politicians that are skeptical about gender quotas in politics are positive about gender quotas in the leadership of religious organizations, according to new research.
PhD Fellow Andrea Kronstad Felde published her article on institutional work and intra-organisational conflicts in student governments in authoritarian contexts in the prestigious journal Higher Education.
More than 10,000 interviews and a new method show that survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are actually more engaged in their communities afterwards.
On 3 May, the Department of Government hosted the first GOV-Day in the University Aula. With approximately 120 registered attendees, both staff members and students participated in a panel debate, speed-dating with research groups, and master-student presentations. Both students and staff concluded that the event was indeed successful!
PhD Fellow Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg published a scoping review on children’s representation in child protection decisions in the prestigious journal Children and Youth Services Review.
We are immensely happy to announce that our PhD-fellow Barbara Ruiken successfully defended her dissertation “Discretionary Decision-Making in Child Protection Care Order Cases” and has therefore acquired a PhD at the University of Bergen. The defense took place on 16.4.2024.
Juliana Tappe Ortiz proposes to extend research on rebel leader characteristics and peace negotiations.
This year’s theme for International Women's Day focuses on Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress and the crucial role of inclusion in achieving gender equality. For this occasion we re-visit Professor Ragnhild Muriaas' research on gendered electoral financing, delving into global initiatives shaping women's political participation in different countries.
Postdoctoral Fellow Juliana Tappe Ortiz and Associate Professor Corentin Poyet participated to the "6th international week" of the Catholic University of Lille.
Head of the course Lise Rykkja and Jill Loga welcomed the first cohort of leaders from the ministries and affiliated units to Bergen and to the political science course on wicked problems, collaboration, and coordination in the public sector.
The Department of Government has the pleasure to present the annual March / Olsen Honorary Lecture, featuring Professor Kerstin Sahlin as our distinguished speaker with a lecture on "The Institutional Ambiguity of Universities".
The article Value Conflicts Revisited: Muslims, Gender Equality, and Gestures of Respect published in British Journal of Political Science, is based on the study of the inclusion of Muslims in liberal democracies in the presence of value conflict.
As part of the Breaking Bad Understanding Backlash to Democracy in Africa, Lise Rakner with Marja Hinfelaar , Sishuwa Sishuwa and Nic van de Walle (2023) published the following article in a special issue of Journal of Eastern African Studies focusing on Zambia's most recent elections.
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