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Nina Bergan Holmelin
Farming flexibility, changing gender relations, and subsistence production contribute to better adaptive capacity to climate change in Himalaya (31.10.2018)
PhD Candidate Nina Bergan Holmelin presents her PhD project.
Dr. Scott and Prof. Smedal in front of Fredrik Barth roll-up
Celebrating Barth's work on cosmologies (29.10.2018)
Students, anthropologists and other invited guests had found their way to attend the Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture 2018, held by Dr. Michael W. Scott.
Rokkan Memorial Lecture
A New Economic Era: The Gig Economy (26.10.2018)
Professor Kathleen Thelen from MIT held the 2018 Rokkan Memorial Lecture, and presented the American precariat in a true Rokkanian, comparative tradition.
Workshop
Methods workshop: “Bayesian Measurement in R/JAGS” with Dr. Xavier Fernández-i-Marín (24.10.2018)
The department's internal workshop on measurements and concepts proved to be both challenging and rewarding.
PhD defence Hasan and Committee
Disputation at the Department of Social Anthropology (22.10.2018)
On October 19 2018 Mohammad Tareq Hasan defended his thesis.
Intense conversations at the BISC conference
Stillinger som koordinatorer for studentdrevet emne og konferanse (18.10.2018)
Er du student og vil arbeide med et nytt studentdrevet emne eller konferanse ved UiB?
Kathleen Thelen
Political economy on the agenda for the 2018 Rokkan Memorial Lecture (11.10.2018)
The Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture of 2018 will be held by Professor Kathleen Thelen, whose research on historical institutionalism and comparative historical analysis connects her to the work of Stein Rokkan.
James G. March
In memory of James G. March (1928-2018) (05.10.2018)
Professor James G. March passed away on September 27, 2018.
Gyda Sindre
Gyda Sindre launches new research network on post-conflict studies (02.10.2018)
Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Comparative Politics and University of Cambridge, Gyda Sindre, has launched an ambitious research network and website which will bring thorough attention to several themes connected to post-conflict studies.