News archive for Department of Comparative Politics

Breaking Bad at Sampol (23.01.2018)

A new research project headed by Prof. Lise Rakner, will research whether dictators are abusing formal institutions in a Backlash Against Democracy (BAD) in Africa, or whether formal institutions increasingly restrain the discretionary power of more-or-less democratic politicians.

Turning the spotlight on students (05.01.2018)

Johan and Ragnhild are the first-ever conference coordinators at the UiB Collaboratory. This spring, they are up to something big …

New Post-Doc will research political responsiveness (04.01.2018)

- Although elections are essential for the relationship between citizens and the political elite, the post-election phase and the subsequent correspondence between citizens’ expectations and policy outcomes is also fundamental, says new post-doc Andrea Fumarola.

With democracy in danger, can activists fight back? Scholar studies civil society, regional resistance in Africa (04.01.2018)

SAMPOL’s newest graduate researcher is intrigued by “the many-headed creature that is civil society.”