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Phd candidate
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.”
Grant winners
How should we respond to populism? (15.12.2017)
With prestigious grant, professor tackles the challenge of the radical right.
New Pd.D Svein-Erik Helle
Want to debate African politics? (11.12.2017)
New post-doc tackles (mis)rule in Africa with sharp tongue, sharper ideas
New professor.
A senior UiB official returns to her roots (20.11.2017)
The Department of Comparative Politics has a new professor, but she’s no junior staffer. Until recently she was the University of Bergen’s second-in-command.
Visit to NAV.
Course on labour market policy visits public employment office (09.11.2017)
Welfare theory meets practice.
New employee.
- There are many ways to teach, even within the format of a lecture (07.11.2017)
Department’s new lecturer brings creativity to the classroom.
New post-doc
What factors shape voters’ views of female candidates? (27.10.2017)
New post-doc explores perceptions of women in politics.
Linde, Dahlberg,Arnesen and Johannesson.
Do Polls Influence Opinions? (18.10.2017)
A new publication by Sveinung Arnesen, Mikael P. Johannesson, Jonas Linde and Stefan Dahlberg examines the potential self-fulfilling prophecy of public opinion.
New Ph.D. Troy Saghaug Broderstad
Do the poor vote for politicians who favour the rich? (09.10.2017)
New Ph.D. researcher looks at whether voters’ and leaders’ positions match up.
New Ph.D. Espen Stokke
Ph.D. researcher tackles transitional justice in the Middle East (05.10.2017)
“My research can help policy-makers maximize chances of reconciliation”
Tatham receives award
Michaël Tatham wins the 2017 UACES Best Book Prize (26.09.2017)
Professor at the Institute of Comparative Politics, Michaël Tatham, wins yet another award for his outstanding work on European regions.
14 flags at the Department of Comparative Politics
Fourteen nationalities now represented at Comparative Politics (18.09.2017)
Diverse groups are more likely to succeed
Students on Vidden
BSRS 2018: Global Challenges (18.09.2017)
Yvette Peters and Mari Helliesen
In a bold new blog, scholars weigh in on current events (08.09.2017)
‘Saktuelt’ provides a forum for political scientists to grapple with topics in the news.
Ferrera lecturing at the 2017 Rokkan Lecture.
Can Europe become a ‘community of trust?’ (07.09.2017)
Maurizio Ferrera tackles EU integration in annual Rokkan Lecture.
The U.S. Supreme Court
Seminar compares high courts in Norway and the US (28.08.2017)
American legal experts and Bergen scholars share perspectives on court structures, practices and trends.
For the fourth year, UiB researcher Siri Gloppen (right) gathered researchers across disciplines for the Bergen Exchanges conference. Here with the opening keynote speaker Rashida Manjoo from the University of Cape Town. Photo: Sver
Interdisciplinary debate on gender, sexuality and justice (21.08.2017)
On Monday 21 August, the fourth Bergen Exchanges conference opened with a special focus on legislation as a catalyst for social change regarding gender and sexuality.
Portrait of Georg Picot from the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in June 2017.
Research for the worst off in the labour market (30.06.2017)
Georg Picot has long done research on temporary employment. For his next project he wants to study low-wage employment and how the state influences wages.

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