News archive for Department of Comparative Politics

Seminar at Nordic Centre/Fudan University, 20 April 2018: WELFARE CHALLENGES: CHINESE AND NORWEGIAN OUTLOOKS (02.05.2018)

On the occasion of the visit of the Norwegian Education and Research Delegation, led by Minister Iselin Nybø, a seminar was organized by the University of Bergen, Fudan University/Nordic Centre , and SNoW. The seminar attracted an audience of about 80 Chinese and Norwegian scholars and students.

New post-doc tackles political inequality in post-communist countries (23.04.2018)

The Department of Comparative Politics' new post-doc, Trajche Panov, has been taking on several ambitious projects over the last years. For his post-doc term in Bergen, he wants to research political inequality in post-communist countries, both of which he sees as understudied.

Nordic welfare research presented in Cape Town (12.03.2018)

Professor Emeritus Stein Kuhnle is known for sharing his research on the welfare state internationally. His last stop was in South Africa, where a collaboration has led to the creation of SANORD - the South African Nordic Centre.

Bergen-based researchers connected to the research project.

Money power and gender balance in politics (11.02.2018)

Sampol-professor Ragnhild Louise Muriaas’ new research project “Money Talks” will research how financial means affect women's political representation.

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.”

How should we respond to populism? (15.12.2017)

With prestigious grant, professor tackles the challenge of the radical right.

Want to debate African politics? (11.12.2017)

New post-doc tackles (mis)rule in Africa with sharp tongue, sharper ideas

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.

Course on labour market policy visits public employment office (09.11.2017)

Welfare theory meets practice.

- 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.

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.

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.

Ph.D. researcher tackles transitional justice in the Middle East (05.10.2017)

“My research can help policy-makers maximize chances of reconciliation”

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.

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