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Michaël Tatham og hans nye bok
SAMPOL scholar reveals new insights into European regions (05.10.2016)
In his new book, Professor Michaël Tatham explores how states and their sub-state regions cooperate (and sometimes clash) in the EU
Professor Lee Epstein frå Washington University i St. Louis heldt årets Rokkanførelesing. Temaet for førelesinga var «The Study of Judicial Behavior».
Top law scholar to join UiB (29.09.2016)
One of the world’s leading judicial scholars has joined the University of Bergen as a visiting professor.
Professors Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks
The Three D's of Community: Distance, Difference, Dependence (21.09.2016)
Marks and Hooghe built their lecture on Rokkan’s profound analysis of peripheral community. They discussed how distance, difference and dependence of territorial communities endure within a state.
Yvette Peters and Michael Tatham
Stein Rokkan’s Heritage to Contemporary Political Science: (19.09.2016)
- Understanding Representational and Policy-Making Challenges in Multi-Jurisdictional Polities.
Aaron Spitzer og Elin Monstad
Indigenous People and Governance in the Arctic (19.09.2016)
Elin Monstad and Aaron Spitzer are newly appointed PhD candidates at the Department of Comparative Politics.
impact of oil sand
Combustible rights (19.09.2016)
Local indigenous groups in Alberta, Canada embrace change as a survival strategy in the oil sands areas characterized by instability and uncertainty in the wake of the economic recession and devastating natural disasters.
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Understanding Armed Groups and Party Politics (12.09.2016)
The latest edition of the Journal Civil Wars is a special issue edited by Gyda Marås Sindre and Johanna Söderström.
Forsiden på den nye boken til Bjørn Enge Bertelsen "Violent Becomongs"
NEW BOOK: Violent Becomings: State Formation, Sociality, and Power in Mozambique (12.09.2016)
Associate Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen published a new book.
Jakob Grandin and Kristin Edith Abrahamsen Kjærås.
New People at SpaceLab (07.09.2016)
In August two new PhD-students started working at SpaceLab: Jakob Grandin and Kristin Edith Abrahamsen Kjærås.
Forsiden på den nye boken til Michelle MacCarthy "Making the Modern Primitive: Cultural Tourism in the Trobriand Islands"
NEW BOOK: Making the Modern Primitive: Cultural Tourism in the Trobriand Islands (05.09.2016)
Post doctor Michelle MacCarthy has published a new book.
China National Human Development Report 2016
China National Human Development Report 2016 (31.08.2016)
Professor Stein Kuhnle is among the chief editors of the China National Human Development Report 2016: Social Innovation for Inclusive Human Development.
Sampolstudenter
Fresh Heads of State Occupy Campus (26.08.2016)
On Friday August 19th, the stage was set for "fagdag" at the Department of Comparative Politics, as part of semester start week.
Yvette Peters
Taking Research to New Heights (25.08.2016)
Yvette Peters is trying to strengthen democracy by studying political inequality and representation. She likes the idea that her work is relevant.
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Services and the Green Economy (09.08.2016)
The Green Economy Network with the editors Andrew Jones, Patrik Ström, Brita Hermelin and Grete Rusten launches an international book about role of services in the Greening of the Economy.
Teije Hidde Donke
Islamist movements and contentious politics in the Middle East draw a record number of students (15.07.2016)
Post doctor Teije Hidde Donker says his research and course is about a “hot topic” that also relates to the debate on terrorism and the threat of radicalism in Europe and Norway.
Masterkandidater fra sammenliknende politikk
Comparative Politics Strongly Represented at the Master Ceremony (06.07.2016)
The Master Ceremony 2016 hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences was held on Friday June 10th.
Dahlberg og Linde artikler
Two new articles from Jonas Linde (05.07.2016)
Jonas Linde, Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, has together with Stefan Dahlberg published two new articles.
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The welfare front line in the twenty-first century (04.07.2016)
Kjetil G. Lundberg (UniReseach Rokkan Centre) og Liv Johanne Syltevik (Department of sociology) have published an article on everyday interaction in the front line of the Norwegian welfare state in Journal of Organizational Ethnography.

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