News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

- Having the right contacts is more important than politicians realize (15.05.2014)

Professor Jonas Linde says to local newspaper Sunnhordaland that politicians often underestimate the importance of having the right contacts. A recent survey done by the newspaper shows that less than half of the elected politicians in the municipality of Stord believes knowing the right people matters for influencing political outcomes there.

Department of Comparative Politics - ‘Centre of Excellence’ (14.05.2014)

The Department of Comparative Politics is now a partner in PluriCourts - The Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, a Centre of Research Excellence at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.

Child Care in a Globalising World: perspectives from Ghana (BRIC 2012) (14.05.2014)

The book "Child Care in a Globalising World: perspectives from Ghana" got a good rewiew in the last issue of the journal AFRICA (Cambridge University Press). The departments own professor emerita Kari Wærness has co-edited the book.

International Journal of Social Research Methodology (07.05.2014)

New special issue of "International Journal of Social Research Methodology" in honor of Professor Julia Brannen

Department of Comparative Politics participates in new international research project: How do populists communicate? (03.05.2014)

Associate Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten of the Department of Comparative Politics represents the University of Bergen in a new international research project on populist communication. The project is supported by the prestigious COST Action EU program.

- The Norwegian government is trying to normalize relations with China (29.04.2014)

China-expert Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr writes in an op-ed in Aftenposten that Norway needs good relations with a China on the rise, and that it therefore makes sense for the Norwegian government not to meet with the Dalai Lama now.

ARAB SPRING: Uprisings, Powers, Interventions (24.04.2014)

Kjetil Fosshagen is out with a new book, exploring the structural dynamics underpinning popular resistance and their support or suppression during the Arab Spring. The book asks; has the revolutions since been hijacked and the uprisings already usurped by the upper classes?

Politicians want to give the Norwegian Parliament more influence on the selection of Supreme Court justices (23.04.2014)

Professor Gunnar Grendstad argues in an op-ed in Klassekampen that the government’s and the Supreme Court’s involvement in the selection of justices could be problematic with respect to the separation of powers and democracy. He notes that some therefore have favored involving the Norwegian parliament more in the selection process.

Tatham with seven new articles on the role of regions in the EU system (22.04.2014)

Associate Professor Michaël Tatham does research on the role of regions in the EU system. This spring the prolific researcher has published seven new articles in the field.

- The person-focus of the media creates more political scandals (13.04.2014)

According to Professor Tor Midtbø of the Department of Comparative Politics, journalists have become more interested in the political game and what happens offstage, and this leads to more political scandals. Midtbø was recently interviewed by newspaper Mandag Morgen about a new Nordic research project on political scandals in which he is engaged.

New international research project on welfare reform in Russia (13.04.2014)

Professor Stein Kuhnle of the Department of Comparative Politics collaborates with Norwegian, Finnish, American and Russian partners on a new research project on welfare reform in Russia. The project is led by the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research.

Associate Professor Terje Knutsen’s Ukraine expertise in demand (09.04.2014)

The TV2 News Channel and The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy are among those asking for the Ukraine expertise of Associate Professor Terje Knutsen. During the tense situation in Ukraine Norwegian media have frequently asked for the Eastern Europe expert’s assessment.

The EU’s ambassador to Norway visits the Department of Comparative Politics (04.04.2014)

The Ukraine crisis, the free trade agreement between the EU and the US and the EU’s relations with Norway were among the topics the EU’s ambassador to Norway Helen Campbell spoke about in her visit to the Department of Comparative Politics April 4th.

Does postponed first pregnancy increase gender differences in sickness absence? (04.04.2014)

Anja M. S. Ariansen at The Department of Sociology and Arnstein Mykletun has published a new study that investigates whether higher average age at first delivery increase gender differences in sickness absence.

Can a future climate change threaten the current hydropower production in Norway? (02.04.2014)

In today’s economic and power consuming state, hydropower can be regarded as the most critical and beneficial renewable resource in Norway. The main goal of my project is to visualize past temporal snowlines on the west coast mountain regions in Norway during varying future climate scenarios and to study how this will affect the production of hydropower.

Work-life balance: what can China learn from European welfare states? (31.03.2014)

Professor Stein Kuhnle is the co-editor of a new book on work-life balance in Europe and China. Together with Norwegian and Chinese colleagues he discusses how China can learn from the experiences of European welfare states.

Professor Frank Aarebrot honored by rector for TV lecture (31.03.2014)

Professor Frank Aarebrot was recently honored for his TV-lecture on Norwegian history by Rector Dag Rune Olsen of the University of Bergen. Professor Aarebrot’s popularizing of academic knowledge has been widely praised in the weeks ensuing the live-TV lecture.

2001 and Counting: Kubrick, Nietzsche, and Anthropology by Bruce Kapferer (26.03.2014)

Bruce Kapferer has recently published a new book - 2001 and Counting: Kubrick, Nietzsche, and Anthropology. Read more about it here!

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