Master's Ceremony 2025
The Department of Government hosted a master ceremony for the students that have finished their master degree Spring 2025 on our two master programs.
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On Monday, 2nd of June, the department invited master's students, supervisors, and other staff to the master's ceremony. We celebrated 16 students from the Master's program in Politikk og forvaltning and, for the first time ever, the first cohort from the Master's in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges handed in their theses where 17 students submitted.
This year, the newly (and soon-to-be) graduated candidates received a tote bag, a UiB mug, as well as a rose.
We congratulate this wonderful group once again on submitting their master's thesis!
Master theses from MA in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges
| Student | Title | Supervisor |
| Nora Eide Bakke | Leveraging Faith?: Exploring Strategies of Cooperation with Religious Actors on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Development in Ethiopia | Regine Paul |
| Anne Marthe Borgen | Motivation Matters? How Older Female Representatives’ Motivations Differ From Other Representatives in Municipal Councils | Åsta Dyrnes Nordø |
| Kristine Elisabeth Helgheim Rauan | The Silence of Institutions: Analyzing the Underrepresentation of Religious Persecution in Academia, NGOs, and the UN | Fabian Hattke |
| Helle Løvik Hatleskog | Climate skepticism in Norway: A qualitative study of climate skepticism among Norwegian political parties and the public | Simon Neby |
| Israt Jahan | From Crisis to Burden: Environmental Impacts and Policy Inefficiencies in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh | Esther Song |
| Caroline Kaasa | Securing Knowledge? A case study of how The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) navigate the tension between export control and academic freedom | Marta Rekdal Eidheim |
| Andrea Martini | Queer lawfare under the far right | Siri Gloppen |
| Katharina John Nordbø | Knowledge and paternalism in the Norwegian trans-specific youth healthcare | Regine Paul |
| Ole Anders Amundsen Rognø | Towards an implementation gap? “An analysis of the implementation burdens of the maritime sector´s inclusion in the Norwegian Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Act" | Zuzana Murdoch |
| Andrea Rygh-Johansen | "Preaching without Practice" The EU Normative Power and its Engagement in the Sudanese Civil War | Arild Farsund |
Kateryna Shumska | Discourse analysis of the topic of draft evasion in Ukrainian media | Endre Tvinnereim |
| Kjetil Hansen Skåra | Cooperation within Higher Education: The duality of China | Francesca Feo |
| Elisa Parnefält Størksen | EU Accession as a Path to Democracy: Election Observation and Electoral Quality in the Western Balkans | Lise Rakner |
| Aleksandra Vaisberg | Exiting with(out) a Voice: Political Mobilization Among the Post-Soviet Emigre Activists | Lise Rakner |
| Ianira Vieira Gomes Fernandes | The politics of citizenship in Africa | Siri Gloppen |
| Christopher Zwoelfer | Terror and Policy: Why Some Attacks Reshape Laws and Others Fade Away | Corentin Poyet |
| John Alexander Alstad | EU regulations and their normative impacts | Arild Farsund |
| Rakel Elise Andersen Bøe | - | Ishtiaq Jamil |
| Gabriella Sofie Øyen | How African countries vote in the United Nations General Assembly, in light of China’s economic presence through aid on the African continent. | Carlo Koos |
| Synne Grimstad | Climate Migration - EU´s view on their own responsibility | Regine Paul |
Master theses from MA in Politics and Governance
| Student | Title | Supervisor |
| Anna Jensen Aarethun | Offentlig-privat samarbeid med beredskapsarbeid i Norge. | Anne Lise Fimreite |
| Vegar Ferkingstad Bakken | Norsk antibiotikastyring i primærhelsetjenesten | Anne Lise Fimreite |
| Oda Persdotter Bolstad | Frå nasjonal stategi til lokal handling: Implementering av nasjonal cybertryggleikspolicy - ein komparativ casestudie av Sogndal og Øygarden kommune" | Ishtiaq Jamil |
| Malin Haugen Daapan | The Politics of Ethnic Conflict: Why Some Indian States Experience More Riots Than Others | Carlo Koos |
| Ingeborg Espeland | En studie av normaldrift og forebygging av kriser ved samfunnskritisk infrastruktur | Anne Lise Fimreite |
| Eline Høviskeland Grindvik | Fra problem til politikk: Hvordan sentrale aktører former tiltak mot ungdomskriminaliteten i Norge | Marit Skivenes/Lise Rykkja |
| Emma Rasløv Harestad | Women in Leadership: A Case Study from the Norwegian Oil and Gas Sector | Ishtiaq Jamil |
| Ida Vedvik Henriksen | Samlokalisert beredskap: En studie av horisontal samordning på Politiets nasjonale beredskapssenter | Lise H. Rykkja |
| Zabi Himmat | Talibans innramming (rettferdiggjøring) av kvinnepolitikk i nasjonal og internasjonal presse | Lise Rakner |
| Ragnhild Johnsen | Opplevelsen av nepotisme i kommunesektoren | Zuzana Murdoch |
| Thomas Patrick Handeland Johnsen | Changing Currents Population- and Manifesto Analysis of Norway's Far-Right | Corentin Poyet |
| Astri Kjærmann | Forutsetninger for samarbeid mellom barneverntjenesten og BUP | Marit Skivenes/Simon Neby |
| Carina Rognsvåg Kobbeltvedt | Abortpolitikk i Norge: Samsvar i synet på selvbestemt abort mellom innbyggerne og politiske representanter | Ragnhild Muriaas |
| Josefine Herlofson Larsen | Agendasetting i kommunale ungdomsråd; en casestudie av ungdomsråd i Alver kommune og Askøy kommune | Marit Skivenes/Jacob Aars |
| Mariell Vestvik Lepsøy | Kommunal parlamentarisme og partipolitisk samspill: En casestudie av Bergen kommune | Fabian Hattke |
| Maiken Mucha | - | Jacob Aars |
| Sigrid Thorsen Nessa | Tverretatlig- og tverrsektorielt samarbeid innenfor håndteringen av ungdomskriminalitet i Bergen | Simon Neby |
| Ksenia Wiktoria Pietrzyk | Alkoholpolitikken og barnets beste | Ksenia Wiktoria Pietrzyk |
| Guro Sofie Rolstad | Fastlegen som portvokter - skjønnsmessige utfordringer i vurdering av uføretrygd | Hege Stein Helland |
| Sondre Saurås | Utformingen av det regionale miljøprogrammet: En casestudie av landbruksorganisasjonene i Rogaland | Jacob Aars |
| Ingrid Øygarden | Distriktskommunar i møte med eldrebølgja - eit komparativt studie. | Hege Stein Helland |