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New article by Elisabeth Ivarsflaten: How are Muslim minorities to be included in liberal democracies? (13.02.2024)
The article Value Conflicts Revisited: Muslims, Gender Equality, and Gestures of Respect published in British Journal of Political Science, is based on the study of the inclusion of Muslims in liberal democracies in the presence of value conflict.
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Legal autocratisation ahead of the 2021 Zambian elections (09.02.2024)
As part of the Breaking Bad Understanding Backlash to Democracy in Africa, Lise Rakner with Marja Hinfelaar , Sishuwa Sishuwa and Nic van de Walle (2023) published the following article in a special issue of Journal of Eastern African Studies focusing on Zambia's most recent elections.
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The Politics of Revenue Bargaining in Africa Triggers, Processes, and Outcomes (2023) (09.02.2024)
Lise Rakner, with Odd Helge Fjeldstad (CMI) have published a book chapter in a recent new publication from Oxford University Press.
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The kindergarten from an implementation perspective (22.12.2023)
Kjetil Børhaug and Hanne Kvilhaugsvik are contributors of a recent book on the framework plan for kindergartens.
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New article by Regine Paul explains drivers of EU’s landmark AI Act (19.12.2023)
What are the key drivers behind the European Union's groundbreaking regulation of artificial intelligence?
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March/Olsen Honorary Lecture (H23): Professor Walter W. Powell (25.08.2023)
On Friday, August 25th 2023, the Department of Government was pleased to host this year's March / Olsen Honorary Lecture with Professor Walter W. (Woody) Powell as the distinguished speaker. The title of the lecture by Professor Powell was called "The Iron Cage Redux - Looking Back and Forward".
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Lobbying on higher education issues in Western Europe - mapping of interest groups and intermediary structures (10.08.2023)
Who are the key actors in interest intermediation in higher education in Western Europe?
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Do Wars breed Nationalism? (11.04.2023)
Carlo Koos from the Department of Government is one of the authors of this new article published in American Political Science Review.
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The Oxford Handbook of Child Protection Systems (06.03.2023)
This handbook, edited by Jill Duerr Berrick, Neil Gilbert and Marit Skivenes, is the largest to date overview of child protection systems across the world. The book describes and analyzes the ways in which 50 countries from every continent, except Antarctica, have developed measures for the protection of children in need of protection against maltreatment prescribed in the UNCRC.
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New master’s programme at the Department of Government (10.02.2023)
This autumn we offer a new and redesigned English master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges
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Research assistant at CET (1 year) (09.02.2023)
At Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) we are looking for a full time research assistant for one year. Deadline March 5th!
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Democratic backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, resilience, and contention (23.01.2023)
Why have most African countries not achieved greater political liberalization? What explains the lack of progress toward the ideals of liberal democracy across the region?
Bilete med ESS-logo, et svakt Europakart, og tekst: "20 år med ESS. Markering av 10 runder og 20 år med data fra European Social Survey i Norge og Europa. 25. januar, Hotel Norge, Bergen"
Twenty years of ESS and new data from Norway (06.01.2023)
We mark European Social Survey’s (ESS) 20th anniversary by holding a seminar at Hotel Norge, Wednesday 25 January, from 0930 to 1700. Department of Government has been national coordinator for the ESS since 2019, and wishes to invite all interested parties to participate at the seminar. Everyone are also invited to a competition on making the best ESS data visualization.
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We are looking for new colleagues! (07.11.2022)
Exciting academic positions at the Department of Government
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MA Politics and Governance of Global Challenges (01.11.2022)
The redesigned Master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges explores the complex multi-level governance of global, and often wicked, problems in the contemporary world such as inequality, climate change, migration, or pandemics.
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How do Norwegians feel about climate change? (21.10.2022)
The Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen writes about findings from the Norwegian Citizen Panel regarding how Norwegians feel towards climate change. These findings reveal that sadness is the most common emotion, but in general, we feel little towards climate change.
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Does state building improve state-citizens relations in conflict-affected countries? (20.10.2022)
In a new article, Carlo Koos together with Alexander De Juan, Miquel Pellicer and Eva Wegner show that foreign aid-funded state building projects can improve people’s access to basic services but fail to improve citizens’ attitudes towards the state.
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Can critical policy studies outsmart AI? (26.09.2022)
Regine Paul proposes new research agenda to tackle techno-solutionist hypes in public policy

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