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More than 10,000 interviews and a new method show that survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are actually more engaged in their communities afterwards.

PhD Fellow Frøydis Lønborg Haarberg published a scoping review on children’s representation in child protection decisions in the prestigious journal Children and Youth Services Review.

Our colleague Fabian Hattke has been honored for his co-authored article “Theories and Theorizing in Public Administration: A Systematic Review. The award has been announced at the annual meeting of the Commission Public Management in the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB).

This year’s theme for International Women's Day focuses on Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress and the crucial role of inclusion in achieving gender equality. For this occasion we re-visit Professor Ragnhild Muriaas' research on gendered electoral financing, delving into global initiatives shaping women's political participation in different countries.

Head of the course Lise Rykkja and Jill Loga welcomed the first cohort of leaders from the ministries and affiliated units to Bergen and to the political science course on wicked problems, collaboration, and coordination in the public sector.

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.

Lise Rakner, with Odd Helge Fjeldstad (CMI) have published a book chapter in a recent new publication from Oxford University Press.

What are the key drivers behind the European Union's groundbreaking regulation of artificial intelligence?