News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

Nettverk kan styrke politikken (14.10.2011)

Ann Karin Tennås Holmen disputerte fredag 14.oktober for PhD-graden ved UiB. Hun argumenterer i sin avhandling for at vi enten må godta at politikerne mister kontroll, eller at vi må finne nye insentivstrukturer for å sikre kontrollen. For styringsnettverkene er kommet for å bli

An Essay on Human and Animal published (03.10.2011)

Professor Vigdis Broch-Due is guest essayist on the American Humanist Society’s Forum OnTheHuman.org with "Animal in Mind: people, cattle and shared nature on the African Savannah". Her thought-provoking essay is published 3 October 2011 and will stay open for 2 weeks for comments.

Margit Ystanes defended her thesis (03.10.2011)

In June 2011 Margit Ystanes defended her PhD thesis. Ystanes's thesis is entitled "Precarious Trust. Problems of Managing Self and Sociality in Guatema"

Interview with Vigdis Broch-Due (03.10.2011)

-There is no simple correlation between poverty and population growth, says Vigdis Broch-Due in this recent interview.