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Professor Andreas Opdahl, one of Norway's leading experts in artificial intelligence (AI), is spearheading an ambitious initiative: Insight, a research center focused on AI in local democratic ecosystems. With a clear objective to develop technology that enhances local democracy, researchers and industry partners are now seeking funding from the Research Council of Norway.
The edited volume "Egalitarian Dynamics: Liminality, and Victor Turner’s Contribution to the Understanding of Socio-historical Process", has recently been published, offering fresh perspectives on the anthropologist’s enduring influence. Edited by renowned scholars Bruce Kapferer and Marina Gold, the book delves into Turner’s concept of liminality and its relevance to contemporary social dynamics... Read more
COST Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond. Sampol's Linn Sandberg and Arjan Schakel are both involved in their respective Cost Action Project.
Six months after the start of the project Contested Frontiers (ConFront), the project’s research team is now in place.
My name is Ole Anders Amundsen Rognø and I come from Bergen. I am currently enrolled in my second year at Master´s in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges. I have a Bachelor´s degree in Administration and Organization theory from the University in Bergen.
Scholars from the Department of Comparative Politics contributed to the recently published Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour.
Marija Slavkovik, Head of Department and Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Information and Media Studies (Infomedia), was recently awarded the “Publication of the Decade” award at the NORA Annual Conference 2024.