News archive for Department of Comparative Politics

Imagine that you were to meet Bill Gates in a lift. You strike up a conversation and he asks you what you do. As it happens, you have just come up with an idea that you believe could change the world. In the approximately two minutes until the elevator reaches your floor, you decide to try to convince him that he should invest in your idea. What would you say?

New comparative politics associate professor, Stefan Dahlberg, is an expert at gathering, analyzing public opinion.

“It is going to be interesting to look at tools for achieving greater political diversity,” says Jana Birke Belschner.

In a new work, comparative politics scholar Hakan Sicakkan shines light on the European public sphere.

New UiB digital-research laboratory makes its debut

- Diverse groups are more likely to succeed.

Hans Tanks auditorium at Amalie Skram high school was packed with interested and engaged students at Vg3 when Associate Professor of Comparative Politics Michael Alvarez lectured about democracy and American politics for the students of Amalie Skram on Monday.

In his new book, Professor Michaël Tatham explores how states and their sub-state regions cooperate (and sometimes clash) in the EU