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Atingting
Atingting holds the fort (25.03.2020)
At a locked-down University of Bergen, staff and students are not able to access university campus. Teaching, science and administrative tasks are taking place online. In our absence the iconic drum Atingting from Ambrym island in Vanuatu stands lonely guard at the Department.
image of a digital meeting and presentation
CET Lunches are now virtual! (24.03.2020)
CET has adjusted to the new situation we are in and moved our weekly lunch seminars online. Connect with our network every Wednesday!
Hakan Sicakkan
A vital moment to study international refugee protection (23.03.2020)
UiB professor Hakan G. Sicakkan’s newly launched project Protect will study refugees’ rights to international protection. A vital moment for projects like Protect, UN Refugee Agency says.
Presentation by Dr Austin D. Ablo
Joint public lecture at the University of Ghana (11.03.2020)
The Department of Geography at the University of Ghana and the Urban Enclaving Futures project arranged in February 2020 a successful public lecture at the Department of Geography and Resource Development.
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A classic in a new edition (11.03.2020)
“Organization Theory and the Public Sector Instrument, Culture and Myth” out in new and updated version.
MediaFutures Christoph Trattner portrett.
Will improve your digital diet (06.03.2020)
Christoph Trattner actually wanted to be a chef. Now, he wants to help you avoid digital junk food.
Close-up of venetian blind with male looking out of it, Stock image
A watchful eye in times of turmoil? (28.02.2020)
Per Lægreid looks at how repeated structural reform leads to more attention to political signals.
Illustrerende utklipp fra Lekves artikkel i klassekampen
"Labour struggles in the new world of work" (26.02.2020)
Does internationalization of the labour market pose a threat to the Norwegian model? In this article, Lekve examines this question through an analysis of the strike in Norse Production during the autumn of 2017.
Katarina Kroken Ingvild Hagen og Kristin Mjelde, masterstudenter på MA i medie- og interaksjonsdesign Håvard Tveit, Chief Executive Officer, Everviz
Media City Bergen companies pitch ideas for master projects (12.02.2020)
In Media City Bergen, master students can collaborate with companies such as TV 2 Digital, NRK, Vimond, Bergens Tidene, Mjoll and Everviz.
The social impact of the renewable energy transition (12.02.2020)
In her master's project Amber Nordholm is looking at the social impact of the renewable energy transition through a case study in Portugal.
Research fellow Mehri S. Agai
New research fellow (11.02.2020)
Will study youth and digital detox.
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Ensured gender equality in South Asia? (04.02.2020)
Professor Ishtiaq Jamil with new book on gender mainstreaming in South Asia
Christine Meyer og Siv Jensen
The Demise of an Agency Director (03.02.2020)
Christensen and Lægreid studies the conflict that followed the reorganization of Statistics Norway
Money Talks Professor Ragnhild Muriaas in Malawi during political campaign
Patriarchal structures an obstacle to women in politics in many countries (27.01.2020)
– Most often the priviliged are the winners in politics, and who is priviliged depends on gender, says professor Ragnhild Muriaas, who has lead the research project Money Talks.
Stacks of coins of differeing height
Circulation at the Top: Elites, Social Mobility and Intergenerational Capital Conversion (27.01.2020)
Despite calls for bridging the gap between the sociology of social class and the sociology of elites, there are few examples where this actually has been done. This article seeks to do so by applying approaches and statistical techniques commonly used in studies of social mobility in an analysis of circulation mobility in elite formations.
European Perspectives For Public Administration
A Norwegian perspective (23.01.2020)
Lægreid with chapter on public administration research in Norway.
Akram Hossain
Ethnicity, religion and gender in democracy (20.01.2020)
PhD Candidate Akram Hossain coauthor chapter on democratic participation in Bangladesh in new book.
Per Lægreid
Renewed interest in coordination (20.01.2020)
Christensen and Lægreid with new publication on Coordination Quality

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