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Siri Gloppen - Centre on Law and Social Transformation (CLST)
Political determinants on sexual and reproductive health (12.02.2016)
Safe and legal abortion, access to health services for non-heterosexuals, HIV transmission. Focusing on political determinants on sexual and reproductive health, professor Siri Gloppen is getting ready to hire a new post-doc to the Department of Comparative Politics.
Georg Picot
Picot: Globalization and healthcare policy (03.02.2016)
In the latest edition of Journal of European Public Policy, read Georg Picot’s latest published article on «Globalization and healthcare policy: a constraint on growing expenditures»
Hakan G. Sicakkan
Funding for migration research (29.01.2016)
Hakan G. Sicakkan member of international research group that receives funding for research initiative on hidden migration in the context of global economic, social and political transformations.
Vegard Jarness
Award for best article in english in 2015 (25.01.2016)
Vegard Jarness, postdoctor at Dept. of Sociology, was awarded best article in english in 2015 by the Norwegian Sociology Assosiation for the article ”Cultural vs Economic Capital: Symbolic Boundaries Within the Middle Class”.
Peters awarded prize for article published in West European Politics
Peters: Prize and newly published article (12.01.2016)
As Yvette Peters and Sander Ensink were awarded the Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright memorial prize for yesteryears article on differential responsiveness, a new article by Peters on party membership was published in the European Journal of Political Research.
Collage pictures life courses
Life courses in a Scandinavian welfare state (11.01.2016)
The Department of Sociology offers a new course on "Life courses in a Scandinavian Welfare State" from spring 2016. This course focuses on the provision of welfare in in different phases of life.
Pressebildene til Marry-Anne Karlsen og Thomas Sajan
Disputations at the Department of Social Anthropology (17.12.2015)
In December this year three PhD scholars from the Department of Social Anthropology defended their thesis.
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Alf Nilsen on Marxisme og Postkolonialisme (11.12.2015)
Alf Gunvald Nilsen has recently published an article in the journal Critical Sociology that addresses the relationship between Marxist and postcolonial theory.
FRIPRO-midlar til Muriaas
Research Council funding for research on gendered electoral financing (04.12.2015)
The research project «MONEY TALKS: Gendered Electoral Financing in Democratic and Democratizing States» recieves funding from The Norwegian Research Council
Participants
Power in political ecology (01.12.2015)
Where is the power? Why do poor farmers remain poor? Is the dominance of the global oil companies eternal and inevitable? How do local politics and power relations influence climate adaptation projects? Can conflicts of interest be turned into constructive dialogue in planning processes?
Illustrasjon
The Politics of Caste in West Bengal (17.11.2015)
New edited volume out now!
panel diskusjon på Norwegian Anthropology Day i London
Norwegian Anthropology Day in London (12.11.2015)
A few weeks ago Norwegian anthropologists traveled to London to partake in Norwegian Anthropology Day on invitation from The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI).
Kari Elida Eriksen og Marikke Wulff Wathne
Beyond interesting: Reflections from first-time conference participants (05.11.2015)
As master students in human geography, quite a lot of our time is dedicated to discussing issues related to our subject. Heated debates over the philosophy of sciences and whether or not the current environmental crisis can be solved through social revolutions or new types of city planning are normal aspect of our days.
Disputaskandidatene
Disputations at the Department of Social Anthropology (30.10.2015)
In October this year three PhD scholars from the Department of Social Anthropology defended their thesis.
Til Prasad Pangali Sharma
Livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood (29.10.2015)
In my master project I study livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood: A case from Kailali district, Nepal.
Norwegian Anthropology Day at RAI
Norwegian Anthropology Day at the Royal Anthropological Institute (27.10.2015)
The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) has in recent years organised a series of annual full-day presentations of other countries’ anthropologies, conveyed by speakers and panels from the countries in question. In 2015, the spotlight is on Norwegian anthropology.
Master student Ernestina Ohenwaah Denchie.
Land governance in Ghana’s emerging oil city (27.10.2015)
In my master project I study land governance and competition for space in Ghana’s emerging oil city, Sekondi-Takoradi.
Master student Rosina Badwi.
Integration of Ghanian immigrants in Bergen (27.10.2015)
In my master project, I study integration of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen's labour market and their contribution to development at home.

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