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Margaret Levi
Margaret Levi: "In the Interest of Others" (27.09.2012)
This year's Rokkan lecture will be held by Margaret Levi, Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Washington.
APSA: Democratic Imperatives
Gloppen in APSA's Task Force (31.08.2012)
The American Political Science Association's (APSA) "Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security, and Social Justice in a Volatile World" published it's final report this spring. Siri Gloppen, from the Department of Comparative Politics, has been a member of the task force.
'Gaza in Oslo': Social imaginaries in the political engagement of Norwegian minority youth (29.08.2012)
In a newly published article in Ethnicities, Christine Jacobsen and Mette Andersson follow the engagement of youth from a multi-ethnic Oslo mosque.
Professor Shelly Lundberg
Shelly Lundberg appointed to Honorary Doctor (23.08.2012)
Renowned researcher in Labour and Family Economics appointed to Honorary Doctor at the University of Bergen
Towards a mixed economy of long-term care in Norway? (26.06.2012)
In a newly published article in Critical Social Policy, Karen Christensen presents a critical analysis of privatization in longterm care in Norway.
Professor David Kirp besøker Instituttet (21.05.2012)
Professor i Public Policy David Kirp ved University of California besøker Institutt for Administrasjon og Organisasjonsvitenskap med foredraget “Market and Equity in Higher Education” 29. mai.
New head of International Development Program (30.04.2012)
Professor Deborah Brautigam is moving on to Johns Hopkins University.
Good start for Nordic-Chinese cooperation (30.04.2012)
The first semester of the new exchange program at Fudan University in Shanghai is well underway. The semester course give students insights into Chinese politics and development in a global perspective.
Transitions to parenthood in Europe (24.04.2012)
"Transitions to parenthood in Europe - A comparative life course perspective" edited by Ann Nilsen, Julia Brannen and Suzan Lewis.
New book on AT in HCI (19.04.2012)
Victor Kaptelinin has, together with Bonnie Nardi, just published a new book on Activity theory in HCI with Morgan & Claypool publishers
Wasson awarded contract (16.04.2012)
Professor Barbara Wasson, Interaction Research Group, has been awarded the contract for the Enabling Technology for Europe 2020 Educational Cluster by Johns Hopkins University, funded by Microsoft Europe. Barbara Wasson is the Education Cluster Research Lead and Øystein Johannessen from Cerpus AS is the Education Cluster Lead.
Chapter in Encyclopedia of interaction design (28.03.2012)
Professor Victor Kaptelinin has published a chapter on Activity Theory in the Encyclopedia of interaction design
Call for papers: REPLA- Red Europea de Política Latinoamericana (European Network on Latin American Politics) (16.02.2012)
The annual REPLA workshop for phd candidates – call for papers! Deadline for submission of abstracts: 22nd of february.
New article in Social Politics (24.01.2012)
Professor Lise Widding Isaksen has published the article "Transnational Spaces of Care: Migrant Nurses in Norway" in Social Politics.
Critical Perspectives on Environment and Development (30.11.2011)
Geo 337 Web based Master course
Harvard Kennedy School invites you to an information session (12.10.2011)
Harvard Kennedy School Invites you to an information session to learn about our degree programs, admissions procedures & financial aid opportunities
PhD course and conference: Migration, Globalization and New Social Formations (06.10.2011)
A PhD course and a conference -- both co-organized by the Department of Geography at the University of Bergen -- will take place between 9 and 11 November.
Bilde av Bjørn Enge Bertelsen
Bjørn Enge Bertelsen joins Poverty Politics (03.10.2011)
Having started in August 2010, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen joins the research programme Poverty Politics.

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