Lunch seminars in Comparative Political Economy
An inter-departmental seminar series at the University of Bergen
Hovedinnhold
Spring 2026
Convenors: Georg Picot (Department of Comparative Politics), georg.picot@uib.no
Katharina Sass (Department of Sociology), katharina.sass@uib.no
Location: meeting room, Christies gate 15, 2nd floor
2 February, 12:15-13:15h
Collective discussion of:
Culpepper, P. D. (2025) Business power in contemporary democracies, in Regini, M. (ed), Handbook of Comparative Political Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 167-181.
2 March, 12:15-13:15h
Collective discussion of:
Streeck, W. (2025) Comparative political economy: past, present, future, in Regini, M. (ed), Handbook of Comparative Political Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 555-573.
23 March, 14:15-15:30h, meeting room, Christies gate 17, 2nd floor
(NB: different time and room than usual!)
Regine Paul, Department of Government
“The AI matrix: profits, power, politics”
13 April, 12:15-13:15h
Katharina Sass, Department of Sociology
“The Norwegian Resource Rent Tax: Political Strategies of the Salmon Elite”
27 April, 12:15-13:15h
Sara Dybesland, European University Institute
“Why she cares about caring: gendered issue priorities and gendered labour markets”