Research Projects

Research

Research Projects

The researchers at The Faculty of Law is involved in several projects funded by national and international research funding agencies.

芦Politi- og p氓talerett禄 is a project financed by Bergen Research Foundation, The Faculty of Law and National Police Directorate. The project is led by Gert Johan Kjelby.

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Monica Roos

Other Research Projects

Ongoing research projects

Act on Offshore Monitoring, ACTOM

Professor at the Faculty of Law, Sigrid Eskeland Sch眉tz, is participating in the Horizon 2020 funded interdisciplinary project, ACTOM.

The Centre on the Europeanization of Norwegian Law

The Centre on the Europeanisation of Norwegian Law (CENTENOL) will meet the need to generate new knowledge about the impact of European Economic Area (EEA) law on Norwegian law. CENTENOL is co-funded by the Research Council of Norway.

CHILDCRIM

CHILDCRIM is a five-year project on assessments about children's criminal insanity and violence risk, funded by The Research Council of Norway.

Criminal accountability and mental disorders around the world

Pilot project investigating how selected countries in the Global South deal with mental disorders in the criminal law. The project is funded by a CMI/UiB collaboration grant.

Database for Child Protection Judgements

BARN-NEMND is a research infrastructure project for county board decisions in child welfare matters. The project is led by professor Camilla Bernt.

Designing a Refined Legal Framework for Offshore Wind in the North Sea Basin (DeWindSea)

Professor Sigrid Eskeland Sch眉tz has received grants from Akademiaavtalen to do research on the legal framework on offshore wind in the North Sea Basin. The project is funded over a four year period, until 2024.

DIMENSIONS

DIMENSIONS is a five-year project on criminal insanity and psychosis. The project is funded by The Research Council of Norway.

EXPUN

EXPUN is a four-year research project that explores the legal frameworks of penal execution. The project is led by Henriette T酶ssebro and is supported by the Research Council of Norway.

Fundamental Concepts of Tax Law in a New Age

Fundamental Concepts of Tax Law in a New Age is a project established by the Norwegian Tax Administration and the University of Bergen. It is led by Henrik Skar, a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Law.

Governing Offshore Wind (GOV-WIND)

Governing Offshore Wind is an international 6-year research project led by Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui. The project examines the legal challenges in regulating offshore wind production.

Issues of Domestic Prosecution of War Crimes in Ukraine

Project aiming to legally asses issues of the prosecution of war crimes in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The project is conducted by Artem Nazarko and is funded under the EU鈥檚 Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Actions scheme.

The Legal History of the Norwegian Police and Policing 1686 - 2016

Large project on the legal history of the Norwegian police and policing from the year 1686 until 2016.

LaW-BALANCE

LaW-BALANCE is a four-year project on the legal framework of working life in transition. The project is led by Melanie Hack, and funded by The Research Council of Norway.

LEXplain

LEXplain focuses on how new hybrid AI technologies can be used to support legal decision-making processes.

Polycentric Climate Governance in Action

This project is a part of the overarching LEG-ARCH project (Legal Architecture of Climate Politics) which is a collaboration project between the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences. The project is led by postdoctoral researcher Cataline Vallejo.

Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability

The Faculty of Law is part of 大象传媒 - a fellowship programme at the University of Bergen within marine sustainability. The project has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 (Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Action).

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