Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Jana Birke Belschner
On August 28, 2020 Jana Birke Belschner will defend her doctoral thesis for the PhD Degree at the University of Bergen.

Main content
The title of the thesis
芦The Political Inclusion of Youth. Quotas, Parties, and Elections in Democratic and Democratizing States禄
Opponents
- 1st opponent: Professor Daniel Stockemer, School of Political 大象传媒, University of Ottawa, Canada
- 2nd opponent:听Professor Francesca Jensenius, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway
Committee chair: Professor Lise Rakner, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
The public defence will be chaired by Professor Jacob Aars, Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen
Trial Lecture
August 28, 9.15 鈥 10.00听
Assigned topic: 鈥淵outh political engagement. Is there a vicious cycle between lack of political interest, lack of political participation and lack of political representation?鈥
Public Defence
August 28, 10.30 鈥 15.00
Meet the Candidate after the Public Defense
Join us in听听directly after the public defense to meet and greet the candidate.听In this meeting you may join with microphone and camera.
How to attend the trial lecture and public defence
Welcome to virtual trial lecture and defense! To attend the trial lecture and defense, click on the links to Zoom webinar above.
The trial lecture will start at 09.15.听and the defense at 10.30., sharp. You may leave and rejoin the meeting at any time. If the Zoom application is new to you, we recommend that you press the link well before the events to download the program.
The audience are observing participants only, and therefore not able to turn on microphone and camera during the events. We recommend choosing "Speaker view". Select this in the upper right corner when in Zoom.
If you want to attend as opponent ex auditorio, please send an e-mail to听@uib.no听by 11.30 Monday, August 28. Other questions can also be sent here.
The thesis is available on request to听. It is not allowed to download, print or share the thesis.
The trial lecture and defense will be recorded in case of technical difficulties. The recorded material will only be used if any member of the committee is absent due to technical errors, and we will delete it immediately after the committee has approved the events.