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Stein Rokkan would have been 100 years old on 4 July 2021. He was one of the world鈥檚 leading political sociologists during the first decades after the Second World War and he played a core role in the development of the social sciences at the University of Bergen in the late 1960s. He established the subject 鈥榗omparative politics鈥�.
Still, a handful of neighboring states continue to host the majority of Syrian refugees.
The CORE Lecture Series invites leading international scholars to present their ongoing research.
Over the past decade, China has emerged as a large actor on the African continent 鈥� primarily through trade, investment and as provider of development finance. But China is increasingly also playing a more direct political role.
Professor Elisabeth聽Ivarsflaten聽receives the ERC Consolidator Grant for the project "INCLUDE".聽The project addresses one of聽the聽most fundamental challenges聽of our time; how to live peacefully together as diverse societies.
Professor Ragnhild Muriaas at the University of Bergen started her working career as a DJ. Now she investigates what strings must be played in politics to make a footprint.
Digital summer research school.
鈥� Migration is an important field of law because legal status makes an enormous difference. If you have status as 鈥榗itizen鈥� you are protected by the law in a completely different way than refugees and migrants.
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions. Deadline 20 June, 2020.
UiB professor Hakan G. Sicakkan鈥檚 newly launched project Protect will study refugees鈥� rights to international protection. A vital moment for projects like Protect, UN Refugee Agency says.
鈥� Most often the priviliged are the winners in politics, and who is priviliged depends on gender, says professor Ragnhild Muriaas, who has lead the research project Money Talks.
鈥� We are very happy to mark our position as a national competence centre on survey data and development of the survey method, says deputy dean Ragnhild Muriaas.
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions. Deadline 14 June, 2019.
Professor Kathleen Thelen from MIT held the 2018 Rokkan Memorial Lecture, and presented the American precariat in a true Rokkanian, comparative tradition.
The department's internal workshop on measurements and concepts proved to be both challenging and rewarding.
The Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture of 2018 will be held by Professor Kathleen Thelen, whose research on historical institutionalism and comparative historical analysis connects her to the work of Stein Rokkan.
Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Comparative Politics and University of Cambridge, Gyda Sindre, has launched an ambitious research network and website which will bring thorough attention to several themes connected to post-conflict studies.
Stefan Dahlberg, who has been an associate professor at the department over the last years specializing in themes such as voter behavior and experimental research, has gained his promotion to professor.
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