Tree of #AcademicFreedom is brought to @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social to be part of #DenAkademiskePepperkakebyen - the gingerbread city marking 200 years of the museum & @unibergen.bsky.social. Made by 10 lawtransformers of 7 nationalities, accross religions, genders, disciplines & ages: 6-61 yrs
LawTransform
@lawtransform.bsky.social
Centre on Law & Social Transformation is a research centre and global network of scholars exploring the use of law as tool for social change and its effects. Co-owned by CMI & University of Bergen. Convenes annual #BergenExchanges www.lawtransform.no
Today maks 80 yrs since the Nuremberg tribunal. Despite flaws. it paved the way for application of International Human Rights Law and the creation of the International Criminal Court. To learn more, read Dorothee Alberts' blog: www.lawtransform.no/%E2%80%A6/th... Picture: National Archives, USA
Bergen Pride Parade at 1 pm today (line up on the far end of Bryggen from 12)! 🌈 Hope to see you there in the sun! 💞☀️
Velkommen til #AkademiskMorgenkaffe med Astrid Gynnild i morgen onsdag 28.5 på SV-fakultet, @unibergen.bsky.social Hva mener vi egentlig med «undervisning»? Og hvordan kan vi som utdannere best forberede våre studenter på fremtiden?
New research from the Nordic countries shows strong public support for children’s right to information and for giving weight to their opinions in child protection cases. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lawtransform.bsky.social @conorom.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social
Balancing paternalism and child centrism: a Nordic population study on children's rights in child protection
This article examines representative population samples (N = 5,073) on attitudes about children's participation in child protection investigations in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. ...
tandfonline.com
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
npr.org
having spoken to friends and comrades who are both anxious about travelling to the US for the LSA, and unable to withdraw for a number of reasons, we have drafted this letter. docs.google.com/forms/d/1O2F...
Open Letter to the LSA
We, the undersigned, urge you to (1) allow for hybrid participation at this year’s Annual Meeting; (2) to approve full reimbursement of conference fees for those who no longer feel able to participate...
docs.google.com
Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs — some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies — just made a fortune. It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.
"Whereas we have traditionally seen the classroom as a place in which we impart knowledge, we must instead see it as a place where we guide students in developing character, wisdom, judgment and purpose" @andyhoffman.bsky.social wrote about the future of business schools on @lseblogs.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Bli med på Barnevernfrokost, fredag 4 april kl. 9:00, der Dr. Elisabeth Backe-Hansen diskuterer lisensiering av barnevernsinstitusjoner på tvers av nordiske land. Mer informasjon kan finnes her: discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...
Join us on our #Barnevernfrokost webinar on Friday, 04.04 (9:00 CEST), where Dr. Elisabeth Backe-Hansen will discuss on licensing of child welfare institutions across Nordic countries (in Norwegian). Find more information here: discretion.w.uib.no/event/proses...
Check out the LawTransform scholar starting pack.
Starter pack for scholars in the Centre on Law & Social Transformation network (LawTransform www.lawtransform.no) and others researching the strategic use of rights, law & court for social change. #lawfare #legalmobilization. ♦️Want to be included? Let us know in comments ♦️ go.bsky.app/DBYcFVs
Velkommen til #AkademiskMorgenkaffe på onsdag! Kristine Holmelid fra Senter for undersøkende journalistikk @unibergen.bsky.social er gjest og vi skal snakke om journalistene og journalistutdanningens betydning for demokratiet. Kaffe & te i vrimlearealet på SV-bygget fra kl 9. Samtalen starter 9:15.
Smaker godt med en seier ja! EFTA-domstolen er sykt enig med oss i fjordsøksmålet❤️
Seier i EFTA-domstolen!
nu.no
Gratulerer til @naturogungdom.bsky.social og @naturvernforbundet.no med seier i EFTA-domstolen - og ikke minst gratulerer til #Førdefjorden! Godt jobbet! @bergensosialist.bsky.social @symreaa.bsky.social www.altinget.no/artikkel/nat...
Naturorganisasjonene fikk medhold av EFTA-domstolen i Førdefjord-saken - Altinget.no
– Her er vi med på å skrive miljøhistorie, sier NU-lederen etter medhold i EFTA-domstolen om Førdefjorden.
altinget.no
«Judicial bricolage» - published today looks super interesting. Congratulations @taniagroppi.bsky.social! Look forward to reading. @lawtransform.bsky.social
JUST PUBLISHED! TODAY! 🙂🙂🙂 20 FEBRUARY 2025 🔝🔝🔝 Link here 👉https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/judicial-bricolage-9781509974009/ @iureamicorum.bsky.social @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social @iconsgermany.bsky.social @sirigloppen.bsky.social @flavioqr.bsky.social @flaviafreidenberg.bsky.social
Ruben Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social @sampol.bsky.social kommer til #AkademiskMorgenkaffe onsdag for å snakke om dramatisk økning i #ideologisk_polarisering mellom unge gutter og jenter i Norge og hva som forklarer dette. Kaffe i Vrimlearealet på SV-fakultetet fra kl 9. @unibergen.bsky.social
Sudan's devastating war soon completes its second year with no end in sight. Munzoul Assal will analyse the main mediation initiatives and why they have not succeed. www.facebook.com/events/62823... @bergenglobal.bsky.social @discretionuib.bsky.social
Mediation dilemmas in Sudan's war: Jeddah and IGAD mediation initiatives
Event in Bergen, Norway by LawTransform on Thursday, February 13 2025
facebook.com
Vil Ap, Sp, H, KrF og Frp virkelig gå løs på indrefileten av norsk natur? Rive opp historiske kompromisser med makt? I en tid naturkrisa rykker nærmere på alle fronter? Vi tror ikke politikerne bak dette forslaget har innsett hva dette vedtaksforslaget betyr klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
Skal vi virkelig annullere konseptet verna vassdrag?
Helt plutselig, uten noen form for offentlig debatt eller utredning, ligger det an til at Stortinget kan vedta å kansellere hele vassdragsvernet. Et f...
klassekampen.no
Lihkku sámi álbmotbeivviin! Gratulerer med samenes nasjonaldag! Happy Sami National Day! Læhkoe saemiej åålmegebiejjine! Vuorbbe sámij álmmukbiejvijn! Vuärrbe sáme älbmukbejvijn! Šiõǥǥ saa´mi meersažpeei´v! Lihkuos sämij ålmagenbiejvieb! Min anbefaling for å markere dagen er å lese denne:
At LawTransform we are deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Professor Charles Ngwena, colleague, mentor and friend. The worlds needs your struggle for reproductive rights in Africa to be continued! #RestInPower. www.lawtransform.no/news/charles...
Onsdag blir det #AkademiskeMorgenkaffe på SV-fakultetet med @marteskogen.bsky.social og @welat.bsky.social. De vil snakke "Kodeklubben" der @sampol.bsky.social-studenter kan få hjelp med koding i R . Les mer og sjekk ut #AkademiskMorgenkaffe de neste ukene her: www.uib.no/svf/175631/m...
On Wednesday prof Jens E. Kjeldsen from Infomedia will join us for #AcademicMorningCoffee ☕🌱☕ #AkademiskMorgenkaffe to present his new book "Ethos, Technology, and AI in Contemporary Society - The Character in the Machine" 📌For more about the event: www.uib.no/%E2%80%A6/ch... @unibergen.bsky.social
Starter pack for scholars in the Centre on Law & Social Transformation network (LawTransform www.lawtransform.no) and others researching the strategic use of rights, law & court for social change. #lawfare #legalmobilization. ♦️Want to be included? Let us know in comments ♦️ go.bsky.app/DBYcFVs
On a day when resistance to autocratization seems particularly urgent, Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social and I are pleased that our article on "Legalized resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa" is out - and open access. @lawtransform.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Legalised resistance to autocratisation in common law Africa
Since the 1990s, African incumbents have engaged in forms of rule-bending that weaken democratic institutions. The democratic backsliding witnessed weaponises law through processes of autocratic la...
tandfonline.com
"Representerer vi fremtiden? Generasjonskløfter i politisk deltakelse og representasjon" @janabelschner.bsky.social (@sampol.bsky.social) er gjest på #AkademiskMorgenkaffe på onsdag. Les mer og sjekk ut programmet for #AkademiskMorgenkaffe i ukene som kommer her: www.uib.no/svf/175014/a...
Yesterday, we concluded another #RDV-seminar with Dr. Marry-Anne Karlsen who delivered an engaging presentation titled "Precarious Inclusion: Irregular Migration, Welfare Policy & State Borders in Norway." Recording now available: discretion.uib.no/rdv-seminar-...
Exciting news! Our book "Adoption from Care" has been translated into Japanese. The cover is absolutely stunning! This volume, which I edited with June Thoburn and Tarja Pösö, explores the complex balance of children's rights, family preservation, and state intervention in adoption processes.