Amanda Clayton, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.

Amanda Clayton, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.

Exhibit: A portrait of a refugee camp told through architecture.     

With Ali Al-Nasani, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Phnom Penh.

What are the current trends when it comes to assisting and protecting refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe and in the Middle East? How do political decisions regarding refugees taken in one region affect assistance and protection in other regions?

The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan. With author Maya Tudor (University of Oxford) and Michael Alvarez (UiB).

The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan. With author Maya Tudor (University of Oxford) and Michael Alvarez (UiB).

Presidential term limits in Africa and Latin America. With GIGA-researchers Charlotte Heyl and Mariana Llanos in conversation with Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB).

Celebrating the International Day for South-South Cooperation.

Celebrating the International Day for South-South Cooperation with Norec.

Implications for the greater Horn of Africa. Seminar with Dr. Abdeta Dribssa Beyene (CDRC/Ethiopia) and Lovise Aalen (CMI).

Arild Underdal (UiO) om hvorvidt vi kan mestre befolkningsvekst, forbruk og teknologiutvikling.

Åpning, feiring og samtale

Main themes in 2019: Natural Resources, Corruption, Indigenous Rights and Law and Technology.

The Eleventh Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies held in Helsinki, Finland, 14th-16th of August 2019. The conference was organised by The Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSM) and hosted by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East and the University of Helsinki.

With Aziz Hakimi (University of Sussex), Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO), Arne Strand (CMI)  and Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI). 

A discussion with Maxine Burkett (UH Mānoa), Ann Singleton (WUN/IOM) and Edvard Hviding (UiB).