Siri Gloppen is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen: senior research at CMI: Research Cooordinator at PluriCourts, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo; and Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (fall 2014). She directs the CMI-UiB Centre on Law & Social Transformation and the Bergen Summer Research School 2014: Governance to meet Global challenges.

With a research focus in the intersection between law and politics her work spans: legal mobilization and the social and political role of courts in the global South; constitution-making; human rights, with particular focus on social rights, the right to health and sexual and reproductive rights; election processes, transitional justice and climate change governance. Empirical focus is on Southern and Eastern Africa, India and Latin America.

She directs numerous international research projects, including: "Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: Global battles" (2014-18); "Land Rights and Inclusive Sustainable Development in India" (2013 - 2016) and "Operationalizing the Right to Health in Service Delivery" (2013-2016)

Recent (collaborative) books include Courts and Power in Latin America and Africa (Palgrave Macmillan 2010); Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health (Harvard 2011); Climate Change Discourses, Rights and the Poor (Juta 2013); Juridification and Social Citizenship (E.Elgar 2014)

Most recent publications

Book Chapter | 2015

Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities

Siri Gloppen

Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformation

Book Chapter | 2014

Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation

Octavio L. Motta Ferraz, Siri Gloppen, Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner

Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State

Book Chapter | 2014

Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence

Siri Gloppen

Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges

Book Chapter | 2014

Juridification and social citizenship: international law, democracy and professional discretion

Henriette Sinding Aasen, Siri Gloppen, Anne-Mette Magnussen, Even Nilssen

Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state

Book Chapter | 2014

Introduction

Henriette Sinding Aasen, Siri Gloppen, Anne-Mette Magnussen, Even Nilssen

Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state

Edited Book | 2014

Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state

Henriette Sinding Aasen, Siri Gloppen, Anne-Mette Magnussen, Even Nilssen (Eds.)

CMI Brief | 2014

Access denied. Abortion rights in Latin America

Camila Gianella-Malca, Siri Gloppen

CMI Brief | 2013

Sexual and reproductive rights - a global legal battlefield

Camila Gianella, Siri Gloppen, Rachel Sieder, Alicia Yamin

Book Chapter | 2013

Climate Change Lawfare

Asuncion Lera St.Clair, Siri Gloppen

Climate Change: International Law and Global Governance. Volume II: Policy, Diplomacy and Governance in a Changing Environment

Book Chapter | 2013

Red-Green Lawfare: Climate Justice Discourse in Courtrooms

Siri Gloppen, Catalina Vallejo

CLIMATE TALK. Rights, Poverty and Justice

Book Chapter | 2013

Introducción. ¿Pueden los litigios judiciales volver más justa la salud?

Siri Gloppen, Mindy Jane Roseman

La lucha por los derechos de la salud: ¿puede la justicia ser una herramienta de cambio?

Book Chapter | 2013

Litigación del derecho a la salud. ¿Son actores transnacionales los que mueven los hilos

Siri Gloppen, Mindy Jane Roseman

La lucha por los derechos de la salud: ¿puede la justicia ser una herramienta de cambio?

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Bergen Exchanges

Funding for research on water rights

9.8 million NOK for research on the backlash against democracy in Africa

INDNOR Workshop

2016 Bergen Exchanges on Law & Social Transformation

Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities

Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation

Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence

Juridification and social citizenship: international law, democracy and professional discretion

Introduction

Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state

Access denied. Abortion rights in Latin America

Sexual and reproductive rights - a global legal battlefield

Climate Change Lawfare

Red-Green Lawfare: Climate Justice Discourse in Courtrooms

Introducción. ¿Pueden los litigios judiciales volver más justa la salud?

Litigación del derecho a la salud. ¿Son actores transnacionales los que mueven los hilos

Giving Effect to Children's Right to Health in Colombia? Analysing the Implementation of Court Decisions Ordering Health System Reform

Human rights-based approaches to development: Concepts, evidence, and policy

Climate Change Lawfare

Legal enforcement of social rights: Enabling conditions and impact assessment

Litigation as a Strategy to hold Governments Accountable for Implementing the Right to Health

Courts and the Poor in Malawi: Economic Marginalization

Symposium: Courts and the Marginalized: Comparative Perspectives

The Role of the Judiciary in the 2004 General Elections in Malawi

Kampen for sosiale rettigheter: Er rettssalen riktig arena?

The Accountability function of the courts in Tanzania and Zambia

Introduction : the accountability function of the courts in new democracies

Accountability through tax reform? Reflections from Sub-Saharan Africa

Juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state

CLIMATE TALK. Rights, Poverty and Justice

La lucha por los derechos de la salud: ¿puede la justicia ser una herramienta de cambio?

Litigating health rights. Can courts bring more justice to health?

Courts and power in Latin America and Africa

Globalization and Democratization: Challenges for Political Parties. Essays in Honor of Lars Svåsand

Roads to Reconciliation

Democratization and the judiciary. The accountability function of courts in new democracies

Democratization and the Judiciary. The Accountability Function of Courts in New Democracies. Special issue of 'Democratization 'vol.10 (2003) no.4

South Africa: The Battle over the Constitution

Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities

Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation

Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence

Introduction

Juridification and social citizenship: international law, democracy and professional discretion

Introduction

La lucha por los derechos de la salud. Marco de análisis

Litigación del derecho a la salud. ¿Son actores transnacionales los que mueven los hilos

Introducción. ¿Pueden los litigios judiciales volver más justa la salud?

Red-Green Lawfare: Climate Justice Discourse in Courtrooms

Climate Change Lawfare

I pose og sekk? Klima i norsk utviklingspolitikk etter 2005

Judicial Independence and Judicialisation of Electoral Politics in Malawi and Uganda

Litigating the right to health: Are transnational actors backseat driving?

Litigating for medicines: How can we assess impact on health outcomes?

Introduction: Can litigation bring justice to health?

Litigating health rights: Framing the analysis

Public Interest Litigation, Social Rights, and Social Policy

Elections in Court: The Judiciary and Uganda's 2006 Election Process

Introduction: Coming to Grips with the Current Predicaments of Political Parties

The Judiciary

Courts and Social Transformation: An Analytical Framework

Malawi

Roads to Reconciliation: A Conceptual Framework

Social Rights Litigation as Transformation: South African Perspectives

Introduction

Sobre el Derecho de Resistencia en Contextos de Privaciones Severas. Como Deberia Reaccionar el Estado?

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission as an International Model

Rettsstat og demokrati

Introduction : The accountability function of the courts in new democracies

The accountability function of the courts in Tanzania and Zambia

Review essay: Reparatory justice - a road to reconciliation? On the role of reparations in transitional justice theory

Tax reform and democratic accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

How does litigation affect health financing?

A Rights-based approach to (Norwegian) development assistance. A discussion paper commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reconciliation and democratisation: Outlining the research field

Uganda's 2006 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi

Aid to judicial reform: Norwegian and international experiences