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Election in India: Populist Modi seem to win for the third time
There is an election in India, which, with its over 1.3 billion inhabitants, is the most populous country in the world. Many indications suggest that the incumbent Prime Minister Modi – also known as India's Trump – will be reelected. Why is that? And what is at stake?
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What do we really know about those governing us?
With a new database researchers can for the first time guess what government members from around the world are up to. It turns out, among other things, that women have far better access to positions of power in democratic countries than dictatorships.
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Podcast: The inner life of the government: Marked by collegiality
Who among us becomes ministers? And what happens behind closed doors when decisions are made? A new study reveals a high degree of collegiality within various governments. The researchers also uncover that decision-making processes function well and continue apace – despite the coming and going of governments, prime ministers, and ministers.
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Tore Wig receives the Fridtjof Nansen award for younger researchers
"It is very significant for me to receive an award in Fridtjof Nansen's name, especially in these times with brutal wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and serious threats to democracy internationally", says Professor Tore Wig from the Department of Political Science. He receives this year's Fridtjof Nansen Award for Younger Researchers in the category of Humanities and Social Sciences.
C-REX Center for Research on Extremism
A cross-disciplinary center for the study of right-wing extremism, hate crime and political violence.
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New EU projects to the Faculty of Social Sciences June 18, 2024
Yves Steinebach at the Department of Political Science and Ines Wagner at ARENA have received prestigious EU funding to investigate public administration and the digital and green transition.
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Department of Political Science hosted meeting of international research network on executive triangle May 2, 2024
A large international research network had its first in-person meeting of all working groups in Oslo with more than 90 online and in-person participants. This network studies political executives, senior-level bureaucrats, and political advisers in Europe and beyond.
Events
Title: Reframing Violent Political Conflict
Publications
- The limits of universities’ strategic capacity for steering research (2024) Borlaug, Siri Brorstad & Jungblut, Jens
- On the move: Autocratic leaders, security, and capital relocations (2024) Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Morgenbesser, Lee & Wig, Tore
- Mapping bureaucratic overload: Dynamics and drivers in media coverage across three European countries (2024) Lenz, Alexa; Steinebach, Yves & Casula, Mattia