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Lise Rakner

@liserakner.bsky.social

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Political Scientist. Democracy, autocratization, Human Rights, African politics.Recent research projects: Rights Activism Under Political Uncertainty. Program Director Politics and Governance of Global Challenges, Master's, 2 years | University of Bergen .. more

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Nov 26

This is a note of hope- Norwegian students realize that EU membership makes sense for a liberal democracy with an open economy sharing a border with Russia... go figure- smart kids! www.khrono.no/studenter-me...

Studenter mer EU-vennlige enn resten av befolkninga

Det er svært jevnt løp mellom nei og ja til EU blant studentene, viser ny meningsmåling. — Vi har behov for å være del av et større fellesskap enn vi er i dag, sier student og ja-mann Petter Hov Jacob...

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Johanna Söderström @jsoderstrom.bsky.social · Jan 24

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries”
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Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries | The Journal of Modern African Studies | Cambridge Core

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries - Volume 62 Issue 2

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Jul 3

Yay! New article our with @haakongjerlw.bsky.social and @oivindstiansen.bsky.social

Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Jul 2

The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for democratization

Spoiler: It can also be used by ruling parties to consolidate control of the legislature

New article w/ @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social

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The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes: Evidence from Zambia

Elections are increasingly judicialized in many multiparty regimes. The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for…

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Jul 2

The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes: Evidence from Zambia

Elections are increasingly judicialized in many multiparty regimes. The ability to challenge flawed elections in independent courts can be crucial for…

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Apr 4

Listen to this great conversations between two amazing scholars if you a) want to understand what is going on in the US and b) what to DO about it! And as an extra bonus to us Europeans- yes- parliamentary systems will protect us against the tyranny of the minority. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS-n...

Backsliding and Resistance in the United States

YouTube video by Harvard Ash Center

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Feb 20

I recommend following Adam Przeworswki´s diary- when this is over and the history of the demise of America´s democracy is to be written- we will need daily accounts. This is scary. adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary?subs...

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Feb 6

Please consider joining!

Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social · Jan 31

Climate Politics & Autocratization #PhdCourse /Conference 26-26 March at @unibergen.bsky.social and @lawtransform.bsky.social @bergenglobal.bsky.social
Applications by 10 February.
Check it out here www.lawtransform.no/climate-poli...
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Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social · Jan 31

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Jan 24

thank you my dear for beating me to it!

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Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to @jsoderstrom.bsky.social and @liserakner.bsky.social on having this very interesting article published!

Johanna Söderström @jsoderstrom.bsky.social · Jan 24

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries | The Journal of Modern African Studies | Cambridge Core

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries - Volume 62 Issue 2

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Siri Gloppen @sirigloppen.bsky.social · Jan 21

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...

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Nov 29

Congratulations on securing the grant and bravo for doing such important work!

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Nov 29

www.uib.no/en/svf/17450...

UiB Master’s Programme Secures NOK 3 Million Grant for Global Classroom Initiative

«We will teach the courses at five universities in different ways. We will create shared teaching materials, and students at all five institutions will participate through teacher and student mobility...

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Nov 29

A dream come true and I mean it! Cannot wait! www.uib.no/en/svf/17450...

UiB Master’s Programme Secures NOK 3 Million Grant for Global Classroom Initiative

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Nov 19

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Apr 17

When are politicians willing to liberalize abortion laws? Check out of new article in CPS- the latest from the Bergen-Berkeley gang!
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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Jan 3

congrats, @rubenmathisen.bsky.social !

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Megan Stevenson @meganstevenson.bsky.social · Jan 2

So pleased to see my paper out!

It surveys 50+ years of randomized control trials in criminal justice and shows that almost no interventions have lasting benefit -- and the ones that do don't replicate in other settings. 1/

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#econsky #polisky #metascience #philsci

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 21

GLD's Research Seminar Series introduces the research process and covers 3 stages of research:
Refining a research question
Selecting methodology
Presenting findings.

All 15 videos are free to use and available on our website with English & Arabic subtitles: gld.gu.se/en/education...

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Nov 18

@benjaminwittes.bsky.social talked to @rparloff.bsky.social and @annabower.bsky.social about Judge Cannon's cryptic order in the Mar-a-Lago case, the latest in the Section 3 litigation, and the release of proffer videos in Fulton County on Trump's Trials and Tribulations. Listen now:

The Lawfare Podcast: Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: What Is Judge Cannon up to Now?

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Lise Rakner @liserakner.bsky.social · Nov 9

Professor of Government, University of Bergen. Head of MA program in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges www.uib.no/en/studies/M...

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Thalia Gerzso @thaliagerzso.bsky.social · Nov 9

Working on political institutions and democracy in Africa? We're calling for participants for a mini-conference during the next APSA.

Scholars from the continent and early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.

Submit your abstract by Dec. 4: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

APSA Mini-Conference 2024: Call for Papers - Institutions and Democracy in Africa

Following the introduction of multiparty electrons across many parts of Africa in the early 1990s, domestic and international analysts hoped that democracy would take root by institutionalizing horizo...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Oct 12

Doctors Without Borders in Gaza says 100% of the patients it has treated in the past 24 hours have been children

Doctors Without Borders in Gaza says 100% of the patients it has treated in the past 24 hours have b...

Medical-aid groups in the Gaza Strip told Insider they were running out of supplies due to Israel's counterattack and blockade.

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Thalia Gerzso @thaliagerzso.bsky.social · Oct 11

Thank you CEDAR (Uni of Birmingham) for offering an opportunity to exchange on democracy in Africa. Nic, Lise and I had a great time discussing the implications of our book on democratic backsliding!
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