As the "fellesferie" (common vacation) is closing in Norway and other European countries, it is a good time to take a step back and look at the overall performance of the European innovation economy the last couple of years relative to our typical peers, namely the US and China.…
Central to the author's argument is the idea that the hilly and inaccessible terrain of upland Southeast Asia became a refuge for disparate groups that fled the imperial projects of the organized state societies in the lowlands which surrounded them, i.e. slavery, conscription, taxes and warfare.…
Gender-based violence under climate change is inextricably linked to political and economic instability, gender power dynamics, existing conflict, food insecurity, disrupted infrastructure and the type of labor that women perform in their communities.…
Finishing my master thesis in 2022 felt like a huge personal accomplishment (which can be read here), yet two years of university training did partially feel insufficient given the practical needs in working academic life. My program was in Political Science at the University of Oslo, which is perceived as…
📍Taiwan, October 2023. 🇹🇼 Located on the southern end of Taiwan’s eastern coastline sits the Austronesian township of Taimali. About 10'000 people live here - somewhere nested in between the almost 4000m tall mountains of central Taiwan and the Pacific Ocean. Despite being relatively well connected by both rail and…
India holds the record for the highest number of government-induced internet shutdowns globally, surpassing all other countries (AccessNow, 2023a; Ruijgrok, 2022). From 2016 to the end of 2022, there were a staggering 1,978 district-level shutdowns in the country. To gain deeper insights into these shutdowns and their impact on…
Oversikt over mål for 2022.…
17/28 = 60,7% gjennomført.…