SUM-forskere i media - Side 15

– Den vil vera open for alle studentar, tilsette og naboar til UiO, fortel initiativtakar Elin Helena Wyller.

– Over hele Latin-Amerika har vi ikke bare sett lovendringer som løser opp i gamle konservative lover, og beskytter minoriteters rettigheter, men også fremveksten av sterke og innovative feministiske bevegelser, skriver Bull. 

— At the centre of human development is the wellbeing of both the individual and the collective, writes McNeill.

– Zooms kinesiske hovudselskap etterfylgde i førre veke den kinesiske regjeringa sitt pålegg om å stengja ned tre minnemarkeringar om Tiananmen-hendingane i 1989 som tema - fordi dei også hadde kinesiske deltakarar og fordi dei tilsynelatande «overtrådte kinesisk lov». Slikt er meir enn problematisk for fri akademisk meiningsutveksling, slår Harald Bøckman fast.

– The historic Constitutional Court judgement from February of this year, which annulled the 2019 elections, gave many Malawians renewed hope in the intrinsic value of democratic freedoms as well as the instrumental role democracy can play in promoting and achieving much-needed (and much-delayed) economic and social development, writes Banik.

– As COVID-19 has clearly shown, pandemics must be seen as largely political phenomena, write Bjørkdahl.

Benedicte Bull intervjuet på Aftenposten Forklart.

So, if you are interested in democracy, poverty eradication, sustainable development and climate change, In Pursuit of Development is your go-to podcast for a deeper understanding of the politics of global development.

– De siste årene har vi sett  fremveksten av sterke kvinnebevegelser, men likevel er vold i nære relasjoner fortsatt et stort problem. Dette henger blant annet sammen med at man ikke har klart å skape et attraktivt alternativ for menn til den tradisjonelle machorollen, sier Bull. 

– He has a strong academic legal background, a PhD from the University of London School of African Studies (SOAS), and he has written on judicial activism and inactivism, says Banik on the newly appointed High Court Judge Chifundo Kachale as the new chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC).

– I vårt essay «Høy pris for billig kjøtt» prøver vi ikke å bevise noen enkel årsakssammenheng, for fenomenet pandemi kan sjelden forklares med enkle argumenter eller et begrenset antall variabler, skriver Aguilar-Støen og Jakobsen.

– A good example is that of coal fired power plants. Although supporters claim that coal is the “cleanest least costly option”, many wonder why Africa should construct such projects when coal is being phased out in large parts of the world, writes Banik.

– Det er godt mulig at bensinen delvis vil bli strategisk fordelt av presidenten for å få politisk støtte, sier Bull.

Presidentens begrunnelse for å åpne opp Brasil nå, skal være at det er viktig å redde økonomien.

– Vi trenger en tverrfaglig tilnærming både til covid-19, videre beredskap under denne pandemien, gjenåpningen av samfunnet og beredskap mot fremtidige pandemier, skriver Puyvallée og medforfatterne.

Dunlap talks about the negative socio-economic impacts of wind energy developments, resistance in the face of land-grabbing and corruption around mining operations in this episode of the LUXR podcast.

Hør Benedicte Bull snakke om Sør-Amerika, korona og Bolsonaro; hva skjer i denne store og sammensatte regionen?

– Across Africa, many governments, fearful of losing an opportunity and falling behind, have launched task forces to investigate the possibilities and dangers of AI and other emerging digital technologies, writes Neumark.

– Under the broad concept of “frugal innovation”, there are numerous attempts to make services and products accessible to large groups of people at affordable prices, writes Dan Banik.

– The documentary “Planet of the Humans” has shocked and awed progressive circles, generating an uproar among them. The film, however, reminds the audience that the distinction between so-called renewable energy and fossil fuels is false, writes Dunlap.

Radio interview with Alexander Dunlap about his article End the green delusions: industrial scale -renewable energy is fossil fuel plus.

– Despite its serious flaws, Jeff Gibbs’s documentary Planet of the Humans powerfully exposes how optimism for “renewable energy” transitions is misplaced, and how mainstream environmentalism is becoming a force for green capitalism, writes Dunlap.

– Malawi is my second home. Every year, for the past 15 years, I have made numerous trips from Norway to this beautiful country to conduct research and teach at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, writes Dan Banik.