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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.
News
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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.
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Dag Harald Claes awarded project through the new Academia agreement Mar. 15, 2024
Claes leads a project that will investigate the conflict of interest between energy markets and energy politics. It is one of nine projects at the University of Oslo funded through the new Academia Agreement between the university and Equinor.
Events
Origins and consequences of policy complexity in the European Union
The ongoing Young CAS project on Democracy's Reach in India is organizing a series of workshops on Indian politics.
The ongoing Young CAS project on Democracy's Reach in India is organizing a series of workshops on Indian politics.
Bureaucratic Overload and Policy Triage: Evidence from the Introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States
C-REX Center for Research on Extremism
A cross-disciplinary center for the study of right-wing extremism, hate crime and political violence.
Publications
- When EU Agencies Set Up Advisory Committees: All About Autonomy? (2024) Jevnaker, Torbjørg
- EUs nye klimamål utfordrer regjeringen (2024) Boasson, Elin Lerum; Lindberg, Marie Byskov; Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Jevnaker, Torbjørg & Hermansen, Erlend Andre T.
- Unipolarity is not over yet (2024) Kriachko Røren, Pål