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The inaugural GRIP Lecture, delivered by esteemed global labour historian Marcel van der Linden on May 31, offered valuable insights into the historical trajectories of socialist and labour movements. Attendees had the opportunity to engage with the expertise of van der Linden, who shared his vast knowledge and research on the subject. Accompanied by insightful commentary from scholars Göran Therborn, Svati Shah, and Ernesto Semán, the lecture provided a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by these movements and the strategic choices they have made throughout history. By revisiting the past, the lecture aimed to shed light on the potential lessons that can be learned for the future.
👩🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽Participants: Nelly Bekus (University of Exeter), Elina Troscenko (GRIP), Tariq Dana (Northwestern University, Qatar) and Mari Norbakk as moderator (CMI). 🗣This roundtable discusses recent political protests and revolutionary movements and explores the role of citizenship in politically charged and volatile contexts. Political protests can be seen as manifestations of people’s demands for change in the face of growing inequalities and, whether leading to actual change in civic rights or not, protests nonetheless leave a mark by changing the social fabric of societies in myriads of ways. Even in situations of fleeting change, there are lingering traces of new ways of doing citizenship. The social contract is renegotiated as citizens experience violence, transgressions, or even expulsions from the state, as well as solidarity, empowerment, and visions of a different future. In such experiences, peoples’ conceptions of citizenship may shift radically, as well as state practices of it. Analyses of political protests and their aftermath therefore provides a unique opportunity to gain novel insights into new vocabulary of justice, innovative practices of political engagement and changing forms of citizenship. This roundtable will look at political protest movements in Middle East and Eastern Europe and explore the various ways how citizenship is re-negotiated in such critical historical moments. 🤝This event is part of a GRIP-CMI project on Political Inequalities (CMI-UiB fund grant). 👋The Bergen Exchanges is an annual event taking place in Bergen in August each year. It is a meeting place for scholars and practitioners from across the globe who seek to understand how law serves as an instrument of change – and how it shapes and is shaped by power relations.The multi-disciplinary and international nature of the Bergen Exchanges makes it a unique space for improving research strategies and methods to grasp the effects of law and lawfare.
GRIP hosted this session at Day Zero Bergen 2022, in relation to the new book “Leaving No Child and No Adolescent Behind” edited by Sudeshna Chatterjee, Alberto Minujin and Katie Hodgkinson. The book shines a spotlight on the world’s most vulnerable children and adolescents, living in poverty and exclusion. “Leaving No Child and No Adolescent Behind” draws on experiences from some 35 countries and provides an in-depth analysis of rich empirical evidence while reflecting on the meaning of ‘inclusion’ for children and adolescents who are often left behind. It reminds us that SDG targets and goals cannot be met unless we focus attention on pockets of inequity and deprivation. The book also provides unique insights on how knowledge, information, data collection, measurement and monitoring make the realities of children’s and adolescents’ lives more visible. Participants: - Sudeshna Chatterjee (Founder, Action for Children’s Environments) - Alberto Minujin (Professor at the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs at The New School) - Marguerite Daniel (Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Development, UiB) - Enrique Delamonica (Senior Adviser Statistics and Monitoring-Child Poverty and Gender Equality, UNICEF HQ) - Thomas George (Global Lead for Urban, UNICEF HQ) - Elina Troscenko (Advisor, Global Research Programme on Inequality)
Book launch at Bergen Global 24 November 2021. https://gripinequality.org/ https://www.bergenglobal.no/ Thera Mjaaland’s book “Revolutionary Struggles and Girls’ Education: At the Frontiers of Gender Norms in North-Ethiopia” present the gender norms that do not necessarily change even though women participate in liberation struggles and girls get access to education. The book sees this issue in relation to prevailing neoliberal development discourse where gender equality is understood as parity between girls and boys, women and men, and does not touch upon deep-rooted and hard-lived relations of power in the case of gender and sexuality. Based on the central role that education has gained in the forwarding of development, this work also asks how exactly education can change anything when based on rote learning/memorization and does not encourage critical thinking. Given the current political developments in Ethiopia, this anthropological monograph has also (unintendedly) become a historical document about what is now being lost in the ongoing civil war in Tigray. To read more about the book or purchase a copy please visit Rowman & Littlefield. Participants: Thera Mjaaland Elaine Unterhalter, University College London Vibeke Vågenes, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam, University of Bergen Haldis Haukanes (moderator), University of Bergen Elina Troscenko (introduction), GRIP
A unique study based on extensive empirical research, Why Some Development Works will make essential reading for students and researchers studying international development across the social sciences, as well as humanitarian and development practitioners and policymakers. This book launch took place 30 September 2021. You can also find the recording in our podcast "Unequal Worlds; an inequality research podcast". Participants are: Meera Tiwari, University of East London Rohini Mukherjee, Naandi Foundation Adnan Khan, London School of Economics Diana Skelton, ATD Fourth World Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (moderator), GRIP
Rising inequality and growing child poverty are some of the most devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pre-existing structural disparities around the world are exacerbated and more children are pushed into multi-dimensional poverty, there is an urgent need to address policies implemented to alleviate and counteract these effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to look at the knowledge gaps and future research agendas on these topics. The Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) in cooperation with Tatiana Chubarova, Enrique Delamonica, Gabriele Koehler and Keetie Roelen, editors of recent publications from the CROP series on International Studies in Poverty Research, is organizing a webinar series on the issues of inequality, child poverty and social protection. The two webinar sessions are focusing on distinct aspects of child poverty, inequality and social protection exploring policies dealing with child poverty, exclusion and inequality before and after COVID-19 and discussing the possible future research agendas on inequality and social protection in post-COVID world. About the webinar: The evidence base around the impact of Covid-19 on multi-dimensional child poverty is rapidly expanding. New data suggests large increases in poverty, and shows many adverse consequences for children and families. It also provides increasingly more evidence of policy impact – positive and negative. But what do we actually know? What do we NOT know? What should the research agenda on social inclusion be in a post-COVID world? Should social protection and social inclusion be understood and conceptualized in new alternative ways? What evidence is needed to advocate for, and propose concrete policy interventions? This session takes stock of the mounting evidence on the impact of Covid-19 on child poverty to consider what do we know, and what we still need to know moving forward. Participants: Keetie Roelen (moderator), Institute of Development Studies Annie Namala, Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion Fadia Kiwan, Arab Women Organization Grace Bantebya-Kyomyhendo, Makerere University Yisak Tafere, The Research on Improving Systems of Education Programme Katja Hujo, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development https://gripinequality.org/event/knowledge-evidence-and-narratives-on-child-poverty-and-covid-19-post-pandemic-research-agenda/
The Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) in cooperation with Tatiana Chubarova, Enrique Delamonica, Gabriele Koehler and Keetie Roelen, editors of recent publications from the CROP series on International Studies in Poverty Research, is organizing a webinar series on the issues of inequality, child poverty and social protection. The two webinar sessions are focusing on distinct aspects of child poverty, inequality and social protection exploring policies dealing with child poverty, exclusion and inequality before and after COVID-19 and discussing the possible future research agendas on inequality and social protection in post-COVID world. This webinar, "Child Poverty, Inequality, Social Protection, and Inclusion: Policy Options and Constraints before and after COVID", was held on 14.09 2021. Inequality and child poverty are set to rise, marking an urgent need for policies that can address these issues. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, social protection was widely advocated to address child poverty and it has gained in momentum ever since. But what is the role for social protection in a post-pandemic world? What should it look like? How can support for social protection be galvanized? To discuss these issues, we bring together experts and practitioners for a conversation that will focus on policies dealing with child poverty, exclusion, and inequality before and after COVID-19. Participants: Enrique Delamonica (moderator), UNICEF / replaced by Elina Troscenko due to technical issues. Jan Vandemoortele, United Nations University. Maja Gerovska Mitev, Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. Laura Alfers, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing. Gabriele Köhler, UN Research Institute for Social Development. https://gripinequality.org/event/child-poverty-inequality-social-protection-and-inclusion-policy-options-and-constraints-before-and-after-covid/
#GripVaccineSeminar Access and equal distribution of vaccines are essential in managing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The current challenges of vaccine inequality demand a re-examination of the vaccine distribution mechanisms. The Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) in cooperation with the Pandemic Centre at UIB arranged this seminar to explore vaccine distribution mechanisms, and look for possibilities to facilitate more equal, fair and sustainable futures. The webinar addressed such questions as what are the consequences of wealthier nations buying up most of the vaccine supply? How does it affect pandemic control on a local and global scale? What role does the current patent system and big pharma play in vaccine management and how are national governments interacting with the industry on these issues? What are the current models for vaccine distribution in Norway and beyond and are there more just and fair possible alternatives?
In this interview with GRIP for the miniseries “Inequality in the (Post-) Pandemic City” Janine Berg shares her insights on the unequal effects of Covid19 on the global workforce. The labour market in urban environments in the global south has been particularly affected by the pandemic, aggravating already existing inequalities. Dr. Berg argues that now is the time for countries to invest in both the care economy and in the environment.
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