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Eiríkur Bergmann and Heather McRobie attend a conference on constitution making in Glasgow
10. November 2019 21:31
Two faculty members of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Professor Eirikur Bergmann and Associate Professor Heather McRobie, attended a conference on 'Constitution-making and deliberative democracy', funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), at the University of Glasgow on the 24th-25th October. Participants engaged in a wide ranging discussion on how constitution drafting processes can and should be as inclusive as possible.
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Francesco Macheda presents hil latest work in China
29. October 2019 12:37
Francesco Macheda, Assistant Professor in Political Economy at Bifröst University, will present his latest work at the prestigious Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing on the 31st of October. The aim of his research, titled “Chinese Road to Autocentric Development in the Light of Samir Amin’s Theory of Unequal Exchange”, co-authored with his Italian colleague Roberto Nadalini, is to investigate the use of methods of strategic and short-term planning by the Chinese authorities, which have allowed the country to challenge the relations of dependency historically imposed on the global periphery.
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The fourth managerial meeting of DT.Uni hosted at Bifröst
15. October 2019 15:31
Last September, Bifröst University hosted the fourth managerial meeting for the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Project, DT.Uni. Project participants are seven European universities and the aim of the consortium is to integrate the methods of Design Thinking into the workings of today‘s university, with focus on three groups of stakeholders; namely students, academic staff and managerial staff.
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Meet Dr Heather McRobie our new full-time Associate professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
27. September 2019 14:07
Could you tell a little bit about yourself in general? Sure! I am an academic who looks at constitutions. My fascination with constitutions began when I was studying in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a M...
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Meet Farhana Akter our international student from Bangladesh
25. September 2019 13:36
Where do you come from and what were you doing back in your home country? I have come from Bangladesh. I had been performing as a science teacher as well as an academic coordinator at Summerfield Sc...