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Comparative political economy, welfare states, industrial relations, minimum wages Professor in Comparative Politics at University of Bergen, Norway
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Semester programme, seminars in Comparative Political Economy, University of Bergen
This semesters's programme of the interdisciplinary seminars in Comparative Political Economy @unibergen.bsky.social
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University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as βtraitorsβ with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
State censoring of higher education in the US: "more than half of Americaβs college students" are affected by such policies.
www.economist.com/united-state...
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25.01.2026 22:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To stop an authoritarian leader without using violence, people must take to the streets.
Itβs how the Berlin Wall fell in East Germany. Itβs how Ben Ali was forced out during the Arab Spring. Itβs how Al Bashir was kicked out of Sudan.
The good people of Minnesota understand all of this.
Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. Iβm calling on her to resign.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
25.01.2026 20:52 β π 4199 π 1101 π¬ 80 π 99Yes, I am single-issue posting. Because, here in the U.S., the regime's ICE attack on the country is the main story. No one is safe here as long as heavily armed gangs of thugs are roaming the streets and the regime is covering their crimes with lies.
25.01.2026 16:57 β π 159 π 37 π¬ 0 π 1I just cannot see any political benefit from using this language. It sounds helpless.
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I'm shocked that this is what political communication in the US looks like now - from both sides, to be honest. Of course, I understand the anger from Democrats. But not a smart move. Taking a firm position and explaining it in clear words is better than hurling insults.
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Democrats β’ @TheDemocrats β’ 52m You're a fucking liar with blood on your hands. Stephen Miller @ @StephenM.3h A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists. x.com/thedemocrats/s...
my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
24.01.2026 22:25 β π 3175 π 567 π¬ 63 π 62What if the executive decides not to abide by judiciary rulings? This puts the finger on a key weakness of liberal constitutional orders. To some extent they rely on leaders playing by the rules. Trump has been exploiting this since day 1.
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βJust yesterday, tens of thousands of Minnesotans peacefully exercised our right to free speech without incident. When ICE is involved, nonviolent protesters and legal observers are gassed, assaulted, and shot." aflcio.mn/4abNrfk
#iceoutmn #iceout
Reporter: 1.4 billion, really closer to 1.5. I studied Donald Trump's finances, and this amount the Trump family made last year is greater than the sum total of everything he ever made in his whole life.
21.01.2026 17:03 β π 121 π 60 π¬ 5 π 9Gutter racism on the international stage.
21.01.2026 15:47 β π 1660 π 387 π¬ 53 π 10It's all so fu***** surreal
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"About 2,000 people including security personnel have been killed in protests in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest" www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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California wants to tax billionaires with a 5% wealth tax and the CEO of Nvidia, who would have to pay $8 billion on his $163 billion fortune, says it like it is:
that's perfectly fine! π§΅
From today, children under 16 are banned from social media in π¦πΊ. The responsibility for implementing this is on the social media companies. We can have long debates about whether it will work (cheating...) and whether more nuanced measures are better. I for one welcome that one govt decided to act!
10.12.2025 09:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
An obviously AI-generated figure with AI slop and fake text all over it, recently published in Scientific Reports.
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
According to a report by the WSJ, the Trump administration plans to sell out Ucraine for the financial gain of private investors.
At least according to the Italian summary, here:
www.ilpost.it/2025/12/01/p...
The original report is here, behind paywall:
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
The arguably most horrendous humanitarian crisis is currently happening in Sudan. Nevertheless, the country has a resilient network of local grassroots organizations providing help, such as the Emergency Response Rooms. This seems to be a good way to donate to them:
www.mutualaidsudan.org/donate
Guter Podcast zu BΓΌrgerkrieg und humanitΓ€rer Krise im Sudan.
www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
NEW! How should Labour respond to the two key issues to voters of the economy and immigration and what are the electoral stakes this week of the budget?
Read on for our answer...
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Another example of a growing phenomenon - wholesale replacement of the traditional two party competition ;Con vs Lab) by an entirely different 2 party competition (Ref vs Grn). We may see a lot of this kind of thing next May.
21.11.2025 11:59 β π 32 π 5 π¬ 6 π 0
Picture of the cover of the Handbook of Comparative Political Economy
Picture of the first page of the chapter "Labour market policy in comparative political economy research"
New publication π¨ Happy to have a chapter in the new Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, which offers a great overview of the state of the field, edited by Marino Regini.
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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