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LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Socially Robust Nanotechnolocy in Latin-America: Ethics and Governance from a "Southern" Perspective

This project will build upon an established collaboration between the Univ of Bergen and the Univ Nacional Autónoma de México. We will perform research at the interface between ethics and social science (so-called ELSA research, ethical, legal and social aspects of technology) to study the introd...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Promoting Research Collaboration around Women and ICT in Latin-America and Europe through the Regional Centres in Argentina and Norway

The European Centre for Women and Technology through its Secretariat in Norway and the UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America with its headquarters in Argentina desire to organize a three day international workshop in Dram men the 12-14th of November to develop ne...

Tildelt: kr 0,15 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

The link between participatory democracy and political influence of civil society - A comparative study of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

There has been turn to left political power in Latin America during the last decade. Cicvil society and radical activists rather prefer to work politically to change the society than taking up guns in a revolutionary attempt. Our hypthesis is that this ch ange came about since participatory budge...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

The Politics and Anthropology of Energy in Latin America

Poverty and violence are notable problems in Latin America, but it is clear from ongoing events and reports that Latin Americans themselves see energy resources and policies as a crucial source of solutions to their wider difficulties of development and d emocratic stability. Recent decades have ...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Renewable Energy in Central America

A holistic approach for the assessment of renewable energy sources indispensable for its sustainable development and use includes a variety of topics that needs to be investigated: from environmental and societal issues to developing tools to master the r ecently opened common energy market in Ce...

Tildelt: kr 80 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Survivors of Human Righst Violations in Processes of Transitional Justice: The Cases of Argentina and Chile

The project aims at exploring how trials related to gross human rights violations committed by an earlier regime influence the lives of the survivors of past human rights violations. The focus of the project will be on the cases of Argentina and Chile, wh ere court trials are now taking place aft...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

The social and environmental implications of the transnationalization of Central American business

The rise of transnational companies from the South is an emergent phenomenon that is gaining increasing attention form shcolars within the academic fields of economy and political economy. In Latin America the rise of the so called "multilatinas" has been in focus for some years, but most attent...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Linguistic Identity and Attitudes in Spanish-speaking Latin America

The main purpose of this application is to prepare a grant proposal for the Latin America Program Nov. 26 call. The second is to present the objectives of the future project: ?Linguistic Identity and Attitudes in Spanish-speaking Latin America? (LIAS), wh ich aims to study attitudes towards the L...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

LATIN-AM-Latin-Amerika-programmet

Internet Security Conference, Seguridad de Redes

Conference. The aim of the conference is to highlight the threats that Internet installations in Bolivia face today. The country has no legislation on cyber crime, nor does it have a CERT-centre, or National Security Centre. Surveys done by the University of Bergen in cooperation with Universida...

Tildelt: kr 50 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke