Professor and head of MEKK, Roy Krøvel has collaborated with The Latin American Group (Latin-Amerika gruppen) on a series of seminars about Latin America that will take place at Arbeidersamfunnets plass this fall, and next Spring. The occasion for the seminars, is the group´s 40th anniversity. The seminars will concentrate on Chila, Nicaragua, Chiapas, Brazil,… Continue reading Collaboration with The Latin American Group on seminars
Month: October 2017
Eide asks for a more humanitarian refugee policy
MEKK-member and professor Elisabeth Eide published a commentary about the lack of humanitiarianism in Norwegian refugee policy. The chronic was published in Bergens Tidende as a response to refugee Leila Bayat, who despite of pleading for asylum, was deported by the Norwegian government to Iran, where she received a penalty of 80 lashes by the… Continue reading Eide asks for a more humanitarian refugee policy
Upcoming conference: Safety of Journalists Covering Conflict and Sensitive Issues
More than 80 speakers from 30 countries will participate at this two day long conference in Oslo that will take place at Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo Norway, the 2nd and 3rd of November 2017. See full programme. Read about the participants that will join.
Special edition of “Journalism Education” -an accomplishment originating from last year´s MEKK-conference
We are grateful for professor Roy Krøvel hard work as guest editor of the current special edition of Journalism Education, with the topic: Learning safety education from journalism educations in the global south. The journal published refereed papers given at last year´s MEKK conference on Best practice in teaching conflict, war and peace journalism at Oslo and… Continue reading Special edition of “Journalism Education” -an accomplishment originating from last year´s MEKK-conference
Orgeret and Krøvel on coverage of distant disasters and conflicts
On the 11th of October, heads of MEKK, Kristin Skare Orgeret and Roy Krøvel will speak at the the fifth Humanitarian Studies Colloquium, a colloquium, hosted by Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA). Kristin Skare… Continue reading Orgeret and Krøvel on coverage of distant disasters and conflicts