Category: News

MEKK’s Elisabeth Eide & co-author Terje Skaufjord recently launched their book on the growth of Hindu nationalism. The authors discuss how the nationalist Hindu ideology, which combines authoritarian patriotism with harsh economic liberalization will be decisive to the fate of the secular state. Based on meetings and interviews with a wide range of people the… Continue reading New book: India towards Hindu nationalism

Kristin Skare Orgeret and Bruce Mutsvairo write in the Guardian 10th May about how Mali and Ethiopia illustrate the gloomy trend of the increase in polarisation amplified by information chaos. Read it here

3rd of May – on UN’s international day of Press Freedom, Reporters without borders launched the 20th Index on Press Freedom at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. MEKK @ OsloMet was a co-organizer together with the Fritt Ord Foundation.   Assistant Director-General of Reporters Without Borders, Thibault Bruttin presenting the findings. Record 28 countries… Continue reading Launch of 2022 Press Freedom Index

The annual MEKK Safety of Journalists Conference will take place at OsloMet University November 1–2 This years topic is: Solidarity and self-learning for improved safety for journalists In recent years interest in issues related to journalists’ safety has increased remarkably. The topic has also received more attention in the broader public, not least due to… Continue reading Safety conference 2022 call for papers

We are so happy to welcome our new MEKK member Oleksandra Hrybenko who is a PhD student at our department. Her research project is about the safety of female journalist fixers in the war in Ukraine and fits perfectly into the MEKK group. Oleksandra has participated in several public events since she arrived in Oslo… Continue reading Oleksandra Hrybenko

3rd of May 2022 at 15:00– 1630 Oslo time Online and at the Nobel Peace Center Join us on World Press Freedom Day, as we present the World Press Freedom Index 2022 together with Reporters without Borders at the Nobel Peace Center. The annual index is a snapshot of the media freedom situation in the… Continue reading The Press Freedom Day at the Nobel Peace Center

The research group MEKK is happy to report that the 7th international conference of the Safety of Journalists in times of Infodemics was a success! Despite the fact that the pandemic still causes problems, such as entry restrictions that forced several participants to present from home – 48 international participants made it to Oslo and… Continue reading Thank you for a great 2021-conference!

We are happy to present the updated version of the programme for our upcoming conference: Safety of Journalists in Times of Infodemics. The conference will be a mixture of on-site and virtual presentations, interactions and discussions. We look very much forward to it!

Today we celebrate the Nobel Peace Prize award 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dimitrij Muratov and the recognition of how a free press is crucial for a healthy democracy! A free press is necessary for a healthy democracy. Every 4th day a journalist or media worker lose their life due to the job they do.… Continue reading Celebrating brave journalists

On 30th of September 2021 Professor Kristin Skare Orgeret presented the new book ‘Insights on Peace and Conflict Reporting’ as part of the Peace week and Research Days organized by the Centre for Peace Studies at UIT – The Arctic University of Norway and the Internasjonalt Seminar in Tromsø. In Tromsø Orgeret was met by… Continue reading Peace week and research days in Tromsø