News from Department of Social Science and Business

Social movements mobilisation activities increased across borders as a reaction to the economic crisis that has especially hit southern Europe over the past decade as indicated by the Associate Professor Sevasti Chatzopoulou.

Some democratic states choose to ban anti-democratic parties, even though it is a contentious issue, because the parties are considered to be a threat to the democratic system or core values in society.

We can expect a return to a more normal political situation in Europe in a few years, according to a political scientist at Roskilde University. The more extreme political parties will probably be weakened because mainstream parties will have realised that they need to be more in line with the population.

The new Center of African Economies has been launched on Monday, 27 March 2017.

Some narratives concerning environmental and climate change issues are so dominant that they have a major impact on how the authorities, organizations and local communities address the issues, even though the narratives may not be entirely accurate or the whole truth.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is such a major player in international development work, in terms of both financial assets and influence, that it fundamentally alters the conditions for the work. This is creating a democratic problem, according to a PhD student.