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- ↑ University of Bergen (10 February 2015). "Stein Rokkan".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen (30 September 2009). "Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2009".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen (15 October 2010). "Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2010".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2011 - Robert Putnam".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen (27 September 2012). "Margaret Levi: "In the Interest of Others"".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "Reemergence of a class cleavage".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "Rokket ved Rokkan".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "Full University Aula for the Rokkan Lecture".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "The Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2021".
- ↑ Universitetet i Bergen. "The Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2023".