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Showcasing Fascinating Discoveries about Early Modern Human Behaviour (26.05.2023)

The SapienCE Early Human Behaviour Exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore fascinating discoveries and insights into the behaviours of our early, shared, ancestors.

Opened centre for EU and EEA Law (22.05.2023)

The Centre on the Europeanization of Norwegian Law (CENTENOL) was officially opened on Monday, May 22.

Ingrid Halland’s keynote lecture ‘Towards Deep Surfaces’ at the symposium Living Prototypes at Aedes Architekturforum, Berlin (2022). Photo: Aedes Architekturforum

"Sustainability needs to look different" (16.05.2023)

Ingrid Halland is convinced that the materials of a more sustainable future cannot mimic the aesthetics belonging to the paradigms we must leave behind.

Portrettbilde av kreftforsker Klaus Pantell

Liquid biopsy and single-cell analysis can become gamechangers in cancer treatment (16.05.2023)

A simple blood test can contribute to earlier detection of cancer and provide valuable information about the tumor in a number of cancers. The technology behind liquid biopsies is still being tested, but will change the landscape in cancer diagnostics, says professor and CCBIO-partner Klaus Pantel.

Mann med brunt hår og firkantete briller smiler inn i kamera

Erik Knudsen Wants Media Researchers to Focus More on Thresholds (15.05.2023)

“What is missing in the selective exposure theory is the fact that most likely people are reading a lot of information that they don’t agree with. Which is why I am shifting the attention to that,” Erik Knudsen says.

Prof. Eivind Valen wins the ERC Consolidator Grant. (05.05.2023)

For the next five years, the ERC grant will allow Prof. Eivind Valen to develop new informatics methods to explore a basic molecular biology mystery that remains unsolved: the cap code.

Professor Bettina Husebø will investigate how technology can be used to predict death (05.05.2023)

With economic support from the European Research Council (ERC), professor Bettina Husebø at UiB will investigate how assistive technology can be used to recognize symptoms among people with dementia who are near the end of life.

ERC grants to Husebø and Valen (05.05.2023)

Bettina Husebø and Eivind Valen have received funding for ground-breaking research projects through the European Research Council (ERC). In total, UiB has been awarded six ERC Consolidator Grants in 2023.

Individualising treatments to help people with poor impulse control (02.05.2023)

Hayley MacDonalds multidisciplinary research focuses on the neurophysiological, genetic and behavioural mechanisms of an important executive function - impulse control. Her research can help people with conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, ADHD and Tourette syndrome.

Discovery challenges our understanding of nervous systems and their evolution (20.04.2023)

A new article published in Science suggests fundamental differences of nerve net architecture that challenges our previous understanding on the evolution of nervous systems and how they transmit information.

The Pandemic Centre's Research Catalyst (20.04.2023)

The Pandemic Centre's Research Catalyst continues through the spring. The events are open to students and academics who want to enlighten pandemic-related topics from different perspectives.

Illustrasjon til artikkel om deklarasjon om Pandemi, mangfold og sosial ulikhet

Declaration on "Pandemic, diversity and social inequality" (18.04.2023)

During the conference on "Pandemic, diversity and social inequality" in Bergen in October, researchers started working on a declaration based on knowledge and experiences from the pandemic. The declaration has now been published and is open to read.

Big boost for AI research at UiB (13.04.2023)

Trond Mohn Foundation and the University of Bergen are launching three research projects worth a total of 40 million Norwegian kroner for research for more trustworthy systems for artificial intelligence (AI).

UiB events during One Ocean Week 2023 (11.04.2023)

On Saturday 15 April tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl returns to Bergen and this marks the start of the first annual One Ocean Week. The city centre of Bergen will be one big festival of ocean related events. This page shows the University of Bergen's activities during the week. All activities are free and open to all, except where otherwise indicated.

Prestigious funding awarded for decoding the origins of brain evolution. (04.04.2023)

Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grant for Fred Wolf and Pawel Burkhardt.

Professor Edvard Hviding (centre) from the University of Bergen with Vanuatu’s UN Ambassador Odo Tevi (right) and Solomon Yeo (left) from the activist organisation Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change.

Pacific youth action leads to UN resolution on climate change (31.03.2023)

On 29 March the UN General Assembly passed a resolution put forward by Vanuatu to provide an advisory opinion on UN member states obligations in protecting the rights of current and future generations from the adverse effects of climate change.

Archeologist Tore Sætersdal at the UN 2023 Water Conference in March 2023.

Reflecting on the UN 2023 Water Conference (29.03.2023)

Archaeologist Tore Sætersdal has been a water scientist for many years. In March 2023 he participated in the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York. In this interview, he reflects upon his experiences at the conference.

Executive Director Kala Vairavamoorthy speaking with the rest of the panel and the moderator listening at side event organised by the University of Bergen at the UN 2023 Water Conference on 23 March 2023.

Taking water insecurity to policy makers (27.03.2023)

Water insecurity in all its shape and forms was the key topic when the four frontlines of water were discussed at the side event organised by the University of Bergen and partners at the UN 2023 Water Conference.

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