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Arbeidet med en strategi for 2023-2030 er i gang
Our new strategy: The work has begun (03.05.2022)
This spring's first input meeting was held on 25 March.
Inge Jonassen, portrett og NORAs logo
New Chair of the Board of AI Consortium (03.05.2022)
The University of Bergen's Inge Jonassen has been chosen as Chair of the Board of NORA - Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium.
OUR OCEAN 2022 I PALAU: Konferansesalen hvor et lite land med 19.000 innbyggere var vertskap for verden med stil.
Representing UiB in the Pacific (28.04.2022)
The ocean’s role for Earth was one of the key topics discussed at Our Ocean 2023 in Palau. UiB Professor Edvard Hviding was one of only a few researchers present at the conference and engaged in discussions on the Pacific’s role in climate change. But what would be the best measure to save our ocean?
Portrettbilder Sheila Jasanoff og Elisa Uusimäki
Programme for the 2022 Holberg Week (28.04.2022)
Join us in the celebration of this years' Holberg Prize Laureate, Nils Klim Prize Laureate and the Holberg Prize School Project winners. The 2022 Holberg Week takes place in Bergen and Oslo 7–10 June.
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Predicting Arctic sea ice (28.04.2022)
When a fishing vessel sets course for Bear Island, the captain knows only which areas are ice-covered now, not where the ice will be tomorrow. In a few years, sea ice predictions will make routing easier and safer.
Ukrainsk flagg og Universitetet i Kharkiv
UiB wishes to offer 250 study places to refugees (22.04.2022)
UiB can accept 250 Ukrainian refugees as students and is planning courses in Norwegian and in academic English for them this summer.
Postdoctoral fellow Joanna Siekiera from the University of Bergen speaking in Warsaw about ocean science diplomacy in April 2022.
Science diplomats unite in Warsaw (19.04.2022)
UiB law scholar Joanna Siekiera spoke on ocean science diplomacy as part of the reunion of the 2020 Warsaw Science Diplomacy School.
BLUE ECONOMY: Small-scale fisheries provide hope to fight malnutrition among large parts of the world population, illustrated by this photo from Zanzibar of the boat Uchumi Bluu, which means “blue economy” in Swahili.
The overlooked role of small fish to fight malnutrition (19.04.2022)
The Norad supported project “Samaki”, which means fish in Swahili, unites Norwegian researchers with colleagues in Tanzania to study how small-scale fisheries are the key to combat malnutrition. This is part of a bigger picture in the fight for scarce resources and on the question whether small fish should be used as food for humans or become fish food?
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Interprofessional learning crucial to reach the UN sustainability goals (11.04.2022)
TVEPS - Centre for Interprofessional Workplace Learning is one of two academic communities at The Faculty of Medicine applying to become “Centre for Excellence in Education”. By doing this, the centre is taking a key role within interprofessional education and sustainability.
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A world of porous materials (01.04.2022)
Researchers demonstrate how we can make use of pores to solve some of the greatest challenges before us – such as the global climate crisis.
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Following the flight of water (24.03.2022)
In a large scale airplane campaign researchers will – for the first time – follow water molecules from they take off from the ocean until they have landed as rain or snow in Norway.
Gabriele de Seta - vinner av Prisen for unge forskere 2021
Exploring how artificial intelligence affects our lives (21.03.2022)
Social scientist Gabriele de Seta is looking at how we interact with digital media in everyday life. Now he is awarded the Prize for Young Researchers for his outstanding work.
Portretter av Moe, Burkhardt, Kimmelman og Koos
Four researchers win ERC funding for frontier science (18.03.2022)
Hallvard Moe, Pawel Burkhardt, Vadim Kimmelman, and Carlo Koos have received UiB's first ERC grants from Horizon Europe.
Vadim Kimmelman
Prestigious grant for sign language researcher (16.03.2022)
Linguistics professor Vadim Kimmelman receives high-level funding from the EU. Now he will be able to build a research team and explore different properties in five different sign languages.
Screenshot from Giselle Beiguelman’s Coronário / Coronary, one of the works featured in the COVID E-Lit documentary
Digital Art During the Pandemic Debuts Online (15.03.2022)
The new documentary provides a unique lens on the collective experience of the pandemic and is now available for open access screening online.
Holbergprisvinner Sheila Jasanoff og Nils Klim-prisvinner Elisa Uusimäki
Science and Technology Studies Pioneer Sheila Jasanoff Named 2022 Holberg Laureate (14.03.2022)
It was announced today that the 2022 Holberg Prize is awarded to US scholar Sheila Jasanoff for her groundbreaking reserach in science and technology studies. The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Finnish theologian Elisa Uusimäki.
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Why evolution favours symmetry (14.03.2022)
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn’t just true for body plans – the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are also strikingly symmetric. But why? Does evolution have a built-in preference for symmetry?
Studien var ledet av professor og overlege Charalampos Tzoulis (midten), sammen med senior forsker Christian Dölle (venstre) og overlege Brage Brakedal (høyre).
Targeting the brain's energy metabolism may hold the key for treating Parkinson’s disease (02.03.2022)
The results of a new clinical trial, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Metabolism, show that oral intake of nicotinamide riboside (NR) enhances NAD-metabolism in the brain of individuals with Parkinson’s disease, and shows promise as a potential therapy.

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