News archive for Global Challenges

Photo of phytoplankton – the foundation of the oceanic food chain.

First policy brief launched in new series (22.03.2024)

On 21 February 2024 the University of Bergen and partners organized an event on ocean governance at Norway House in Brussels. The discussions at the event and an outcome discussion has now resulted in the first Ocean Futures 2030 Policy Brief.

«Migration, productivity, education and urbanization are not making everybody happy» (21.03.2024)

Capitalism is not just an economy, it is a type of society, according to professor in social anthropology, Don Kalb. For the past few years, he and his team have tried, through field work and research, to understand what is happening to people and communities in areas that have recently become capitalist.

Portrait of Siddharth Sareen in front of Bryggen in Bergen

Siddharth Sareen named Nils Klim Laureate 2024 (12.03.2024)

Today it was announced that CET Professor II Siddharth Sareen is the Nils Klim Laureate 2024 for his work in environmental social sciences.

Prestigious assignment for Terje Einarsen (08.03.2024)

Professor Terje Einarsen is the editor of the newly published commentary on the UN Refugee Convention.