News archive for Department of Foreign Languages

Acquiring intercultural competencies at UiB: New course at the Department of Foreign Languages (31.05.2023)

Against increasingly diversified migration in our globalized societies, intercultural competencies have become a progressively relevant set of skills in the national and international job market.

Photo of participants in the CLIMLIFE project group.

Living with climate change conference 8-9 May 2023 (16.05.2023)

The Living with climate change conference took place on 8-9. May 2023 with over 100 participants from 19 countries, and over 50 paper presentations. THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE AS A VIDEO RECORDING HERE.

View of the University aula and the video projection of Andrew Revkin's keynote video.

Living with climate change conference: Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin on climate change (16.05.2023)

8-9 May 2023 the CLIMLIFE research project at the University of Bergen organised the international conference Living with climate change. Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin gave a wholehearted keynote on climate communication, journalism and on connecting people.

Podcast: Prof. Kjersti Fløttum in Science4Impact (16.05.2023)

Professor Kjersti Fløttum interviewed by the podcast Science4Impact about how willing we are to live climate-friendly lives.

Emil Perron at the Areopagus, in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Interview: Everyone could benefit from looking up (16.05.2023)

Research assistant at the CLIMLIFE research project, Emil Perron, has been interviewed by På Høyden about the preparing the conference Living with climate change conference at the University of Bergen 8-9 May.

Guest Lecture (01.05.2023)

We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Elizabet Arocena Egaña from University of the Basque Country will give a lecture titled "Students’ language achievements, teachers’ beliefs and the use of multilingual resources in Basque schools" on May 12, 2023. You are welcome to attend this event.