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Virtual Reality
What are the prospects of immersive journalism? (13.05.2020)
How will news stories be told with new technologies such as 360 degree video, virtual reality and augmented reality? What are the opportunities for new, groundbreaking stories, and what ethical issues are put into in flux? That is amongst the questions asked by researchers at the University of Bergen in new book by Routledge.
freight
NHH & CET unravelling the freight logistics tangle. (06.05.2020)
Urban population growth, internet shopping and demand for fast delivery services are increasing the amount of freight travelling through our cities. How we plan freight logistics is an important measure in creating sustainable cities.
Front page of Political Studies
Moe & Holst with article on deliberative systems theory (04.05.2020)
The article reviews studies of online democracy in Norway and argues for a more nuanced theory.
Brita Ytre-Arne
Brita Ytre-Arne awarded professorship. Congratulations! (04.05.2020)
Ung gutt spiller dataspill
New research project on what it means to be a gamer (04.05.2020)
Researching young men, gaming and identity
Groupwork
Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funds 2020 (29.04.2020)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions. Deadline 20 June, 2020.
Prof. Broch-Due utnevnt som meldem av DG
Vigdis Broch-Due appointed new member of the DNRF board (16.04.2020)
Professor Vigdis Broch-Due has been appointed to the board of the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The term started on January 1. 2020, after nomination by the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters.
Atingting
Atingting holds the fort (25.03.2020)
At a locked-down University of Bergen, staff and students are not able to access university campus. Teaching, science and administrative tasks are taking place online. In our absence the iconic drum Atingting from Ambrym island in Vanuatu stands lonely guard at the Department.
image of a digital meeting and presentation
CET Lunches are now virtual! (24.03.2020)
CET has adjusted to the new situation we are in and moved our weekly lunch seminars online. Connect with our network every Wednesday!
Hakan Sicakkan
A vital moment to study international refugee protection (23.03.2020)
UiB professor Hakan G. Sicakkan’s newly launched project Protect will study refugees’ rights to international protection. A vital moment for projects like Protect, UN Refugee Agency says.
Presentation by Dr Austin D. Ablo
Joint public lecture at the University of Ghana (11.03.2020)
The Department of Geography at the University of Ghana and the Urban Enclaving Futures project arranged in February 2020 a successful public lecture at the Department of Geography and Resource Development.
MediaFutures Christoph Trattner portrett.
Will improve your digital diet (06.03.2020)
Christoph Trattner actually wanted to be a chef. Now, he wants to help you avoid digital junk food.
Illustrerende utklipp fra Lekves artikkel i klassekampen
"Labour struggles in the new world of work" (26.02.2020)
Does internationalization of the labour market pose a threat to the Norwegian model? In this article, Lekve examines this question through an analysis of the strike in Norse Production during the autumn of 2017.
Katarina Kroken Ingvild Hagen og Kristin Mjelde, masterstudenter på MA i medie- og interaksjonsdesign Håvard Tveit, Chief Executive Officer, Everviz
Media City Bergen companies pitch ideas for master projects (12.02.2020)
In Media City Bergen, master students can collaborate with companies such as TV 2 Digital, NRK, Vimond, Bergens Tidene, Mjoll and Everviz.
The social impact of the renewable energy transition (12.02.2020)
In her master's project Amber Nordholm is looking at the social impact of the renewable energy transition through a case study in Portugal.
Research fellow Mehri S. Agai
New research fellow (11.02.2020)
Will study youth and digital detox.
Money Talks Professor Ragnhild Muriaas in Malawi during political campaign
Patriarchal structures an obstacle to women in politics in many countries (27.01.2020)
– Most often the priviliged are the winners in politics, and who is priviliged depends on gender, says professor Ragnhild Muriaas, who has lead the research project Money Talks.
Stacks of coins of differeing height
Circulation at the Top: Elites, Social Mobility and Intergenerational Capital Conversion (27.01.2020)
Despite calls for bridging the gap between the sociology of social class and the sociology of elites, there are few examples where this actually has been done. This article seeks to do so by applying approaches and statistical techniques commonly used in studies of social mobility in an analysis of circulation mobility in elite formations.

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