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New master’s programme at the Department of Government (10.02.2023)
This autumn we offer a new and redesigned English master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges
Status of Pacific Regional Maritime Boundaries as of July 2020
New OceanStates blogpost! (10.02.2023)
Read the latest updates on the OceanStates front in our research blog.
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Research assistant at CET (1 year) (09.02.2023)
At Centre for climate and energy transformation (CET) we are looking for a full time research assistant for one year. Deadline March 5th!
Rokkan Prize 2022
"Theoretically ambitious, methodologically rigorous, and empirically rich" - Vineeta Yadav wins the 2022 Stein Rokkan Prize (08.02.2023)
Vineeta Yadav’s exploration of the effect of religious parties on civil liberties earns her unanimous recognition from the 2022 Stein Rokkan Prize Jury, who commend its scope, originality and innovativeness and note its significant contribution to the comparative social science research.
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New faces at Sampol (07.02.2023)
Meet Paulina, Sergiu and Bilal - three new colleagues at the department
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Accounting for Time: Public Bureaucracies in a Changing Environment (06.02.2023)
The Department of Government is organizing a PhD course from June 15th to June 21st 2023.
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A New Network Initiative on AI, Media and Democracy (03.02.2023)
The Junior Scholars Network on AI, Media and Democracy aims to connect and support junior scholars who are conducting research relating to the development and use of AI by media and potential impacts on democracy.
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Researcher Solveig Høegh-Krohn on her role and progress in the MUCS-project (02.02.2023)
Master`s graduate from the University of Bergen, Solveig Høegh-Krohn, on her role as researcher and the recent developments for the qualitative research conducted in the MUCS-project.
WATCH: Opportunities and challenges of “Energy System Integration” based on ongoing R&I projects (24.01.2023)
Did you miss Peter Breuhaus' presentation on Energy System Integration? Watch the webinar here!
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How was the Covid-19 pandemic was communicated? (20.01.2023)
Media researchers from the Nordic countries comparing and sharing experiences for their research of how the Covid-19 pandemic was communicated and managed in the different countries.
Book cover: Haste, the slow politics of climate urgency
Haste - the slow politics of climate urgency (20.01.2023)
Haste is out now! The book is edited by CET researchers Håvard Haarstad, Jakob Grandin, Kristin Kjærås and Eleanor Johnson and is available for download - open access!
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Media use Research about the Covid-19 pandemic (19.01.2023)
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic much research has been carried out on how the pandemic has affected society. Here you will find an overview of publications related to media use and the pandemic, by the scholars in Bergen Media Use Research Group.
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CET events spring 2023 (11.01.2023)
CET Lunches, conferences and breakfast meetings; here's an overview of our planned events for the semester.
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The first results from the pilot project Coordinated Online Panels are published (11.01.2023)
The pilot project KODEM_DEMO utilized the new national infrastructure KODEM for research on Norwegian democracy and governance. The first results have now been published in a special issue of Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift (The Norwegian Journal for Political Science).
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Silje Kristiansen in Momentum-program (10.01.2023)
Our associate professor Silje Kristiansen got accepted into UiB's career development program Momentum for 2023!
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Postdoc position available (10.01.2023)
DIGSSCORE is announcing a Postdoctoral research fellow position in Political Science with deadline March 31st.
Bilete med ESS-logo, et svakt Europakart, og tekst: "20 år med ESS. Markering av 10 runder og 20 år med data fra European Social Survey i Norge og Europa. 25. januar, Hotel Norge, Bergen"
Twenty years of ESS and new data from Norway (06.01.2023)
We mark European Social Survey’s (ESS) 20th anniversary by holding a seminar at Hotel Norge, Wednesday 25 January, from 0930 to 1700. Department of Government has been national coordinator for the ESS since 2019, and wishes to invite all interested parties to participate at the seminar. Everyone are also invited to a competition on making the best ESS data visualization.
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The meaning of metrics in pandemic news experiences (04.01.2023)
In their latest article in the international top journal Journalism, John Magnus Ragnhildson Dahl and Brita Ytre-Arne explain the meaning of metrics in journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic, from an audience perspective.

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