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Global Challenges

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Global challenges affect us all — they are complex and interdisciplinary by nature, and influence how we work and collaborate across disciplines at the University of Bergen.

BSRS 2026
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What should we ask of the ocean? BSRS 2026 is underway

The annual Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) is officially underway, bringing together 65 young scholars from 29 countries around the world. What unites them is a shared focus on this year’s theme: Ocean expectations.

International symposium
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How global shifts reshape migration and refugee regimes

How are geopolitical change, new technologies, and shifting norms transforming migration and asylum regimes? These questions will be at the centre of a symposium, co-organised by UiB, held in Tijuana, Mexico, on 22 April 2026.

Coimbra Group Scholarship
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UiB participates in the Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme

The primary objective of the Coimbra Group is to promote academic collaboration among its member universities and to facilitate international cooperation both within and outside Europe. Apply by 10 May 2026.

New research from SapienCE
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Early human innovation: Was climate really the cause?

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by movement, interaction, and knowledge sharing.

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Every year, Bergen Summer Research School welcomes 100 PhD candidates from all over the world to take one of several parallel PhD-level courses, all based in some of Bergen’s best research groups, and each addressing important global challenges.