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Rector Dag Rune Olsen, University of Bergen.

An international mind

UiB’s new rector Dag Rune Olsen looks forward to building on the university’s successes in past years. But what are his own plans for taking UiB further?

GEOBIOLOGY
NEW DISCOVERIES: UiB researchers have found 20 new animal species in the volcano areas that they discovered this summer. These animals live off the heat caused by the hydrothermal vents in the area.

A waterworld of volcanoes

At Loki’s Castle in the Arctic Ocean, researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB) have discovered a so far unknown world of volcanic activity underwater. They hope that this can become Norway’s new national park.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Rector Sigmund Grønmo and vice-rector Astri Andresen visit Makerere University in February 2013. On right, with MU Vice Chancellor John Ddumba-Ssentamu. Formated for front page use.

Building international ties that last

Rector Sigmund Grønmo looks with satisfaction at how UiB has contributed to capacity building at our collaborating universities in the south.

FIGHTING POVERTY: The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty is hosted by UiB Global and celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year.
CROP AT 20

A world without poverty

CROP works to challenge a status quo that keeps 1.2 billion of the world’s population in extreme poverty.

OIL RESEARCH
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The drones of oil

Geologists in Norway are using flying drones with cameras to hunt for oil.

BERGEN SUMMER RESEARCH SCHOOL 2013
Filosof ved Yale University og styreleder for CROP ved UiB Global. Klippet bilde.

Poverty: the truth behind the numbers

Professor Thomas Pogge opened this year’s Bergen Summer Research School with a keynote lecture, where he put the fight against hunger into perspective.

  • HEARING VOICES: A recently published study by the Bergen fMRI Group at UiB shows that otherwise healthy people who hear voices, can play a crucial part in finding ways to treat schizophrenic patients.
    PSYCHOLOGY

    Help at hand for schizophrenics

    How can healthy people who hear voices help schizophrenics? Finding the answer for this is at the centre of research conducted at the University of Bergen.

  • Utklipp brukt som forsideillustrasjon ifm sak på news, oversatt fra Hubro 01/2013.
    OIL RESEARCH

    Multidisciplinary oil success

    Since its inception in 2001, Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research has provided state of the art products for the oil industry.

  • SLEEP WELL: Working the night shift is associated with sleeping disorders and health problems such as fear and depression, but Norwegian oil workers seemingly tolerate shift work well.
    OIL RESEARCH

    Sweet dreams in the North Sea

    Night shift workers and daytime workers in the offshore oil industry report similar sleep problems after a two-week work period, according to a Norwegian study.

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    THE HOLBERG PRIZE 2013

    Video interview with Holberg Prize winner Bruno Latour

    The French academic Bruno Latour received the Holberg Prize for 2013 at a ceremony in Håkonshallen in Bergen on Wednesday 5 June.

  • Bilde av studenter fra Institutt for geovitenskap på Svalbard. Brukt ifm sak i Hubro 01/2013. Brukt som forsidehenvisning til saken.
    OIL RESEARCH

    Arctic research on the rise

    With an increased interest in the natural resources of the Arctic, geologists are increasingly drawn to research on the archipelago of Svalbard.

  • Cruiseturismen har tidoblet seg i løpet av de siste tretti årene. Men cruiseturistene bruker minst penger av alle når de er på land.
    ECONOMY

    Cruise tourists spend less

    More and more cruise ships visit the fjords of Western Norway. But cruise tourists only spend a fraction of what other tourists spend.

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    PSYCHOLOGY

    Art appreciation is measureable

    Is it your own innate taste or what you have been taught that decides if you like a work of art? Both, according to an Australian-Norwegian research team.

  • FUTURE FOOD AND FUEL: Tunicates are marine filter feeders that weigh between 50 and 70 grams and are found in all oceans.
    BIOLOGY

    An animal to feed your Eco-car

    The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to prize-winning research at UiB and Uni Research.

  • THE OIL CURSE: Finding oil in a sparsely populated place such as North Dakota can create social tension. UiB students are participating in a project to resolve these issues.
    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

    Oil trouble in North Dakota

    Major oil discoveries in North Dakota are creating problems in the sparsely populated American state. Now a UiB project formulates solutions to the problems.

  • MIGHTY PLEASED: Rector Sigmund Grønmo is very pleased with the initial funding granted for the restoration of the University Museum of Bergen. Here he is pictured in front the museum.
    THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

    Fresh funds for assembly hall

    Norway’s revised national budget includes funding for the new assembly hall at the University of Bergen. – This is an historic day for all of Western Norway, says Rector Sigmund Grønmo.

  • EARLY RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS: A Norwegian study shows that spouses of pensioners on an early retirement scheme are 25 per cent more likely to claim disability benefits than retired couples where none of the spouses are on such schemes.
    ECONOMICS

    Early retirement scheme triggers disability benefits

    – The reason many spouses of early retirees apply for disability pensions is probably that the couples want to spend more time together, says Professor Kjell Vaage.

  • Director Abraham Aseffa of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute and UiB’s Rector Sigmund Grønmo signing a new Memorandum of Understanding in February 2013.
    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

    Capacity building in Ethiopia

    Rector Sigmund Grønmo signed a new collaboration agreement with the Armauer Hansen Research Institute and bolstered relations with Addis Ababa University on a visit to the Ethiopian capital.

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    MEDICINE

    Surviving pandemics

    So far, the tobacco plant has done more harm than good. But in the future, the plant may be used as part of a life-saving vaccine.

  • QUICK FIX: Occasionally parents will approach a therapist as if their child needs maintenance, just like a car in a repair shop.
    PSYCHOLOGY

    When children are clients

    Parents are both part of the solution and part of the problem when a child suffers from mental health problems.

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