Global and development-related research is one of two priority areas for research at the University of Bergen.
UiB Global is a unit responsible for initiating and coordinating multi- and transdisciplinary research and related activities within this priority area.
The unit aims to strengthen synergies across disciplines and build on the University´s long history of academic cooperation with partners in the Global South.
UiB Global is part of the Department of Research Management. UiB Global's academic coordinator reports directly to Rector.
Poverty, health, food, water, democracy, environment and climate are among the topics that belong to development-related research - one of UiB's two priority areas. Click here to read about research groups by theme. Information about research according to region can be found by browsing the map above.
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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.
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BSRS 2013: International Experts and Students to Gather Around the Topic of Food
Inger Elisabeth Måren, Vigdis Vandvik and Howaida Faisal Abdelrahman are hard at work with only weeks remaining before the start of the Bergen Summer Research School.
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Fighting for Academic Freedom by Challenging University Governance Structures
Social scientists Tor Halvorsen and Peter Vale have edited a new book which argues for open academic discussion, free from the constraints imposed by the business model of university management.
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Making the Case for Transdisciplinary Approaches to Development and Sustainability
The complexity of the fundamental problems facing humanity requires academia to re-examine its own role. This was the topic of a recent workshop at UiB.
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A Flying Start for Chinese Studies at UiB
The new bachelor programme in Chinese has received a surprisingly large number of applications. The Faculty of the Humanities are already making plans to expand in order to welcome more students.
Conference
Bergen Summer Research School 2013: Food as a Global Development Challenge
17.6.2013 - 28.6.2013
News
- Analysing the Linguistic Construction of Poverty in Latin American Media (17.04.2013)
- Broad involvement and many success stories in global health (11.04.2013)
- Strong UiB Presence in NORHED Applications (03.04.2013)
- Candidates Offer Different Visions for Strengthening Global and Development-Related Research (22.03.2013)
- At the Frontiers of Change, Despite a Continued Burden of Morality (02.04.2013)