Bergen School of Global Studies presents cutting edge, research-based graduate studies addressing global challenges of our time and the complex ways in which these interact.
BSGS is organised in five pillars, led by some of the excellent research milieux at the University of Bergen: climate change, governance, global health, inequality, and migration.
Finding solutions to these acute and complex challenges require us to go beyond traditional scientific disciplines to gain knowledge that incorporates multiple perspectives and ways of knowing.
BSGS responds to this need for multi-disciplinary, research-based and practice-embedded teaching at the MA and PhD levels, and emphasises innovative learning methods and student involvement in teaching.
On these pages you find an overview of courses and subjects of relevance to students interested in the causes of global challenges and in mitigating their effects — all taught in English.
The five pillars of BSGS are led by excellent resarchers in the respective field:
Climate Change, Håvard Haarstad (Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation)
Governance, Siri Gloppen & Lise Rakner (LawTransform)
Health, Astrid Blystad & Karen Marie Moland (Centre for International Health)
Inequality, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (Global Research Programme on Inequality — GRIP)
Migration, Synnøve Bendixen (International Migration and Ethnic Relations — IMER Bergen)
Co-directors of BSGS are Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner. BSGS is part of the University's strategic area of Global Challenges. Administrative coordinator is Anja Tucker.
Bergen School of Global Studies also offers a cross-pillar film club & seminar series providing food for both the body and the soul, a social space to engage with fellow global school scholars. This normally takes place at Bergen Global — get updates on Facebook and Twitter!