Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities is a multidisciplinary faculty that currently teaches more than 3700 students and offers a substantial number of programmes leading to a wide range of academic and professional qualifications. These cover a variety of disciplines within the areas of philosophy, language studies, history and cultural studies, aesthetic and literary studies.

Outstanding researcher:

Portrettbilde av Lukas Skiba med bybildet Bergen i bakgrunnen

Lukas Skiba Wins Prize for Young Researchers in Humanities 2025

How does language relate to reality? Lukas Skiba is awarded the Prize for Young Researchers for his work on how language shapes our understanding of the world. His work explores some of philosophy’s most fundamental questions about language and reality, and how they relate to one another.

New research from SapienCE

illustration of early human climate and how it affected human innovation

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.

News | Research

Rare discovery at a high school in Bergen caught the attention of UIB researchers

Remnants of medieval books were coincidentally discovered at Bergen Cathedral School - a high school located in the city center of Bergen. The findings will now be documented and analyzed by the international research project CODICUM.

News | New documentary

Norwegian gardens have become sterile lawnscapes

Norwegian gardens have gone from being full of fruits and berries to becoming flat lawns with trampolines and gas grills. “We have gardens that demand more, but give less back to nature,” says Professor Kyrre Kverndokk.

Researchers to Watch

Uncovering the hidden female influence in medieval literature

Did nuns play a more active and influential role in shaping our literary canon? Professor Laura Saetveit Miles, a specialist in British literature, sets high ambitions for her next research project: she aims to demonstrate how women shaped Medieval literature through both reading and writing.