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CNA course at the University of São Paulo (05.12.2024)
On October 10 and 11, 2024, Dr. Jonathan Freitas (UFMG/Brazil) conducted an introductory CNA course at the Clinical Hospital of the School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo (HC/FMUSP). The course brought together approximately 30 members of HC’s Digital Health team. The event received exceptional feedback, sparking follow-up research initiatives centered on the CNA method.
Margit Simon leading climate researcher at Sapience
Margit Simon Receives Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant (03.12.2024)
Dr. Margit H. Simon is awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant of 2,17 million Euros to lead the PIONEER project which will transform our understanding of how environmental factors shaped the evolution of behavioural complexity in early Homo sapiens.
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CNA applied in Peace Research (28.11.2024)
Jordan Becker, Paul Poast, and Tim Haesebrouck combined CNA with Regression Analysis in a mixed method approach to investigate why countries with disparate geography and perceptions of the international security environment agreed on NATO’s Wales Pledge on Defense Investment.
Alinta Krauth – text: "The Songbird Speaks. Decoding Magpie Vocalizations with AI"
Won award for AI artwork imagining magpies as storytellers (28.11.2024)
Woollahra Digital Literary Award in digital innovation given to Alinta Krauth.
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"Klima frå alle kanter" conference (09.11.2024)
The climate found its way to Kulturhuset in Bergen.
Anje Müller Gjesdal, Johanna Gunn, Øyvind Gjerstad and Kjersti Fløttum
LINGCLIM researchers at a conference in Nice (09.11.2024)
Several LINGCLIM researchers participated at a conference in Nice, France, on September 4th 2024
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LINGCLIM participation at the XXIIe Congrès des Romanistes Scandinaves (09.11.2024)
Several researchers from the LINGCLIM group participated at the XXIIe Congrès des Romanistes Scandinaves in Finland.
Painted lady butterfly larvae hatching.
Pollinators: The little creatures that run the world (07.11.2024)
With funding from the EU, University of Bergen researchers and their large transdisciplinary team set out to help society deal with threats related to pollinator decline.
Gruppebilde med de fire forskerne
Nordic research team receives €13 million to explore medieval book culture  (01.11.2024)
Åslaug Ommundsen from the University of Bergen, along with three Nordic research partners, has been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant to investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.   
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Wittgenstein on Practice - Back to the Rough Ground (30.10.2024)
The first volume devoted to the topic of Wittgenstein and practice. Contains essays from both internationally recognized and up-and-coming scholars. Directed at contemporary issues
Bilde av laks som svømmer tett i tett.
12 million to the history of salmon farming, sustainability, and Norway’s role in Chile (28.10.2024)
Ernesto Semán at the University of Bergen has been awarded 12 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway for the project DARKLAX. Through an interdisiplinary approach DARKLAX will tell the history of salmon farming in Chile and the role Norway has played.
Book cover and the review text "This book is a lively affirmation of aesthetic expertise as robust, shared, and valued. - Eileen John, Warwick University
Aesthetic Expertise - An Exploration and Defense (24.10.2024)
In this first ever book-length study of aesthetic expertise, Ole Martin Skilleås outlines the nature and purpose of aesthetic expertise, with particular emphasis on the direction of attention, and examines how aesthetic expertise manifests across diverse roles within aesthetic practices.
Bildet viser ni av medlemmene i forskergruppen som møttes 1. oktober på NLA Høgskolen, campus Kalfaret.
Controversial Issues in Education: Organizing Teacher Seminar to Bridge Theory and Practice (16.10.2024)
This fall, the research group Research and Teaching on Controversial Issues is hosting a seminar for teachers to explore various approaches to teaching controversial issues in schools.
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Teaching Students and Knowledge Integration (15.10.2024)
In these two videos, two teaching students present some of the challenges they encountered in practice, and how they worked to solve them using the knowledge they gained from various parts of teacher education program.
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Organize an event at Day Zero 2025! (25.09.2024)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 5 February 2025. This is the free, all-digital day of events on the day before the SDG Conference plenary programme starts.
It's the time of the season (24.09.2024)
University of Bergen researcher Scott Bremer is on time with a new research path as his EU-funded project on seasons wraps up.
UiB Innovasjonsfestival 2024
Success for the first innovation festival at UiB (24.09.2024)
There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).
UiB Innovasjonsfestival 2024
Success for the first innovation festival at UiB (24.09.2024)
There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).

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