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A face-to-face summer research school, at last! (05.06.2023)
This week, more than 70 PhD students from all over the world assemble in Bergen for the annual Bergen Summer Research Schools—for the first time since the pandemic.
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The 2022 Annual Report from Team SapienCE (02.06.2023)
The SapienCE Annual Report of 2022 is available to download. The new report provides a summary of everything our team of world-leading scientists has achieved from the start of the Centre in 2017 until today. Come share our journey with us!
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Acquiring intercultural competencies at UiB: New course at the Department of Foreign Languages (31.05.2023)
Against increasingly diversified migration in our globalized societies, intercultural competencies have become a progressively relevant set of skills in the national and international job market.
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Showcasing Fascinating Discoveries about Early Modern Human Behaviour (26.05.2023)
The SapienCE Early Human Behaviour Exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore fascinating discoveries and insights into the behaviours of our early, shared, ancestors.
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CNA applied in "Editor's Choice" article of Translational Behavioral Medicine (22.05.2023)
Laura J Damschroder et al. (2022) conducted a Coincidence Analysis of obesity treatment options within the Veterans Health Administration, which was selected "Editor's Choice" by Translational Behavioral Medicine.
Photo of participants in the CLIMLIFE project group.
Living with climate change conference 8-9 May 2023 (16.05.2023)
The Living with climate change conference took place on 8-9. May 2023 with over 100 participants from 19 countries, and over 50 paper presentations. THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE AS A VIDEO RECORDING HERE.
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Living with climate change conference: Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin on climate change (16.05.2023)
8-9 May 2023 the CLIMLIFE research project at the University of Bergen organised the international conference Living with climate change. Journalist and scholar Andrew Revkin gave a wholehearted keynote on climate communication, journalism and on connecting people.
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Podcast: Prof. Kjersti Fløttum in Science4Impact (16.05.2023)
Professor Kjersti Fløttum interviewed by the podcast Science4Impact about how willing we are to live climate-friendly lives.
Emil Perron at the Areopagus, in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Interview: Everyone could benefit from looking up (16.05.2023)
Research assistant at the CLIMLIFE research project, Emil Perron, has been interviewed by På Høyden about the preparing the conference Living with climate change conference at the University of Bergen 8-9 May.
Ingrid Halland’s keynote lecture ‘Towards Deep Surfaces’ at the symposium Living Prototypes at Aedes Architekturforum, Berlin (2022). Photo: Aedes Architekturforum
"Sustainability needs to look different" (16.05.2023)
Ingrid Halland is convinced that the materials of a more sustainable future cannot mimic the aesthetics belonging to the paradigms we must leave behind.
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WATCH: Emerging clean energy technologies (16.05.2023)
Did you miss Dhayalan Velauthapillai's BEL Lunch seminar presenting on research on nanomaterials for solar cells, Hydrogen and energy storage applications at Western Norway University of Applied Science? Watch it here!
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Version 0.3.1 of `frscore` is released (03.05.2023)
A new version of the `frscore` extension package for `cna` is now available on CRAN.
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Guest Lecture (01.05.2023)
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Elizabet Arocena Egaña from University of the Basque Country will give a lecture titled "Students’ language achievements, teachers’ beliefs and the use of multilingual resources in Basque schools" on May 12, 2023. You are welcome to attend this event.
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WATCH: "NVEs forslag til nye områder for norsk havvind – fordeler og utfordringer" (28.04.2023)
Did you miss Finn Gunnar Nielsens presentation of NVE's report on new areas for renewable energy production at sea? Watch it here! Please note that the presentation was given in Norwegian language.
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Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funding 2023 (27.04.2023)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions for 2023-2024. Deadline 7 June, 2023.
Image of the participants in the PILOT-E pilot project taken at the Kick-off with the project partners January 2023
WATCH: Energy Flexibility aggregation for the Privat Enterprise Market (25.04.2023)
Did you miss Kristin Margrethe Flornes presentation of Eviny's pilot project from PILOT-E to develop solutions for increased flexibility in the power system? Watch it here!
Illustration image with technical installations related to the project schematically drawn on an image of the Odda - Tyssedal area with the inner part of Sørfjorden
WATCH: Green Energy – Hardanger Hydrogen Hub (21.04.2023)
In this presentation, Ingvald Torblå, CEO of Odda Technology, presents the plans and current status of the Green energy project Hardanger Hydrogen Hub.
Roger Strand delivering his lecture in the Vatican
Building a science for human flourishment (20.04.2023)
In his opening lecture of the 2023 General Assembly at the Vatican City, UiB professor Roger Strand explored the role of ethics in converging technologies.

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