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Christoph Heinze (UiB og Bjerknessenteret) og Thorsten Blenckner (Stockholm Resilience Centre) ønsket over 80 forskere velkommen til Bergen i dag, når COMFORT prosjektet setter I gang. Heinze (til venstre) og Blenckner leder et forskerteam som skal under
Our safe operating spaces for our common future ocean in the Earth system (09.10.2019)
What are our safe operating spaces for the ocean? This is the starting question for the new EU Horizon 2020 project COMFORT.
Nanotechnology, illustration
A technological revolution at atomic size  (08.10.2019)
More effective as well as cheaper technology will be the outcome of a new innovation project, led by the University of Bergen.
Jo-Anne Baird
- Educational assessment has a powerful effect upon people’s lives (02.10.2019)
With it comes a great deal of responsibility. The effects of educational assessments upon learning, and what we can find out about learning from these assessments, are both important facets of this responsibility that have not received enough attention.
Karsten Specht, IBMP, Det psykologiske fakultet
Fascinated by the brain (02.10.2019)
When Karsten Specht came into contact with brain researchers and language therapists working with aphasia patients, things began to happen.
bilde av jørn jacobsen
Criminal Law: Work that never ends (01.10.2019)
As a student, Jørn Jacobsen encountered Norwegian criminal law – and he never got over it, or past it. The recruitment scholarship from the Trond Mohn Foundation gave him the opportunity to delve more deeply into issues involving power, criminal offences, freedom and penology.
Aresdoktorer
Ten new honorary doctorates (25.09.2019)
Peter Gluckman, Peter Thomson, Toril Moi, Jo-Anne Baird, Bruce R. Zetter, Pippa Norris, Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, Anne Canteaut, Eamon Duffy and Lise Davidsen have been made honorary doctors of the University of Bergen.
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Being born by Caesarian section may affect your intelligence (23.09.2019)
Researchers at the University of Bergen looked if there is a connection between the mode of delivery and the genetics of children’s intelligence.
Hakan Sicakkan
UiB awarded large EU project on migration (19.09.2019)
UiB researcher Hakan G. Sicakkan will lead the EU-funded PROTECT project, which will closely follow the United Nations’ two new global compacts on migration and refugees.
Peter Thomson to be honorary doctor (09.09.2019)
The diplomat and ocean activist Peter Thomson from Fiji is one of nine new honorary doctors at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Eystein Husebye og Stafford Lightman
Developing new methods to monitor biological rhythms (03.09.2019)
Academic researchers and commercial partners presented their novel work on hormonal diseases and endocrine monitoring at the Ultradian conference in Bergen last week.
Data manager Benjamin Pfeil from the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research photographed in Bergen in summer 2019.
Providing ocean climate science for sustainable decision-making (30.08.2019)
How can the academic community make an impact to get vital information on climate change across to decision-makers? By engaging in the type of quiet science advice provided by Benjamin Pfeil and his team at the University of Bergen.
Mennesker
- There is no place for abuse and bullying at UiB (28.08.2019)
A recent report shows that bullying and harassment are prevalent in the higher education sector. “All our employees and students should experience the University of Bergen as a good place to study and work,” says Rector Dag Rune Olsen.
Bestefar, Samuel og Bettina
TV personalities Samuel and Grandpa become co-researchers (22.08.2019)
Samuel Massie and grandfather Arne Ulvolden from the TV2 series "Samuel and grandfather" become co-researchers in the BetterAge research project, led by University of Bergen professor Bettina Husebø.
MED PSYK JAPAN
UiB extends research collaboration with Japan (22.08.2019)
Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Psychology have been in Japan to expand and intensify UiB's focus on Asian research collaboration.
A passionate Kristin H. Holth speaking during a debate in Arendal, Norway on 14 August 2019 whilst (left to right) Inga Berre, Hege Økland, Ragnhild Freng Dale, and Hege Hammersland-White listen. Moderator Ole Øvretveit on far left.
A focus on sustainability and transformation (16.08.2019)
Can technology solve Earth's need for transformation? This was the major question at the SDG Bergen panel debate during the Arendalsuka 2019 festival.
Internasjonalt mottak
"We feel really welcome in Bergen" (08.08.2019)
Law students Zhao Yixian and Lin Zihui from China were among the many attendees at the first day of the welcome programme for new international students at UiB.
The University of Bergen delegation at the 2019 High-level Political Forum consisted of (left to right): Tor Halvorsen, Tore Furevik, Edvard Hviding, Kikki Kleiven, and Sverre Ole Drønen.
Strengthening the science-policy nexus at the United Nations (22.07.2019)
The University of Bergen visited the High-level Political Forum to strengthen the science policy advice in the approaches to and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We recount the proceedings from two hectic weeks in seven brief chapters.
The panel at the side event Partnerships for Climate Action hosted by the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations on 12 July 2019 as part of the High-level Political Forum.
Science is not negotiable (17.07.2019)
The challenges for the science-policy nexus to succeed were discussed at a side event hosted at Norway's Mission to the UN. The conclusion was that science may not be questioned, but is in danger of being ignored.

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