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Marine microorganisms in a a watertank at the Sars Centre at the University of Bergen.
Ocean science in the age of Covid-19 (21.07.2020)
How can the ocean provide knowledge and research for the medicine and food of the future? The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the world community that biodiversity is key to securing solutions for the future and how dependent we are of the secrets of the ocean.
Illustration: Researchers study the nuts and bolts of a box producing policy
Can we ensure that mathematical models serve society? (02.07.2020)
Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, UiB researchers present five principles for model quality.
Photo of the Santa Fe neighbourhood in Mexico City, from the Unequal Scenes series.
A global approach to inequality and pandemics (02.07.2020)
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the research programme GRIP launched a series of interviews on global inequality in March 2020. With more than 20 interviews out, GRIP is now looking at how to bring the debate on inequality into the mainstream.
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How can we make good decisions when experts lack the answers? (02.07.2020)
– Covid-19 has shown that we need a new debate about decision-making in crises when the scientific answers are not yet available. Numbers and calculations are insufficient when it comes to handling the worldwide crisis that the pandemic has triggered, says Professor Jeroen Van der Sluijs.
Screenshot from one of the sessions at the virtual Warsaw Science Diplomacy School in June 2020.
Science diplomacy for global challenges (29.06.2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow Joanna Siekiera reports on a new summer school educating the science diplomats of the future, with participation from around the world.
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International recognition for the University Gardens (26.06.2020)
The University Gardens have received official accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International as conforming to the highest international standards.
Jill Walker Rettberg
New method developed to analyse social media (26.06.2020)
Do you know where the personal data you leave behind in apps and on social media is used? A new method for analyzing data developed by Professor Jill Walker Rettberg helps identify precisely that.
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The complex system of facial expressions in sign language (26.06.2020)
In the near future deaf people and hearing people may be able to communicate in real time, using automatic translation systems based on computer vision technologies. Now researchers are carefully studying facial expressions used in sign language to express both grammatical information and emotions.
Professors and marine scientists Sigrid Eskeland Schütz and Edvard Hviding on stage at the inaugural Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference in October 2019.
The law of the high seas (22.06.2020)
Biodiversity is one of the key issues in the debate for sustaining and developing our common ocean resources. Law researchers at the University of Bergen have long been engaged in judicial questions outside national marine territories.
Hypochondriacs and cognitive therapy.
Cognitive therapy has lasting effect on hypochondriacs (16.06.2020)
Even only few hours with cognitive behavioural therapy has very good effect on persons with hypochondria 10 years after treatment.
Professor Edvard Hviding from the University of Bergen at the High-level Political Forum at the United Nations in July 2018, as part of the official Norwegian delegation.
Science diplomacy for the ocean (15.06.2020)
Ocean science is at the core of the University of Bergen’s science diplomacy activities. By juxtaposing the 17 goals of the 2030 Agenda, the university and its partners are quietly providing policymakers with research-based knowledge for global sustainability.
Digital undervisning med studenter og underviser. Skjermdump
How have the students handled the transition to online teaching? (10.06.2020)
During the Spring of 2020, the University of Bergen had to close access to campus for employees and students to hinder spreading of the corona virus, and all teaching and assessment were shifted to digital platforms.
Seilskipet Statsraad Lehmkuhl til havs.
Ocean potential highlighted on World Ocean Day (09.06.2020)
“The ocean has enormous potential. It's not only that we can, but also because we have to produce more from the ocean if we are to avoid climate change,” said Vidar Helgesen aboard tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl on World Ocean Day.
Students from the University of Bergen during field work north of Bergen on the west coast of Norway.
The future of education in ocean science (08.06.2020)
The University of Bergen’s interdisciplinary SDG14 course educates the future ocean science leaders to engage critically with the 2030 Agenda.
Portrait of Benjamin Pfeil, leader of the Bjerknes Climate Data Centre at the University of Bergen
Providing data to save our ocean (08.06.2020)
Reporting on ocean acidification data directly targeting the Sustainable Development Goals is all in a day’s work for Benjamin Pfeil and his data group at the University of Bergen.
Starfish / Sjøstjerne
UN ocean science series in June 2020 (28.05.2020)
In October 2018 the University of Bergen was given a lead role on SDG14, Life below water, by United Nations Academic Impact. Now the university has been asked to present a four-part series for inspiration on ocean research and education. The UN distributes the series globally.
World map showing 31 lakes as part of a global study of small-scale fisheries.
More sustainable fisheries through better management (27.05.2020)
How do climate and land-use changes influence fish catch in lakes? That has been at the centre of a major international study which urges policymakers to increase funding for land and water management to create a more sustainable fisheries industry.
Happy National Day! (16.05.2020)
The student choir “Arme Riddere”, Rector Dag Rune Olsen, as well as students and employees from UiB's many home offices congratulates everyone on the Constitution Day of Norway. See the video here.

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