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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.
Universitetsmuseet i Bergen
University of Bergen joins international climate alliance (11.05.2020)
This week, the University of Bergen became part of a group of the world's leading climate research institutions.
Former Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment and now ocean diplomat Mr. Helge Vidarsen speaking at the Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference in October 2019.
Green light for SDG Action (30.04.2020)
The University of Bergen is on track with the deliverables promised in SDG Action 28818, which has now been updated to include further deliverables towards the 2030 Agenda.
Brussel
UiB launches European campaign for frontier research (30.04.2020)
The University of Bergen has launched a European campaign to influence EU's long-term budget for research, through a petition and an open letter to European leaders.
The Marovo lagoon in Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
New Pacific PhD programme launched (28.04.2020)
The new Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme builds on long-term collaboration between two ocean and climate oriented universities, which includes a voluntary commitment at the inaugural UN Ocean Conference.
SDG-pin - Bergen
UiB among top 100 SDG-oriented universities (22.04.2020)
For the second year running the University of Bergen is ranked in the top 100 THE University Impact Rankings. The rankings are based on how oriented a university is towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and social responsibility.
Havis
Abrupt warming caused ice collapse and sea level rise (22.04.2020)
Near the end of the last ice age, the global sea level rose 12–14 meters in less than 350 years. Most of the meltwater has been thought to have come from North America and Antarctica. A new study shows that the ice over coastal Norway and the Barents Sea may have contributed almost as much.
Water irrigation
Will irrigation be the next limit to growth? (22.04.2020)
New research suggests that current models critically underestimate the uncertainties when predicting future irrigated areas. It also indicates that the latent environmental impact of irrigated agriculture could have been seriously miscalculated.
Marum htv
How does life thrive when the deep sea is dark? (17.04.2020)
How does life thrive there without photosynthesis? The diversity of marine life in these systems is surprising.
Universitetsmuseet på Museplassen 3 i Bergen
Establishes emergency fund for international students (08.04.2020)
The University of Bergen establishes emergency fund to give international students financial aid.
City landscape showing inequality between poor and rich areas in a sprawling metropolis.
Inequality in the age of the corona virus (07.04.2020)
The research programme GRIP has launched a series of interviews on global inequality as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Blombos Cave
SapienCE Annual Report 2019 is out (01.04.2020)
The report provides an insight to our exciting activities taking place throughout the calendar year.
A fish market in Kenya.
Small fish may act as “vitamin sweets” (31.03.2020)
In the world today, malnutrition is a bigger problem than hunger. Researchers hope that a small freshwater fish may prove to be packed with important micronutrients.
Hakan Sicakkan
A vital moment to study international refugee protection (23.03.2020)
UiB professor Hakan G. Sicakkan’s newly launched project Protect will study refugees’ rights to international protection. A vital moment for projects like Protect, UN Refugee Agency says.
Margareth Hagen, prorektor ved UiB
Please look after each other (13.03.2020)
- There are challenges ahead, but we will look after each other, pro-rector Margareth Hagen says in this message to students and employees.
Professor Sigrid Schütz (left) speaking in a panel discussion during the inaugural Ocean Sustainability Bergen Conference in October 2019.
Experts providing advice to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (10.03.2020)
In a meeting on biological diversity on the high seas, scientists and other actors gave valuable advice to representatives from Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs before final negotiations on regulation of natural resources outside of national jurisdiction.
MediaFutures Christoph Trattner portrett.
Will improve your digital diet (06.03.2020)
Christoph Trattner actually wanted to be a chef. Now, he wants to help you avoid digital junk food.
Griselda Pollock
The Holberg Prize 2020 awarded to Griselda Pollock (04.03.2020)
The Holberg Prize names feminist art historian Griselda Pollock as 2020 Laureate. The 2020 Nils Klim Prize is awarded to Danish Theologian Frederik Poulsen.

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