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Just in time for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2025 at the United Nations in New York, the research project Habitable Air is publishing three policy briefs on air quality.

Did nuns play a more active and influential role in shaping our literary canon? Professor Laura Saetveit Miles, a specialist in British literature, sets high ambitions for her next research project: she aims to demonstrate how women shaped Medieval literature through both reading and writing.

Researchers at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD) at the University of Bergen (UiB) have been given a central role in the new national research center MishMash – Center for AI and Creativity. The grant is part of the national initiative on artificial intelligence (AI) and marks an important breakthrough for artistic research in the face of emerging technologies.

Associate Professor Henrik Skar at the Faculty of Law believes that increased knowledge of tax law can contribute to a better legal framework and greater trust in society. Recently, the University of Bergen (UiB) hosted Europe’s largest congress for tax law scholars.

How did our ancestors learn to craft tools, control fire, paint on cave walls, and sail across vast oceans — and how were these skills passed down through generations?

Hybrid intelligence is the future, according to Professor Barbara Wasson. She will head the new research centre AI LEARN, which will conduct research on the interaction between human and artificial intelligence (AI) over the next five years.

The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen has established the COAST Law Center—a research center for climate, energy, and sustainability law, thematically focused on climate, the ocean, the marine environment, and maritime activities.

Her passion for archaeology was sparked the first time she witnessed an active archaeological dig. This spring, Asia Alsgaard supervised the SapienCE excavations at Klipdrift Cave during fieldwork in South Africa.