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Isbjørn på Svalbard
Svalbard has experienced warming of 4°C the last 50 years (04.02.2019)
Since 1971 Svalbard has experienced a winter warming of 7°C. This has caused major changes, and there is an urgent need to plan for the future, states the new “Climate in Svalbard 2100” report.
TV2 scholarship
TV 2 awards scholarships to four student projects (23.01.2019)
TV 2 awarded a total of NOK 100.000 to master students from the department of Information and Media Science at the University of Bergen (UiB) during a ceremony at Media City Bergen last week. The scholarship is part of their ongoing commitment to supporting new media talents.
Obrestad Lighthouse - measuring equipment
Measuring the wind (22.01.2019)
Floating wind turbines keep getting bigger, giving us more energy. A UiB-project will measure the wind's capabilities in an entirely new fashion, paving the way for more efficient wind energy at sea.
Professor Lise Øvrreås, Academic Director of Ocean Sustainability Bergen at the University of Bergen in Norway.
New director for Ocean Sustainability Bergen (21.01.2019)
Professor Lise Øvreås takes over from Peter M. Haugan as Academic Director of Ocean Sustainability Bergen, UiB's centre for sustainable ocean research, with scientific advice being one of the main tasks in her portfolio.
Psykologistudenter, Kanada
Erica and Zaria chose UiB for Bachelor-writing (17.01.2019)
Erica Seelemann and Zaria Connors have come all the way from Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada to follow courses at the University of Bergen, and they will write up their Bachelor in Psychology here.
Field work in Maputo at the opening of Urban Enclaving Futures Project, lead by Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen from University of Bergen (left in photo).
New perspectives on change in urban Africa (17.01.2019)
The cutting-edge Urban Enclaving Futures project used its first workshop to define how research can bring in social, cultural, spatial and further dimensions moving beyond classic economic understandings of urban development.
Flyktninger venter ved en grensepassering mellom Makedonia og Hellas i februar 2016.
Migration Compact of high symbolic value (18.12.2018)
Researcher Hakan G. Sicakkan considers the UN's new Migration Compact to be an exciting addition to the global migration discourse and he looks forward to studying its implementation.
Researchers challenge Norway’s climate policy at COP24 (13.12.2018)
Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment Ola Elvestuen meets with researchers, Pacific island representatives and civil society at the COP24 summit in Poland for dialogue on Arctic-Pacific climate conditions, with a particular focus on SDG13 and SDG14. Follow the side-event live from 13.15!
Flytande havvind
Make Norway a zero-emission country (12.12.2018)
Climate researcher Tore Furevik suggests that Norway should think big. Offshore wind can turn the country into a zero-emission society, as well as creating a major boost for the economy.
EU-ambassador Thierry Béchet said when he was visiting the SapienCE Centre
EU Ambassador visits the SapienCE team (10.12.2018)
“You really could go on and on about this! It is very interesting to learn a bit about you work here”, EU Ambassador Thierry Béchet said when he was visiting the SapienCE Centre.
Saket Saurabh
Making sense of Big Data (28.11.2018)
UiB researcher Saket Saurabh embarks on a new ERC funded project, aiming to revolutionise how we handle, utilise and compress Big Data.
Derek Lackaff
"International exchange of perspectives are more important than ever" (26.11.2018)
Fulbright scholar Derek Lackaff is impressed with the facilities at Media City Bergen (MCB) and thinks that international exchange and knowledge-sharing are more important than ever.
Sarah Wurz lithics analyst Sapience
The stone reader (22.11.2018)
" Archeology is a fascinating way to learn about human evolution because it opens up to all disciplines and allows us to look at human behavior from a holistic perspective".
Professor Peter M. Haugan at the SDG Conference Bergen in February 2018, chairing a special event on SDG14.
Leading SDG role for ocean scientist (15.11.2018)
Earlier this autumn Peter M. Haugan was appointed member of the expert group for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. He is now preparing to attend the first meeting - in his hometown Bergen.
The University of Bergen's Rector Dag Rune Olsen at the opening of the inaugural SDG Conference Bergen in February 2018.
UiB given SDG14 leadership role by IAU (14.11.2018)
The University of Bergen has been announced as part of the International Association of Universities SDG Cluster, with special responsibility and leadership for SDG14, Life Below Water.
The origin of sewing technology. Palaeolithic eyed needles from France (left and centre) and China (right)
UiB researcher sheds new light on the origin of sewing technologies (11.11.2018)
The earliest known bone awls, suitable to produce skin clothing, are 73 000 years old and come from Blombos Cave, a site investigated by the researchers of the UiB Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour. However, little is known about the origin of the sewing techniques necessary to produce tailored clothing. A new study, lead by Francesco d’Errico, professor II at the University of Bergen and... Read more
Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen debating education and the SDGs in the closing session of the official Norway delegation visit in Cape Town, South Africa on 2 November 2018.
Building partnerships for global sustainability (07.11.2018)
At the end of the Norwegian delegation visit to South Africa, Rector Dag Rune Olsen chaired a panel discussing the future of education for global sustainable development.
Rector Dag Rune Olsen from the University of Bergen and Vice-Chancellor and Principal Adam Habib from the University of the Witwatersrand in Pretoria, South Africa on 31 October 2018.
Equal education opportunities key to sustainability (01.11.2018)
South African university leader Adam Habib believes that research and innovation must be linked to equality if the goal of a sustainable world is to be reached. In February 2019 he is the opening keynote at Norway's National SDG Conference Bergen.

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