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Africa–Europe research collaborations must move beyond narrow notions of “equitable partnerships” and towards a research system in which African institutions shape agendas, methods and benefits on equal terms.
For Jérôme Picard, Associate Professor at KMD, the ongoing architectural debate about what is ugly and beautiful is about more than façades. On Friday, December 5, he was awarded the Europe 40 Under 40 prize, which is given the 40 most promising architecture and design talents in Europe.
The data speaks clearly – our planet faces serious challenges, and the ocean is at the heart of them. Next summer we consider both the opportunities and controversies that come with ocean use. Apply by 1 February 2026.
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.
The SEAS programme at the University of Bergen was recently endorsed as an Ocean Decade Action. It becomes the university’s second Action as part of the United Nations Ocean Decade.
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 5 February 2025. This is the free, all-digital day of events on the day before the SDG Conference plenary programme starts.
There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).
“The fact that we have just five years left to reach the Sustainable Development Goals should give us reason to pause — can we not do better?” asks Professor Birgit Kopainsky, who will lead Bergen Summer Research School 2025.
“There is hope in science and research”, said Rector Margareth Hagen in her welcome address to the one hundred PhD candidates from more than thirty countries taking part in the seventeenth Bergen Summer Research School.
During February 2024 we offer a mini-series of three webinars dealing with hydrogen and ammonia. Join us to get valuable updates on different aspects of the current developments in hydrogen technology, economy and legislation!
This seminar was not recorded but a similar presentation by chief economist Eirik Wærness along with much more information, can be found at the Energy Perspectives webpage at Equinor.com, see the right hand column for links.
Researchers come to Bergen from all over the world to solve global challenges. Simon Øverland has invited some of them to tell us about some solutions for the future.
Welcome to the digital and free SDG Conference in Bergen 2024! The theme is Take a look at the programme and register today.
Did you miss Thomas Herzfelder Hansens presentation investigating the impact on engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, and farm-farm interaction due to the ongoing race for bigger turbines? Watch it here!
Did you miss Arill Hagland's talk on OneSubsea Processing's plans for developing subsea substations for offshore wind parks? Watch it here!
Did you miss our half-day seminar on European Electricity Market Design for the Future, co-organized by Bergen Energy Lab / NHH Norwegian School of Economics? Watch the presentations here!
In this presentation, Jonathan Økland Torstensen, associate professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, present ongoing work on optimization of hydrogen production through hydrolysis of water and pyrolysis of natural gas respectively, and discusses aspects of the two methods and their potential utillity in large scale hydrogen production.

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