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Professor Peter M. Haugan from the University of Bergen at the UN Ocean Conference in New York in June 2017.
Between research and diplomacy (20.06.2017)
Professor Peter M. Haugan has long participated in high level work in the United Nations, building partnerships between science and diplomacy.
Students registering for summer school
The Bergen Summer Research School has started (12.06.2017)
The Bergen Summer Research School started 12th June with the registration at Studentsenteret! Almost 100 PhD candidates participate and they are very welcome.
PACIFIC PARTNERS: UiB's Jarl Giske (left) and USP's Rajesh Chandra launching a unique joint marine chair at the UN Ocean Conference in New York, thus strengthening the ties between the two universities.
Bergen and Fiji expand partnership (08.06.2017)
The University of Bergen and the University of the South Pacific announced the establishment of a joint marine chair at a reception during the UN Ocean Conference.
Dead fish on a beach, used to illustrate article about voluntary commitment on a marine research and education project on sustainability.
Strengthening marine cooperation in Africa (06.06.2017)
At the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York, the University of Bergen has committed to support a research and education project with South African partners.
Solomon Island
The Global Anthropology of Climate Change (06.06.2017)
Climate change is said to be the greatest global challenge of our time, but it is also a contested topic. How do we talk about these issues - from everyday life to the meetings of policy makers - and what are the consequences? Join the course SANT285 if you want to engage in discussions about climate change in a post-factual world.
From the performance Moana: the Rising of the Sea at Oseana Art Centre in Os, south of Bergen, in 2015.
UiB expands collaboration in the Pacific (01.06.2017)
At the United Nations Ocean Conference in the first week of June 2017, anthropologist Edvard Hviding established new partnerships between Norway and the Pacific island nations in marine and climate research.