News archive for Global Challenges

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.

Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funds 2020 (29.04.2020)

Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions. Deadline 20 June, 2020.

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.

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.

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.