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UiB researcher becomes global biodiversity ambassador (24.03.2021)
UNESCO has announced Postdoctoral fellow Alicia May Donnellan Barraclough as one of five global Young Spokespeople for its Man and Biosphere programme.
The S4D4C plenary on Strengthening Science Diplomacy Transboundary Institutions on Thursday 18 March2021 brilliantly summed up in this illustration.
Bringing science and knowledge to diplomacy (19.03.2021)
“Science is not negotiable, but it can be ignored,” said Professor Edvard Hviding in a debate on transboundary institutions at the S4D4C final networking meeting.
Michael Stousberg professor in Religious Studies
Knowledge about religious minorities is key to global citizenship (19.03.2021)
Religious minorities can challenge societal consensus on how people should lead their lives. How much difference are societies and states willing to allow for? A brand-new online master’s program aims to improve our knowledge about religious minorities around the world.
Edvard Hviding from the University of Bergen and Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen from the Arctic University of Norway at a science diplomacy workshop in Bergen in February 2020.
Funding for science diplomacy network (15.03.2021)
The Research Council of Norway is supporting the establishment of the Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network with NOK 1 million. This is the first time SDG Bergen is partner in a research grant.
Chinese structure
China’s role in Africa: What now? (05.03.2021)
Over the past decade, China has emerged as a large actor on the African continent – primarily through trade, investment and as provider of development finance. But China is increasingly also playing a more direct political role.
Logo of United for Biodiversity coalition
UiB joins Global Coalition to protect biodiversity (02.03.2021)
On World Wildlife Day 3 March 2021, the University of Bergen becomes the first Norwegian institution and first university worldwide to join the European Commission’s Global Coalition United for Biodiversity.
Amund Maage (right) and Giulia Testa speaking at a session during the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen.
Solutions for coastal communities post COVID (02.03.2021)
Is investing in coastal and marine ecosystem restoration and protection the way to stimulate the blue economy post COVID-19? This was one of the questions in a special parallel session on coastal communities at the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen.