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Annika Rødeseike har skrevet masteroppgave om oppfatninger av klimaproblemer og hvordan disse preger hva vi gjør.
How does the framing of climate issues affect your motivation to act? (31.01.2018)
Will people act more in line with climate-friendly solutions if we change the way we frame climate issues? In her master thesis, this is what Annika Rødeseike tried to discover.
David Lara Arango
Senior Data Scientist in Webstep AS (30.01.2018)
David Lara Arango will complete his PhD degree in System Dynamics in 2018. He works as a senior data scientist in Webstep AS.
Siddharth Sareen, Jakob Grandin and Tarje Wanvik
SDGs change the role of universities (30.01.2018)
If universities are to contribute to societal attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, it requires them to take on a different role, posit SpaceLab/CET researchers.
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Bergen in front as part of Norway's international leadership role in ocean management (26.01.2018)
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has established an international high-level panel for a sustainable ocean economy. The University of Bergen looks forward to being part of this marine effort and contribute with scientific advice.
Jacob Bowman - Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio
University governance and creativity – changing academic freedom (25.01.2018)
Bleiklie with new article in European Review.
Gunnar Håland 80 år
Professor Gunnar Håland 80 years - a personal greeting from Khartoum (25.01.2018)
The first doctorate of UiB’s Faculty of Social Sciences was awarded to Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed at the Department of Social Anthropology. His relationship with Professor Gunnar Håland started when he accommodated this "European" who was looking for a place to stay during a Sudan visit in the 1960s. Read Professor Ahmed's celebration of Gunnar here.
Ahmed Hasan - Bibir Bagicha Road No 1, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Enroll in an exciting and internationally focused Master’s programme (24.01.2018)
The Department of Administration and Organizational Theory has partnered with several educational institutions in Bangladesh. Our Master's programme in Public Administration gives you the opportunity to study first in Norway - and then in Bangladesh. Apply for admission now!
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CET is looking for a research assistant (24.01.2018)
At the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) there is currently a 50 % position available as research assistant for a period of two years.
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ECOPOTENTIAL: improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations (23.01.2018)
ECOPOTENTIAL is a large European-funded H2020 project that focuses its activities on a targeted set of internationally recognised Protected Areas, blending Earth Observations from remote sensing and field measurements, data analysis and modelling of current and future ecosystem conditions and services.
Petter Rudwall - Industrial factory, Stockholm, Sweden
Systems of Governance and the Global Challenges of Energy and Climate (23.01.2018)
AORG109 focuses on the significance of the energy- and electricity-systems for the global environment- and climate challenge.
Breaking BAD meeting
Breaking Bad at Sampol (23.01.2018)
A new research project headed by Prof. Lise Rakner, will research whether dictators are abusing formal institutions in a Backlash Against Democracy (BAD) in Africa, or whether formal institutions increasingly restrain the discretionary power of more-or-less democratic politicians.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
The welfare state’s normative questions (23.01.2018)
Elvbakken, Hansen, and Kuhnle as topical editors for Norwegian Journal of Sociology.
Students from bioCEED, a Norwegian Centre for Excellence in Education, at Lygra, north of Bergen.
UiB launches new sustainable ocean research initiative (19.01.2018)
The University of Bergen has established an initiative to strengthen research on a sustainable ocean and to give scientific advice to authorities and international bodies.
Hope Corbin alumn
Alumni of the month: Hope Corbin (19.01.2018)
Meeting a foreign culture can be challenging, but for our alumni of the month Hope Corbin, studying in Norway was a great experience. 'Get involved' and 'listen to others' is Corbin's advice to students. Today she is an Associate Professor at the Western Washington University, but has returned to Bergen as a guest to work with colleagues on the Refugee Resilience Network project and to create... Read more
Endre Tvinnereim og Siddharth Sareen er nominert til IPCCs klimapanel og arbeidet med den sjette IPCC-rapporten.
CET with two nominees for IPCC (18.01.2018)
Two CET researchers are nominated as candidates for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - and might be selected for the prestigious work on the IPCC's sixth assessment report.
Nordic - Office of Architecture, Tegning av Polities nasjonale beredesskapssenter, sett fra sør-øst
Establishing a National Police Emergency Response Center (12.01.2018)
Lægreid, Rykkja and Christensen with article on the establishment of Norway’s National Police Emergency Response Center.
Cold trip in the North - Tampere, Finland
Skivenes with chapter on professional discretion (12.01.2018)
Marit Skivenes has written a chapter with the title "Towards a new theory of professional discretion – the importance of reaching for the difficult".
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Remote Sensing and GIS monthly workshop (09.01.2018)
GIS and Remote Sensing are currently some of the most sort after skills for graduates within Geoscience and Geography, both within academia and industry. The Department of Geography will be running a monthly practical workshop throughout the spring semester covering a variety of GIS and Remote Sensing skills.

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