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Deltakere på fjorårets Bergen summer research school.

The world comes to UiB (23.02.2011)

Norms, values, language and culture is the theme for the 2011 Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS). This international, interdisciplinary research School attracts participants from all over the world. The deadline for applications is getting closer.

Preyan er på vei inn i Bulgaria, med passet trygt hengende rundt halsen.

Around the world in three units (18.02.2011)

There are children from 21 different countries at Fantoft Gård kindergarten. This probably explains why the personnel have become experts on international children.

The blackboard (15.02.2011)

When you stand in front of a blackboard with chalk in your hand, you know that what you draw is seen immediately. There are no complications. Nothing can go wrong.

Forskar Terje Tvedt har vore redaktør for verket "A History of Water", med...

The importance of water (10.02.2011)

Are we living in a century of floods or drought? In a time with radical changes in sea level? The Age of Uncertainty conference is about the relationship between water and social development.

Flere hundre tusen mennesker verden over bekjenner seg i dag formelt til...

When religion becomes pop (03.02.2011)

Disneyland is an amusement park for dead children. Hundreds of thousands of people profess to be members of a religion, which in fact, only exists on film. This is what happens when popular culture takes over religion.