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Doctoral promotion in Håkonshallen
Spring 2014 PhD graduates celebrate (29.08.2014)
Doctorate graduates from 25 different countries received their diplomas at Håkonshallen in Bergen on 29 August.
Recently conferred doctors at the University of Bergen's doctor promotion in January 2014 at Håkonshallen in Bergen.
More than 40 per cent international PhDs at UiB (26.08.2014)
More than 40 per cent of the doctorates conferred at the University of Bergen in the spring semester 2014 were international students. A total of 116 doctorates were granted in the semester.
The logo of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation in Bergen, which opened on 22 August 2014. The centre is a collaboration between Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen.
A call to laws (25.08.2014)
The new Centre on Law & Social Transformation officially opened on 22 August and is to be a dynamo for interdisciplinary research on law as an instrument of social change.
Aramaic inscription, used to accompany an article on the research and education project Aramaic Online, which has received funding from the EU's Erasmus+ programme.
Saving the Aramaic language (21.08.2014)
Professor Shabo Talay leads a project that has received a 450,000 Euro grant to secure the future of the Aramaic language Turoyo.
Thermometer stuck in the sand on a beach, showing scorching heat, image used to accompany an article on heat waves and climate change.
Heat waves are signals of a climate disaster (20.08.2014)
Close to 140,000 Europeans have died as a direct result of heat waves since the turn of the millennium. Heat waves are now regarded by the United Nations as a climate-related disaster.
The Museum Garden at the University Museum of Bergen on a sunny day in spring 2014.
UiB retains strong international standing (18.08.2014)
The University of Bergen keeps its position among the 300 best universities in the world, according to the prestigious Shanghai Ranking.
Extremely overworked woman at her desk surrounded by paper work; used to illustrate article about research on work addiction.
Workaholism: the addiction of this century (13.08.2014)
A recent study from the University of Bergen shows that 8.3 per cent of the Norwegian work force is addicted to work to the point where it becomes a health issue.
Rector Dag Rune Olsen chatting with new students at the University of Bergen in Nygårdsparken on 12 August 2014 for the official start of the academic year 2014/2015.
Welcome in the park for new students (13.08.2014)
Hundreds of new students were welcomed to UiB and Bergen by Rector Dag Rune Olsen in central Bergen on 12 August 2014.
Blood sample to test a patient for diabetes, used as part of an article in the UiB Magazine on diabetes research.
Research in front: Solving diabetes (08.08.2014)
What roles do diets and genetics play in the development of obesity and diabetes?
Satelitte dishes in Svalbard, used as part of the research of the Birkeland Centre for Space Science, pictures are from an article in the UiB Magazine.
Research in front: Basic research in space (08.08.2014)
How is earth connected to space? That is one of the questions the researchers at the Birkeland Centre for Space Science are trying to answer.
Photo of a teacher walking amongst students in a school in Xuyi County, used as part of an article on Chinese-Norwegian relations in the UiB Magazine.
China’s history shapes the future (08.08.2014)
Norwegian emigrants have long traditions of making it in China. But what is needed to succeed in modern China?
small-scale farmers in the Bagre region in Burkina Faso, participating in a project to become more self-sufficient in rice, used to illustrate article in the UiB Magazine.
On the verge of a food crisis (08.08.2014)
Climate change threatens world food supplies. UiB researcher Birgit Kopainsky uses simulators to see how these changes affect food systems. She hopes her research can help predict future food crises.
Photo showing two boards full of mathematical riddles, the picture is from the Bergen Algorithms Research Group's offices.
Travelling at the speed of algorithms (07.08.2014)
Young researcher Michał Pilipczuk has solved a 20 year-old mathematical riddle. His work can help computers make better choices. It also brought him the 2013 Meltzer Award for young researchers.
Illustration of young woman having trouble sleeping after excessive use of electronic gadgets, illustration originally in the UiB Magazine 2014.
To surf or to sleep? That is the question. (07.08.2014)
Taking your mobile phone, tablet or computer to bed is a bad idea if you want a good night’s sleep.
Professor Eirik Holmøyvik, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen photographed in June 2014 for the UiB Magazine.
The Norwegian Constitution: from autocracy to democracy (07.08.2014)
When the Norwegian Constitution was adopted in 1814 it represented a dramatic break from the absolute monarchy and aristocratic privilege of the past.
Postdoctoral Fellow Agnete Engelsen, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen (UiB), who got her PhD at UiB in May 2013 and is now a part of the CELLNET research group at the university.
On a quest to cure cancer (07.08.2014)
The premature death from cancer of a close friend and colleague, made Agnete Engelsen even more determined to find a way to cure this devastating disease.
Illustration by artist Oda Valle for an article on the Sea Lice Research Centre at the University of Bergen for the UiB Magazine 2014.
Tailor-made medicine to fight salmon louse (06.08.2014)
The salmon louse has become ever more resistant to drugs. The Sea Lice Research Centre in Bergen works to find new solutions to fight the louse.
Illustration by artist Oda Valle for an article on Media City Bergen for the UiB Magazine 2014.
Bergen points the way in innovative journalism (06.08.2014)
Media City Bergen is a proposed media cluster that is to open in 2017. UiB’s contribution to the cluster is a centre for innovative journalism – the Bergen Journalism Lab.

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