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In October 2015, image of migrants on a boat are landing on the Greek island of Lesbos.

A renewed focus on migration (16.05.2017)

Professor Hakan G. Sicakkan wants to strengthen research on migration and transnationality in Bergen as part of the University of Bergen's focus on global challenges, which is one of three focus areas in the university's strategy for 2016-2022.

Social scientists Ståle Knudsen, Siri Gloppen and Hakan G. Sicakkan (from left) at the launch of the University of Bergen focus area, Global Challenges, in the University Aula on 15 May 2017.

New focus area successfully launched (15.05.2017)

The Faculty of Social Sciences contributes strongly within all three pillars of the focus area Global Challenges: global health, inequality and migration.