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Research administrator Kårstein Måseide, Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, University of Bergen, Norway.

Science for a better planet (29.11.2017)

A glowing interest in the climate challenges and the need for a transformation of society to minimize these changes made Kårstein Måseide apply for the job as research coordinator at CET. He wants to encourage broad, interdisciplinary climate research.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Government of Norway.

Prime minister to speak at SDG conference (27.11.2017)

Prime Minister Erna Solberg is one of the key note speakers at the Sustainable Development Goals conference at the University of Bergen, 8-9 February, 2018.

Ørnulf Lillestøl is the new director at the Faculty of Psychology (22.11.2017)

Ørnulf Lillestøl has accepted the position as director at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen. He will start working at UiB in March 2018.

UiB professor ranked as most cited researcher in the world (20.11.2017)

Francesco d’Errico has been named as one of the world’s Highly Cited Researchers according to a new ranking published by prestigious Clarivate Analytics.

Heading for ISS (15.11.2017)

Instruments from the Birkeland Centre for Space Science at UiB will soon be launched to the International Space Station (ISS), to measure gamma-ray flashes on Earth.

UiB fikk nær 55 millioner fra Kreftforeningen

55 million NOK to cancer research in Bergen (14.11.2017)

The Norwegian Cancer Society recently handed out close to 55 million kroner (NOK) to researchers at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital.

Tapeworm drug fights Prostate Cancer (14.11.2017)

Medicine against parasites like Tapeworms and Giardia, contains a substance that kills Prostate- and colon cancer.

Building momentum (14.11.2017)

The kick-off meeting for the career development program Momentum at the University of Bergen took place November 7.

Small electrical shocks give healthier brains (13.11.2017)

Controversial electrotherapy has been replaced with small electrical impulses to the brain. This can help patients with depression, stroke and brain tumours.

UiB fikk store deler av vikingskatten tilbake

A day of joy for the Museum! (11.11.2017)

"To have so many of the missing artifacts back feels unreal," says Professor Liv Helga Dommasnes.

Stolen viking treasure is found (09.11.2017)

Most of the artifacts that was stolen from the University Museum this August has been found. Two men are arrested.

Two men arrested after museum burglary (09.11.2017)

Two men have reportedly been arrested in relation to the burglary where 400 viking treasures were stolen from The University Museum of Bergen in August.