News archive for Faculty of Science and Technology

Eystein Jansen elected Vice President of the ERC (28.10.2022)

Climate scientist Eystein Jansen has been elected Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC). He is the first Norwegian researcher to join the leadership of the elite division for European research.

Influencing the priorities of Horizon Europe (27.10.2022)

The University of Bergen (UiB) and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre have joined forces to give input to the European Commission on ocean-related research and innovation in Horizon Europe. Read the key messages here.

Energiinformatikk Lab, Energy informatics lab

Hva er energiinformatikk? (24.10.2022)

- Vi har merket stor etterspørsel fra både studenter og industrien.

Nordlys sett fra Den internasjonale romstasjonen. Innfelt i bildet er romforsker Karl Laundal.

Filling knowledge gaps about near-Earth space (24.10.2022)

Space scientist Karl Magnus Laundal plays a key role in several international projects on how the Earth is connected to space. Among other things, the research can lead to a better understanding of the northern lights and phenomena that affect satellites and technology on the Earth’s surface.

Plastic and plastic additives – impacts on human and environmental health (13.10.2022)

In collaboration with the Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (NSFT), the Plastics Network organizes the meeting “Plastic and plastic additives – impacts on human and environmental health” November 11th in Bergen.

Marius Nevland is joining the CSD (12.10.2022)

Marius Nevland is a new Ph.D. student at the Department of Mathematics and his project is part of the Center for Modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics. We met him to find out more about his background and the project.

Kart over havområde utenfor Sør-Norge og vindturbiner, bilder av en kvinne og to menn

Weather data analyses contribute to effective offshore wind farm design and operations (06.10.2022)

What are the wind and wave conditions in the areas that the Norwegian government opened for wind development in 2020? Etienne Cheynet and his colleagues have analysed the metocean conditions from 1992 to 2020 in Utsira Nord and Sørlige Nordsjø II.

Kale farmer at Full Belly Farm, Northern California

Examining impacts and responses to COVID-19 pandemic in the agri-food sector in USA, China and Norway (05.10.2022)

This paper, led by Inger Måren and published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems in June 2022, offers a unique insight into the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic by examining impacts and responses in the small farm sector within three very distinct contexts: the United States/California, EU/Norway, and China.