News archive for Division of Research and Innovation

Poverty & the MDGs - A critical assessment and a look forward (23.01.2013)

This new CROP Poverty Brief discuss how accurate the assessments of poverty reduction are, and if it is analytically correct to credit the MDGs with being a major driver of poverty reduction.

CROP Newsletter December 2012 (23.01.2013)

The newsletter is a way of sharing with CROPNet, colleagues and friends the events and news that involved CROP during the second semester of 2012.

Bridging Disciplines to Enhance Human and Environmental Well-Being (09.01.2013)

A new transdisciplinary project led by Professor Maurice Mittelmark at the University of Bergen has received funding from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

In Restless Cairo, a Workshop on Poverty and Social Transformations (08.01.2013)

An international workshop on “The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South” took place in the Egyptian Capital, December 10-12.

Food: a global development challenge (07.01.2013)

The Bergen Summer Research School 2013 will take place from June 17th to June 29th. The deadline for applications has been extended to 17th of March.

Presenting a New Era of Open Access to Academic Knowledge (04.01.2013)

At a seminar on 14 December the author of "Neurology in Africa" told the story behind the book. UiB representatives described it as an ideal for the future.