Home
University of Bergen
Faculty of Science and Technology

News archive for Faculty of Science and Technology

Dekan Gunn Mangerud, Fedor Fomin med blomster, og Fredrik Manne.
ERC Advanced Grant for Fedor Fomin (17.06.2025)
Today it was announced that Fedor Fomin has become one of very few scientists in Norway with two ERC Advanced Grants to his name. He will be working towards better, faster and more accurate algorithms.
Portretter av Marisaldi og Fomin
ERC Advanced Grants to Marisaldi and Fomin (17.06.2025)
Professors Martino Marisaldi and Fedor Fomin receive EU support for groundbreaking projects in algorithm theory and space physics. The grants will allow them to explore fundamental questions in their fields of research.
Picture of Ronghao
Ronghao Cui is joining the CSD (28.05.2025)
Ronghao Cui is a new postdoc researcher 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.
Alexandre Jan and Étienne Bourgouin sampling at sea
Paris Aquarium scientists visit Bergen to exchange new jelly species (27.05.2025)
This month, collaborators from Paris Aquarium visited the Michael Sars Centre. They brought with them an unusual species of ctenophore, and went on a mission to collect Norwegian specimens for Europe’s largest jellyfish exhibit.
visual summary
Applying the ecosystem services framework in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves (26.05.2025)
PhD candidate Janne Thomsen and researchers Jarrod Cusens and Inger E. Måren from UiB's UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Heritage and Environmental Management recently had their review paper published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. The paper reviews recent ecosystem services approaches in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves and explores how ecosystem services research supports... Read more
Oikopleura
Michael Sars Centre Appendicularian facility featured in a short documentary (13.05.2025)
Head engineer Anne Aasjord collaborated with researchers at NORCE on a project to better understand the ecological relevance of the small planktonic animals. The work was recently highlighted in a documentary, watch it below!
agriculture
New grant for Strengthening Agricultural Landscape Multifunctionality (07.05.2025)
Peter Manning was awarded an NFR grant as part of the transnational Agroecology Partnership program.
Katharina Hauer
Seven innovative projects receive UiB Idé funding (06.05.2025)
Four researcher projects and three student projects have been funded by the innovation program UiB Idé.
Soap bubbles sprayed on Ivar
NFR FRIPRO Young Researcher Talent project on fracture propagation awarded to PMG (05.05.2025)
Ivar Stefansson receives funding for four years to investigate new techniques for simulating fracture propagation.
Students examined pebbled shores for signs of macro- and microplastic contamination, connecting classroom theory to real-world environmental impact.
Exploring microplastic pollution (29.04.2025)
On April 8–9, 2025, our team had the pleasure of organizing and participating in a hands-on student workshop on microplastics, hosted at the Espeland Marine Biological Station. Nestled by the coast just a short trip from Bergen, this site provided a perfect setting for students from the BIO316 course to immerse themselves in a critical issue facing our oceans: microplastic pollution.
Press image showing a smiling Martine with a white helmet on her head aboard a boat with a stretch of sea and the shoreline behind.
Martine defends her PhD (15.04.2025)
One Ocean Week Family Day
Celebrating marine science and innovation during One Ocean Week (10.04.2025)
Researchers from the Michael Sars Centre participated in the third edition of One Ocean Week. On the program, engaging the public with our research projects and exchanging with industry stakeholders.
Internasjonalt nettverk illustrasjon
Four UiB candidates shortlisted in the AI centre competition (09.04.2025)
The University of Bergen is represented by four of the 19 finalists in the national competition to establish new AI centres. Discover the candidates here.
0
HySchool Days 2025 in Porsgrunn (08.04.2025)
HySchool Days are the annual networking events organized by HySchool – the Norwegian Research School on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels. HySchool Days 2025 was held in Porsgrunn, bringing together over 100 participants from industry, academia and research institutes.
0
HySchool Days 2026 (07.04.2025)
This is the web page for HySchool Days 2026, the premier networking event organised by HySchool ‒ Norwegian Research School on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels. UiO will host HySchool Days 2026 in Oslo, on 14-15 April 2026.
Klimaråd 2025
Recommendations for better climate policy in Norway (04.04.2025)
The Norwegian green think tank Klimastiftelsen recently presented their report with recommendations for better green policy to the minister of research and higher education Sigrun G. Aasland. The report was written by the Climate Council 2025 (Klimaråd 2025), which included Vigdis Vandvik (CeSAM) and Kikki Kleiven (Bjerknes center) from UiB.
Bilde fra tokt i anledning utsetting av systemene som ble kjøpt inn i EPOS-N fase 1.
Kick-off for the EPOS-NG Infrastructure Initiative (27.03.2025)
EPOS-NG is a project aimed at building the future research infrastructure for geohazards in Norway.
Marija Slavkovik ved Institutt for Informasjons- og medievitenskap
Socially Empowered AI Research – SEAIR expands the AI research horizon (26.03.2025)
”Since so much of AI research is driven by commercial forces, societal impact often becomes an afterthought, rather than something that has to be studied on a fundamental level”

Pages