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Florian Muthreich presents one of the funded projects
CeSAM's Fast Track Initiatives awarded (08.02.2022)
In 2021, we announced our first ‘CeSAM’s Fast-Track Initiative’ grants. We had many strong applications, of which four received funding.
Example of nature values mapped
People matter – Understanding what and where communities value nature in a UNESCO biosphere reserve (24.01.2022)
How and where does nature add value to our lives? In this new study, PhD candidate Jarrod Cusens engaged local communities to understand the spatial distribution of people's values for nature in The Nordhordland Biosphere Reserve; Norway’s first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve established in 2019.
Vigdis Vandvik presenting at Arendalsuka
Vigdis Vandvik introduces 'the big debate about climate' at Arendalsuka (20.01.2022)
CeSAM and UiB were well represented this year at Arendalsuka, the political festival held in Arendal every summer.
Subsurface utilization
New Postdoctoral position within the scope of the MaPSI project (14.01.2022)
The Department of Mathematics (UiB) offers a 3-year postdoc position in the field of computational mathematics. The position is integrated in the recently established VISTA CSD.
Subsurface utilization
Four new PhD positions at VISTA CSD (14.01.2022)
The Department of Mathematics has opened three new PhD positions in computational mathematics, and the Department of Earth Science has opened one PhD position in mathematically oriented geophysics. The positions are fully financed and integrated in the recently established VISTA CSD.
Talks, discussions and Lønningen Lystgård
CeSAM affiliate meeting November 2021 (13.01.2022)
The second annual meeting of UiB’s Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM) took place on November 17th 2021, at Lønningen Lystgård in the UiB botanical gardens in Minde.
IFT_Magnetar-Illustrasjon
Groundbreaking research by IFT researchers ends up in Nature (05.01.2022)
The ASIM instrument aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – built by a team of, among others, several members of the Birkeland Center for Space Research (BCSS) / IFT – was the only instrument out of seven that detected the giant flare and recorded the main eruption phase of a magnetar without be blinded by the giant flash of high energy that saturated the other six detectors at the time of... Read more
Magnetar
Extraordinary shakings of a distant magnetar (22.12.2021)
The ASIM instrument aboard the International Space Station was the only instrument out of seven which detected the giant flare and recorded the main burst phase without being blinded by the giant flash of high energy which saturated the other six detectors at the time of the maximum emission.
Portrett av Albina Gilmullina
Award to Albina Gilmullina (21.12.2021)
Albina Gilmullina (PhD UiB Geo 2021 with Christian Haug Eide as main supervisor leader) was yesterday awarded the "Harold Reading Medal" from the British Sedimentological Research Group. It is awarded to the person who has submitted " best publication arising directly from a PhD project in the field of sedimentology and stratigraphy during the previous year". Out of ten nominees mostly from the... Read more
Portret of Rob Gawthorpe
Centre for Sustainable Subsurface Resources (CSSR) (17.12.2021)
The new centre is led by NORCE with UiB as a major partner, together with a range of international institutions, industry and technology providers.  Within UiB, GEO, Maths and Physics and Technology are the main departments involved in the centre.
Outreach (09.12.2021)
Outreach activities connected with the CONFECT project will be displayed here.
Watch 'Mapping the value chains of electric vehicles: social and environmental accounting' here! (08.12.2021)
Devyn Remme, PhD Candidate at Department of Geography at UiB will present the very interesting and very relevant topic of electric vehicle (EV) battery value chains, including their environmental and social impact
Brainstorming over paper
The Pandemic Centre starts interdiciplinary course to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic (01.12.2021)
In january the Pandemic Centre will offer a two-weeks course for students to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic. The course is open to both PhD-students and Master students from all diciplines at the university.
black smoker
Eco-Safe Ridge Mining project (30.11.2021)
A competence building project led by Pedro Ribeiro, a researcher at the Centre for Deep-Sea Research of the University of Bergen, will investigate if deep-sea mining on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge can take place responsibly, avoiding serious harm to the environment.
Clemens Spensberger
Predicting weather events months before they happen (17.11.2021)
Clemens Spensberger's research aims to drastically improve prediction of weather incidents, by describing and establishing climate links between different geographical regions.
Aurora
A Moonshot in the Freezing Arctic Depths (11.11.2021)
Members of the Center have been onboard the Kronprins Håkon for an expedition to the Aurora vent field under the arctic ice.
Speakers of the seminar
Plastics Network Seminar (28.10.2021)
Finally, the Plastics Network got a chance to gather and for the first time connect their members face-to-face in a seminar 23 November.
Watch 'Green shipping networks and decarbonization of the shipping industry' here! (26.10.2021)
Agnete Hessevik, PhD Candidate at Department of Administration and Organization Theory at UiB, will present the very interesting topic of green shipping networks, and how they in some ways may contribute to the decarbonization of shipping.

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