Ocean Science Bar

Ocean Science Bar is a collaboration between Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the University of Bergen, the Institute of Marine Research, NORCE, and the Nansen Center. At the Statsraaden Bar & Reception, we will present popular highlights from our research, discuss current issues related to the ocean and marine research, and provide a social meeting point for researchers and others interested in the ocean.

Events are normally, but not exclusively, organised the last Thursday each month, and usually from 19.00-20.00. The events are frequently held in English, but occationally in Norwegian.

Events will be published on this page and the UiB calendar.

Upcoming Ocean Science Bar events

Date & time	Event	Language	Speaker(s)
20.04.2026 19.00-20.00	Connecting Arctic Hot Springs and the Hunt for Life in the Solar System	English	Eoghan P. Reeves, UiB (part of the One Ocean Week 2026 program)
21.04.2026 19.00-20.00	Deilig er fjorden. Bli med på et dypdykk i fjordforskningen!	Norwegian	Gudrun Sylte, UiB and The Bjerknes Center (part of the One Ocean Week 2026 program)
22.04.2026 18.00-19.00	Fra molekyler til muligheter: Monica og Lars utforsker fremtidens medisiner fra havet	Norwegian	Monica Jordheim og Lars Herfindal, UiB (part of the One Ocean Week 2026 program)
23.04.2026 19.00-20.30	Ocean Tech – Pint of Science dives into the future of our ocean	English	Local researchers, contact person: Marion Lebouvier
24.04.2026 19.00-20.00	Paneldebatt om verkemiddel som må vere på plass for å få til omstilling til ny teknologi i norsk havbruk	Norwegian	UiB, Det juridiske fakultet, COAST, contact person: Ingunn Myklebust
30.04.2026 19.00-20.00	Frameworks for ocean management in a changing climate	English	Rosa Manzo, postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of law, UiB and Bjarte Bogstad, Researcher, IMR (HI)

Previous Ocean Science Bar events

Date	Event	Language	Speakers
26.03.2026	Arctic Sea Ice – the big picture and the small cracks	English	Lea Svendsen, Associate Professor, Geophysical Institute, UiB, Guillaume Boutin & Jonathan Rheinlænder, Researchers, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
29.01.2026	Why the Gulf Stream never stops	English	Øystein Skagseth, Researcher, Institute of Marine Research and Marius Årthun, Research Leader, UiB & Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
27.11.2025	Light, sound, and the changing Arctic Ocean		Håkon Sandven, UiB & Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Hanne Sagen, NERSC
23.10.2025	Connecting arctic hot springs and the hunt for life in the solar system	English	Eoghan P. Reeves, Professor at Department of Earth Science & Centre for Deep Sea Research, UiB
25.09.2025	Heatwaves at Sea and Women in Fisheries	English	Silvana Yanet Gonzalez, IMR and Iselin Åsedotter Strønen UiB
22.05.2025	Bergen at the turning point: Sea Level Change, One Tide at a Time?	English	Konstanze Haubner, Department of Earth Science, UiB and Kristin Richter, NORCE
10.04.2025	One Ocean Week: Bryggjesaka på Hjellestad. Kva vart avklart i Høgsterett, og kva blir vegen vidare for strandsoneprosjektet i Bergen	Norwegian	Ingrid Sævold Moe (advokat for privat part), Bergen kommune (Tarjei Wandvik) og Tore Lunde, professor ved UiB, Det juridiske fakultet
09.04.2025	One Ocean Week: Healthy and safe seafood for everybody?!	English	Jutta Dierkes, UiB & Amund Måge, IMR
08.04.2025	One Ocean Week: Pint of science's ocean diaries: a glimpse into life at sea	English	Kyle Mayers, NORCE/Bjerknes Centre, Erika Giorgi, UiB/Bjerknes Centre, Mattie Rodrigue, Science Programme Director at Ocean X
07.04.2025	One Ocean Week: From Tall Ship to Science Lab - One Ocean Expedition 2025-2026	English	Lucie Cassarino & Natacha Fabregas, Science coordinators at Statsraad Lehmkuhl
27.03.2025	The toxic relationship between salmon louse and Atlantic salmon	English	Virginie Comorge, SEAS Post-doctoral fellow / Sea Lice Research Centre, UiB & Alexander Nelson, PhD student
27.02.2025	Chasing "monster waves" with stereo cameras	English	Mika Malila, researcher at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and Øyvind Breivik at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and professor at University of Bergen.
24.01.2025	Surviving the late night oxygen drops in coral reefs – insights from 6 months in French Polynesia	English	Andrea Campos Candela and Rachael Louise Morgan, both UiB
December 2024	No event in December due to Christmas holydays
28.11.2024	What can we learn by tagging and satellite tracking of fish	English	Keno Ferter, IMR (HI) and  Knut Wiik Vollset, NORCE
October 2024	No event in October due to Haloween
26.09.2024	Eleven tents, three holes, and one bathtub - How to observe the ocean below a 400 m thick, floating ice shelf	English	Elin Darelius, UiB
29.08.2024	Light, darkness and the ocean ecosystem	English	Tom Langbehn, University of Bergen and Johanna Myrseth Aarflot, Institute of marine research (HI)
25.04.2024	In deep water	English	Pedro Ribeiro (UiB) and Tina Kutti (IMR)
18.04.2024	Could the ocean be the key to pandemic preparedness?	English	Andrea Magugliani
17.04.2024	Politics, sandeel and mackerel in the North Sea	English	Øyvind Fiksen
16.04.2024	Food has become complicated – what can and should we eat? Mat har blitt komplisert – hva kan og bør vi egentlig spise?	Norwegian	Amund Måge
15.04.2024	What’s brewing up North? Pint of Science explores the Arctic	English	Inés Fournon Berodia
25.01.2024	Ctenophores: from the sea to the lab	English	Øyvind Fiksen
26.10.2023	Hvordan påvirker havvindanlegg det marine miljøet?	Norwegian	Havforskningsinstituttet
28.09.2023	Crisscrossing one of the world’s strongest ocean currents with Statsraad Lehmkuhl	English	Øyvind Fiksen
31.08.2023	An expedition with OceanExplorer into the deep ocean – Living the marine scientists dream	English	Øyvind Fiksen
20.04.2023	Food from the Ocean	English	Amund Måge
19.04.2023	The ocean, climate and fish	English	Øyvind Fiksen
18.04.2023	Students and the Pacific	English	Katja Enberg

 

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