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Tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl from Bergen in Norway out sailing the seven seas.

Sailing for sustainability (16.08.2018)

In 2021, Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl plans to perform its first ever circumnavigation of the world. UiB became the first partner to sign a statement of intent to participate in the circumnavigation and to provide the scientific content.

Professor Annelin Eriksen, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in July 2018.

The drama of cultural change (20.07.2018)

What happens when the basic values and social mechanism of society are challenged? And how does change influence how we view ourselves as human beings? This is at the heart of a new anthropological project at the University of Bergen.

Siddharth Sareen (left) and Jakob Grandin from the University of Bergen outside Conference Room 5 in the UN building in July 2018.

On the road to sustainable cities and energy (13.07.2018)

UiB-researchers Siddharth Sareen and Jakob Grandin were among the speakers at events during the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum in New York.

Energidirektør Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, Universitetet i Bergen(UiB). Fotografert i hagen ved Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, juni 2018.

Putting Bergen energy research on world map (12.07.2018)

Director for Energy Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa is satisfied that the University of Bergen has been able to present its innovative energy research at the United Nations High-level Political Forum.

Academic Director Håvard Haarstad and the researchers Siddharth Sareen and Jakob Grandin from the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET).

Bringing actionable knowledge to the UN (26.06.2018)

How can research and higher education help accelerate the transformation to sustainable and just societies?

Feltfoto som viser bredden i forskningen ved Institutt for sosialantropologi ved Universitetet i Bergen (UiB).

Several elite research groups in social sciences evaluation (19.06.2018)

On 19 June 2018, the Research Council of Norway's evaluation of the social sciences in Norway – SAMEVAL – was presented. One department and three research groups at the University of Bergen are awarded top grades in the evaluation.

On track with climate change (05.06.2018)

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Scientists from UiB have worked together with communities around Sylhet, in northeast Bangladesh, in search of new ways for understanding and adapting to the climate.

Political scientist Hakan G. Sicakkan, anthropologists Christine M. Jacobsen and Synnøve Bendixsen and sociologist Susanne Bygnes of the Bergen International Migration and Ethnic Relations Research Unit (IMER), photo shot in May 2018.

Sharing research results and analysis on migration policy (30.05.2018)

Different aspects and paradigms of European asylum policy were presented when the University of Bergen held a one-day migration conference in Brussels.

Jeppe Kolding (UiB), Shakuntala Thilsted (WorldFish) og Ragnhild Overå (UiB).

Supporting small fish to fight food insecurity (04.05.2018)

Small fish have huge potential to alleviate malnutrition and safeguard food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the globe. An interdisciplinary project headed by the University of Bergen has been awarded 1 million Euros.

How to live with rapid seasonal change (27.04.2018)

How can we live by the rhythms of the seasons, when these rhythms seem to be changing quickly? Scott Bremer is looking at how rapid seasonal changes are affecting institutions in society and how we can re-learn and adapt to seasonal change in new ways.

Lessons from the past (20.04.2018)

For many years, the University of Bergen has focused on historical and archaeological research in the Middle East and in Syria in particular. How is the research going forward despite the difficult situation in the region?

New ERC-project aims to change climate research (03.04.2018)

Climate researcher Hans Christian Steen-Larsen has for many years explored some of the most extreme environments on Earth, in his search to improve our climate models. If he succeeds with his new ERC-project, it will have great impact on todays climate research.

The future of parasitology (23.03.2018)

Adele Mennerat’s ultimate scientific goal is to expand knowledge on how selection acts on parasites and how they evolve.

Household cleaning can be as bad as smoking for lung function (16.02.2018)

Cleaners who have regularly used cleaning sprays over 20 years were found to have reduced lung function equivalent to smoking 20 cigarettes a day over the same period, a UiB-study shows.

Mare Nullius: Professor Edvard Hviding awarded Toppforsk grant (05.02.2018)

Social anthropologist Edvard Hviding is one of three University of Bergen researchers to receive five years of major funding from the prestigious Toppforsk programme, awarded by the Research Council of Norway, for his project Mare Nullius.

Humanities scholars attract foreign researchers to Bergen (01.02.2018)

Thanks to EU funding, the Digital Culture, Archaeology, Philosophy and Theory of Science researchs groups will welcome new international researchers to their team. These groups at the Faculty of Humanities received five out of seven Marie Curie grants awarded to UiB.

Professor Katrine Løken from the Norwegian School of Economics and the University of Bergen.

Katrine Løken awarded ERC Starting Grant (07.09.2017)

The economist Katrine Vellesen Løken has been awarded the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

Iraqi children playing, used as part of an article about the opening of a new child care research centre at the University of Bergen (UiB).

Millions awarded to child welfare research (22.08.2017)

Professor Marit Skivenes has received 10 million Norwegian kroner from the Research Council of Norway for her research on child care. The new grant is part of her new research centre, which will bring together world-class researchers in the field of law, child protection and children's rights.

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