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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.
For the fourth year, UiB researcher Siri Gloppen (right) gathered researchers across disciplines for the Bergen Exchanges conference. Here with the opening keynote speaker Rashida Manjoo from the University of Cape Town. Photo: Sver
Interdisciplinary debate on gender, sexuality and justice (21.08.2017)
On Monday 21 August, the fourth Bergen Exchanges conference opened with a special focus on legislation as a catalyst for social change regarding gender and sexuality.
Portrait of Georg Picot from the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in June 2017.
Research for the worst off in the labour market (30.06.2017)
Georg Picot has long done research on temporary employment. For his next project he wants to study low-wage employment and how the state influences wages.
Keyboard showing the shift key marked in blue with the imprint “government”. Used to illustrate news article about e-government.
Does digitalisation enhance collaboration? (01.06.2017)
The international research project TROPICO has received support from the EU's programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020. The project is coordinated by the University of Bergen.
In October 2015, image of migrants on a boat are landing on the Greek island of Lesbos.
A renewed focus on migration (16.05.2017)
Professor Hakan G. Sicakkan wants to strengthen research on migration and transnationality in Bergen as part of the University of Bergen's focus on global challenges, which is one of three focus areas in the university's strategy for 2016-2022.
Political scientist Julie Ane Ødegaard Borge at the Bergen final of 2015 Science Grand Prix during the National Science Week in Norway.
Learn how to become a good communicator (26.04.2017)
Are you a PhD candidate? Do you want to improve your communication skills? Science Grand Prix offers you free advice on how to do just this.
Portrait of Postdoctoral fellow Marija Slavkovik, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (UiB).
In love with the machines (25.04.2017)
Marija Slavkovik has always been attracted to machines. In fact, she has turned artificial intelligence into the core theme of her research.
Political scientist Yvette Peters from the University of Bergen photographed in Bergen’s City Hall in March 2017.
Fighting for democracy (21.04.2017)
Thomas Piketty's bestseller about capitalism made it clear to Yvette Peters what her next research project would focus on: political inequality.
Close-up of Dean Knut Helland from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen.
An invite to EU innovation (21.04.2017)
Research-based knowledge about society should be the focal point when addressing the major societal challenges in a turbulent era. The EU’s next research programme needs to take on these challenges.
Anna Szolucha, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (UiB), photographed in March 2017.
Dealing with the future of energy (20.04.2017)
In her new project, social anthropologist Anna Szolucha wants to look at citizen engagement in climate and energy transformation. In particular, she asks: how do you involve people from the bottom and up?
The marine research community at the University of Bergen is among the world's best (28.03.2017)
The University of Bergen has success in the QS university rankings, based on subject areas. Within the category of marine research, the University of Bergen was named the 37th best in the world.
Illustration: army parade
When reintegrating ex-fighters, does ‘how’ matter more than ‘what’? (27.03.2017)
Comparative politics scholar Johanna Söderström makes a surprising discovery as part of a research project on peacebuilding.
John Birks, Portrait
Did our ancestors change the climate? (16.03.2017)
John Birks is Principal Investigator in the project HOPE, which aims to discover the impact prehistoric people had on the biosphere. The project is made possible by the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.
Perfomance of the Pacific legend Moana at the 2015 Bergen Festival, at an outdoor event.
Anthropologists in Bergen consolidate position (08.03.2017)
For the second consecutive year, the anthropology environment at the University of Bergen is in the QS by Subject top 100.
Photo of cows in a green, green field.
EU funding for climate dynamics project (26.01.2017)
Birgit Kopainsky is partner in a project about sustainability and resilience in European agriculture. The project recently received more than 4.8 million Euros from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
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Discovering the origin of the mouth and anus (06.12.2016)
The mouth and anus are not connected in the development of the embryo as earlier thought, shows a ground-breaking study from the Sars Centre, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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