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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.
Embryo
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.
Newspapers
Media language slows down fight against poverty (15.11.2016)
Latin American newspapers use a technical language when describing poverty. According to researcher Ana Beatriz Chiquito, this makes it more difficult to understand the causes and effects of poverty.
Heated artefacts in silcrete made by Homo sapiens in the Middle Stone Age at Klipdrift Shelter, South Africa
Humans used fire earlier than previously known (19.10.2016)
Humans living in South Africa in the Middle Stone Age used advanced heating techniques that vastly improved living conditions during the era.
Andrea Bender
Combining psychology and anthropology (17.10.2016)
Andrea Bender combines psychology and anthropology to observe how our language and culture shape the way we perceive the world.
SMALL FISH, BIG POTENTIAL: A better use of fisheries in the South Saharan drylands can have great impact. Professor Jeppe Kolding is lead author of a report published by the UN, concluding that fishing as well as farming will be important.
Small fish may play big role in Africa (08.08.2016)
Fast-breeding fish may be an important tool in the fight against malnourishment in the poorest parts of the world, a UN report concludes. Professor of Biology, Jeppe Kolding, is lead author of the study.
Workaholic
Workaholism tied to psychiatric disorders (24.05.2016)
A large national Norwegian study shows that workaholism frequently co-occurs with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression.
Istid
A new picture of the last ice age (17.03.2016)
A new reconstruction of this ice sheet shows the interaction between climate and glaciers - how the ice sheet grows and retreats.
Flatworm
The return of the flatworm (02.02.2016)
Where does the acoel flatworm belong in the tree of life? Biologists have discussed this question for the last 20 years. Now Andreas Hejnol and his colleagues at the Sars Centre believe they have found the answer. The results are published in Nature.
Why do we fart
Why do we fart? (21.01.2016)
Humans release approximately 73 litres of intestinal gas a year and according to Professor Trygve Hausken, there is no reason to hold back a fart.
Pregnant woman
ADHD can be linked to mothers with inflammatory diseases (08.01.2016)
Children of mothers with diseases like asthma or arthritis have up to eighty per cent higher risk of developing ADHD.
Invisible Helpers
Invisible Helpers on NRK (09.12.2015)
The Marine Microbiology Group and other scientists conducted a large experiment on marine microbial ecology in Svalbard during the summer of 2015. The experiment was recently featured in 'Schrödinger's Katt' on NRK.
Supporting the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (03.12.2015)
Climate change and opportunities for sustainable business in East Africa
Håvard Haarstad, portrait
Moving to large cities is good for the environment (25.11.2015)
Living in the city benefits the environment, says geographer Håvard Haarstad. The Ten Minute City may be the future of urban living.
Wasp. Illustration
The secret to the success of insects (06.08.2015)
Insects are the most successful group of organisms in the history of life. A discovery of new genes suggests why.
Kjersti Fløttum from University of Bergen and Endre Tvinnereim from Uni Research Rokkan are co-authors of an article published in Nature Climate Change on 1 June 2015.
What you think about when you hear the words climate change (02.06.2015)
Using a new method, researchers in Bergen discovered that so-called climate sceptics are more ambivalent about climate issues than previously assumed. Their results have now been published in Nature Climate Change.
Photo by social anthropologist Edvard Hviding taken during fieldwork in the Marovo lagoon of Solomon Islands in 2010 showing a fast eroding village shore.
Pacific front lines of climate change (18.12.2013)
The EU-funded ECOPAS project brings together anthropology, climate research and performative arts to highlight the challenges faced by Pacific island nations.

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