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Obesity Might Lead To Cancer: Now We Know Why (12.01.2022)
Obesity increases the risk of developing more than a dozen types of cancer. Researchers from the Department of Medicine (UiB) have no shown that lipids associated with obesity makes the cancer cell more aggressive.
A bee between lilac flowers - two in focus and several others blurred in the background
Researchers have a responsibility to help stop the pollinator crisis (11.10.2021)
In a recent editorial, UiB professor Jeroen van der Sluijs and co-editors encourage entomologists to join other scientists, legislators and policymakers in addressing and countering pollinator decline.
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Vadim Kimmelman selected for the Young CAS Fellow programme (23.09.2021)
Linguist Vadim Kimmelman is one of two young, outstanding researchers in Norway who will participate in the Young CAS Fellow programme. He will do research on sign linguistics and whole‐entity classifiers.
High-level summit at the University of Bergen: Global counter-terrorism after 22 July (20.08.2021)
What can society and global organizations do better to stop right-wing extremist radicalization and terrorist content online?
Charalamopos Tzoulis i labben. Han står med armene i kors mellom to store sprossekledde vinduer og ser rett inn i kamera. Bak ham kan man se divere utstyr til labben. Utenfor er det grønt og frodig, man kan se hus oppover skråningene.
"Neurodegenerative diseases remain an unsolved mystery" (15.06.2021)
Professor Charalampos Tzoulis stresses that neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ALS, represent a global health emergency that can only be tackled through extensive research.
UiB researcher becomes global biodiversity ambassador (24.03.2021)
UNESCO has announced Postdoctoral fellow Alicia May Donnellan Barraclough as one of five global Young Spokespeople for its Man and Biosphere programme.
The S4D4C plenary on Strengthening Science Diplomacy Transboundary Institutions on Thursday 18 March2021 brilliantly summed up in this illustration.
Bringing science and knowledge to diplomacy (19.03.2021)
“Science is not negotiable, but it can be ignored,” said Professor Edvard Hviding in a debate on transboundary institutions at the S4D4C final networking meeting.
Edvard Hviding from the University of Bergen and Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen from the Arctic University of Norway at a science diplomacy workshop in Bergen in February 2020.
Funding for science diplomacy network (15.03.2021)
The Research Council of Norway is supporting the establishment of the Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network with NOK 1 million. This is the first time SDG Bergen is partner in a research grant.
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UiB joins Global Coalition to protect biodiversity (02.03.2021)
On World Wildlife Day 3 March 2021, the University of Bergen becomes the first Norwegian institution and first university worldwide to join the European Commission’s Global Coalition United for Biodiversity.
Amund Maage (right) and Giulia Testa speaking at a session during the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen.
Solutions for coastal communities post COVID (02.03.2021)
Is investing in coastal and marine ecosystem restoration and protection the way to stimulate the blue economy post COVID-19? This was one of the questions in a special parallel session on coastal communities at the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen.
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Nine researchers receive EU mobility grants (17.02.2021)
The University of Bergen receives nine Individual Fellowship grants from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for 2020. Five grants go to The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide speaking at the opening of the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen on Thursday 11 February.
SDG Conference Bergen becomes global success (16.02.2021)
A global audience of more than 2,600 watched as Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide opened the 2021 SDG Conference Bergen discussing issues of climate change, stable institutions and inequality as the conference went virtual – and viral.
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REV Ocean partners with University of Bergen to support the UN Decade for Ocean Science (16.02.2021)
REV Ocean and the University of Bergen (UiB) signed an agreement February 16th which marks the beginning of an ambitious partnership focused on innovative ocean solutions and support for a sustainable ocean economy.
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Creating future research leaders for marine sustainability (09.02.2021)
The UN Ocean Science Decade gets off to a flying start through the University of Bergen’s new interdisciplinary SEAS Fellowship Programme. For the next 5 years, UiB will be training a new generation of marine research leaders and decision makers to ensure sustainable oceans.
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Sunbathing after menopause may be harmful (21.01.2021)
UV-radiation can affect hormone levels of postmenopausal women negatively and this may contribute to several health issues.
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25 proposed Centres of Excellence from UiB (12.01.2021)
25 of the leading academic environments at the University of Bergen (UiB) have applied to the Norwegian Centres of Excellence scheme (SFF).
Tore Sætersdal at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda in spring 2013, at a stand with books and pamphlets on the Nile and research on water.
UiB sweeps NORHED II funding (21.12.2020)
14 projects from the University of Bergen have received funding for a total value of 290 million Norwegian kroner from the NORHED II programme.
Photo of a mobile phone on a red background, indicating infection rates for the COVID-19 pandemic.
WUN funds global challenges research (16.12.2020)
The University of Bergen is involved in four new projects to receive funding from the Worldwide Universities Network’s Research Development Fund, which focusses on global challenges towards the 2030 Agenda.

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