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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.
Japan
The University of Bergen breaks new ground in Japan (16.02.2017)
“Japan is a good match for the University of Bergen”, says Dean Nina Langeland at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry who recently headed a UiB delegation visiting several Japanese institutions.
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.
Horizon2020
How Norwegian universities want to improve EU’s research programme (23.01.2017)
Enhanced commitment to excellence in research and better integration of the social sciences and humanities. These are among the recommendations made by eight Norwegian university rectors in the interim evaluation of the Horizon 2020 programme.
Research 2016
Selected UiB research 2016 (21.12.2016)
A selection of the excellent research conducted at the University of Bergen in the past twelve months.
Saurabh, Saket
The play of algorithms (08.12.2016)
Why do writers write? One of the reasons is that they can create their own characters. According to Saket Saurabh, informatics researchers have the same relation to algorithms.
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.
Professor Marit Skivenes at the University of Bergen, Norway
Innovative child welfare research leads to EU grant (02.12.2016)
Professor Marit Skivenes has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for the research project DISCRETION. She receives the grant to conduct ground-breaking research on discretionary decision-making in child protection systems.
Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten at the opening of the Norwegian Citizen Lab on 30 November 2016.
New research lab opened (30.11.2016)
On 30 November, the Norwegian Citizen Lab was opened at the University of Bergen. The lab is open for researchers who want to test public attitudes to important issues in society.
Bergen Research Foundation ceremony in the University aula 2 December 2016, with recruiting research grant recipients from the University of Bergen.
Five young researchers funded millions (29.11.2016)
Five UiB scientists will receive over 100 million NOK from Bergen Research Foundation and the University of Bergen, who aim to lay the groundwork for world class research.
Don Kalb
Identifying new class inequalities (25.11.2016)
Professor Don Kalb will establish a research group to do research on the escalating contradictions of the new global capitalism in China, the global South and Europe.

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