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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.
Cancer survivors
Young cancer survivors have twice the risk of suicide (25.11.2016)
Survivors of cancer diagnosed before the age of 25 had a more than two-fold increased risk of suicide compared to their non-cancer peers.
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.
Heart attack
Health anxiety increases risk of heart attack (04.11.2016)
Hypochondriacs have 70 per cent higher risk of heart disease, shows a study from the University of Bergen.
IMPORTANT RESEARCH: Liv Sandlund has found that by turning off a specific receptor in the sea lice can lead to solutions for the problems the aquaculture industry faces with this small crustacean.
New research gives hope to exterminate the sea lice (27.10.2016)
The sea lice cause considerable problems for the fish farming industry. Liv Sandlund’s research can make the sea lice sterile and increase the mortality rate.
Sarah Uffelmann
Wittgenstein: The poetic philosopher (21.10.2016)
Sarah Uffelmann Szeltner has investigated the concept of grammar in Ludwig Wittgenstein´s writing. – He wrote like a poet, Szeltner says.
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.

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