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Now the University of Bergen wants to uncover the secrets of the dark ocean, by establishing a national centre for deep-sea innovation.
Efforts to make the Christiaen and Burkhardt laboratories more sustainable were rewarded with the highest-level certification from international environmental organization My Green Lab. The initiative received support from the UiB Climate Fund.
On September 25th, the University of Bergen (UiB) organized a coastal cleanup for students and staff. As last year, the destination was Lisle Lyngøy, often referred to as “Plastic Island” off the coast of Hellesøy. The day was filled with strong impressions — and some good news for the island’s ecosystem.
The University of Bergen is launching a new e-learning course on waste sorting. The course is available to employees, students, and external partners at UiB. The goal is to improve knowledge across the organization to help us become even better at sorting waste.
Norwegian gardens have gone from being full of fruits and berries to becoming flat lawns with trampolines and gas grills. “We have gardens that demand more, but give less back to nature,” says Professor Kyrre Kverndokk.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen has established the COAST Law Center—a research center for climate, energy, and sustainability law, thematically focused on climate, the ocean, the marine environment, and maritime activities.
On April 8–9, 2025, our team had the pleasure of organizing and participating in a hands-on student workshop on microplastics, hosted at the Espeland Marine Biological Station. Nestled by the coast just a short trip from Bergen, this site provided a perfect setting for students from the BIO316 course to immerse themselves in a critical issue facing our oceans: microplastic pollution.
PhD candidate Sejal Pramlall is one of five young ocean researchers to be given the French Institute Nordic Award (FINA). The award will fund her participation at the third UN Ocean Conference in Nice in France in June.
In the chemistry lab on the fourth floor of the Realfagbygget, Professor Vidar Remi Jensen's research group combines artificial intelligence with virtual and robot-based searches for the next generation of medicines, catalysts, and sustainable fuels.
UiB's election campaigns are in full swing. But what do the two teams think about sustainability? How do we address big global and local challenges through our research, education and outreach? What are UiB's strengths and what can be improved?
In this debate, organized by CET, the Sustainability Pilots, and CeSAM, we ask Margareth Hagen, Sigrunn Eliassen, Lise Øvreås and Endre Tvinnereim... Read more
For the third time, One Ocean Week will be held in the beginning of April – a week filled with exciting and entertaining events about our sustainable ocean in Bergen. On this page you will find an overview of UiB's events during the ocean week. All events are free and open to everyone, except where indicated.
The main goal of the centre is to transform the provision of weather, climate and environmental information to enable better- informed decisions in the face of unprecedented environmental challenges. All this by using artificial intelligence.
The SEAS programme at the University of Bergen was recently endorsed as an Ocean Decade Action. It becomes the university’s second Action as part of the United Nations Ocean Decade.
The 8th SDG Conference in Bergen put health, climate and sustainability on the agenda through both "Day Zero" with a number of digital events, and a physical conference in the University Aula with engaging discussions and interactions.
In the side event “License to Operate – The Arctic Energy Transition” at Arctic Frontiers 2025, stakeholders from across sectors joined forces to discuss the challenges lying ahead for the Arctic and the green transition of energy markets in a geopolitically challenging situation.
Students and staff from the University of Bergen, together with long-standing partners, cleaned “Plastic Island” Lisle Lyngøy during this year’s plastic cleanup campaign.
The collaborative project ECOBUDGETS will explore ways to integrate climate and nature budgets into administrative and political decisions at the municipal and county levels.
There was great interest in the first UiB Innovation Festival on September 20th. Vice-Rector Gottfried Greve hopes the event will create a new momentum for the innovation culture at The University of Bergen (UiB).
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