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Social sciences at the University of Bergen

There are seven departments at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Bergen. We offer various courses and master's programmes taught in English.

Dean Election 2025
Bilde av dekanteamet. Julie, Synnøve og Frode utenfor SV-bygget.

New Dean Elected

A New Dean's Office Has Been Elected at the Faculty of Social Sciences, with Synnøve Bendixsen, Julie Riise and Frode Guribye.

Artificial intelligence
Barbara Wasson, Marija Slavkovik, Andreas Opdahl

Three Infomedia initiatives in the final for national AI center

We are delighted to announce that three initiatives affiliated with our department are among the 19 selected initiatives across the country that have advanced to the final round in the competition to become national research centers for artificial intelligence. “This is great news,” says Andreas...

Research
Mann med blondt hår og grønn, lett jakke utenfor administrasjonsbygget ved UiB.

Political Extremism Scholar: "The Hate is There, but the Violence is Absent"

Since the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011, Lars Erik Berntzen has dedicated much of his time to studying far-right actors in Europe.

Research in the media
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Menopause can economically penalize women, according to new UiB research

Aftenposten has a big story about research from UiB's Department of Economics.

NEWS | Horizon Europe
Bergen - oversiktsbilde

Seven EU-funded postdocs to Bergen

The University of Bergen (UiB) will host another seven international research fellows after a very successful application round in this year’s competition for MSCA funding from the EU. The grants will fund the researchers' stay at UiB for two years.