Faculty of Social Sciences

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.

New research

Politicians Fuel Conflicts, but Fail to Quell Them

Conciliatory statements among Norwegian politicians make no impact on the population, according to recent research by Lars Erik Berntzen.

Book release

Bokcover for boken "Inclusion organisation in universities"

Book: Inclusion Organisation in Universities

Associate Professor Roxana Baltaru has published a book on inclusion and diversity in higher education. The book questions whether universities "walk the talk" when it comes to diversifying their student and staff populations to include historically underrepresented social groups in higher education.

New research

The Colonial Power Wanted to Be Culturally Sensitive – They ended up creating more inequality

When the Americans introduced a legal system in the Marshall Islands after World War II, they intended to take local traditions and customs into account. The result was the opposite, says social anthropologist Ola Gunhildrud Berta at the University of Bergen.

HLPF 2025 | POLICY BRIEFS

Dust Storms at Noon on the R34 Between Welkom and Hennenman, Free State II

Policy briefs on air pollution published

Just in time for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2025 at the United Nations in New York, the research project Habitable Air is publishing three policy briefs on air quality.

Research in the media