News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

In surveys a growing proportion of Europeans, especially young people, claim they have ‘no religion’, yet only a minority of these say they are atheist or agnostic; what then, do they believe, and how do their beliefs influence how they live their lives? And as religion’s influence diminishes for these groups, what takes the place of the psychological and social functions once performed by... Read more

Building on years of collaboration with institutions of research and higher education, the University of Bergen ends year with funding for a record number of new projects with partner institutions in the South.

Per Lægreid with chapter in special IIAS-report on the public governance of the COVID-19 pandemic

Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten receives the ERC Consolidator Grant for the project "INCLUDE". The project addresses one of the most fundamental challenges of our time; how to live peacefully together as diverse societies.

In this recently published article, Runa Falck presents data showing that an individual perceived to be affiliated with the Roma minority is likely to be at a considerable disadvantage in Norwegian society today.

International trends suggest that geography is once again becoming an important factor in electoral dynamics. Phenomena as dissimilar as the election of Trump, Brexit and Gilets jaunes have all been characterized as rebellions of the periphery against the center. In this article, Marta Rekdal Eidheim and Anne Lise Fimreite use data from the Norwegian Citizen Panel to examine the role of... Read more

Lise Rykkja and Per Lægreid with new article on Nordic Administrative Collaboration

UIB postdoctors Magnus Hoem Iversen and Erik Knudsen win award for best media science article using data collected through the Norwegian Citizen Panel.