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margrethe brekke next to textile sail
Imagining and understanding energy transition (07.06.2019)
The 14th of May was an evening filled with art and reflection at the Hordaland Art Centre. Postdoctoral researcher Siddharth Sareen invited textile artist Margrethe Brekke Kolstad and Professor of energy policy Benjamin Sovacool to discuss how art and academia can bring energy transition into the public debate.
Studenter bruker HTC-Vive teknologi
Open House at MCB Future Week (29.05.2019)
UiB shows media technology of the future in an open Media City Bergen
Hannah with fellow students in Bergen
From Bonn to Bergen (29.05.2019)
Hannah Pilgrim studies M.Sc. in Geographie at the University of Bonn. This semester she continued her geography studies as an exchange student in Bergen.
Teacher group
New course in Practical Skills in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (23.05.2019)
Fifteen students from across the University of Bergen are now working on their final assignments following ten intensive days of teaching.
Rødeseike presenting
DIGSSCORE master student scholarship (15.05.2019)
Call is out for DIGSSCORE scholarships for master students at the University of Bergen, for students interested in using data from the DIGSSCORE facilities.
Portrett av Elisabeth Ivarsflaten
Discrimination, Antiprejudice Norms, and Public Support for Multicultural Policies in Europe: The Case of Religious Schools (15.05.2019)
Using data from survey experiments in Norway, Sweden and Britain, this recent article, published in Comparative Political Studies, studies public support for religious schools.
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Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funds 2019 (13.05.2019)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions. Deadline 14 June, 2019.
Holosuite VR briller
Type of prototype (07.05.2019)
Would you like to take all your monitors and screens with you inside your glasses? Or perhaps have your interview automatically transcribed? These students are developing technological prototypes that might prove useful for media people.
Dame skjenner på ein robot
Shame on you, robot! (07.05.2019)
Faceless robots are moving into our living rooms. They are clever, but not necessarily nice.
Adriana Buena portrait
ERC grant holder Adriana Bunea left the UK for UiB (15.04.2019)
– The UK is heading towards very uncertain times. It is hard to push the scientific borders when you feel that you are under siege, says Adriana Bunea. The former lecturer at The University of Southampton made a swift exit from Brexit and brought a prestigious grant to Bergen.
Professor Sigve Tjøtta
More or less money? An experimental study on receiving money (12.04.2019)
A recent article in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, using data from the Norwegian Citizen Panel and the Citizen Lab, finds that a substantial minority in seven experiments with 3,500 participants overall, decided to receive less over more money. This result may compromise the interpretation of many experiments.
Professor Fredrik Barth
PhD Fellowship in Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (12.04.2019)
A woman standing in line of mannequins with taped mouth, stock photo
Just keep silent… (10.04.2019)
Lægreid, Wynen, Kleizen, Verhoeat and Rollande connects data from the Norwegian Staff Surveys and of a structural reform database in a new article in Public Management Review.
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Imagining and experiencing through normality and crisis (10.04.2019)
In January, the IMEX project organized an international workshop with presentations by project participants and invited guests from across Europe. The workshop fostered interesting discussions and new insights.
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A collective sigh of relief (08.04.2019)
Bygnes with a new publication in Acta Sociologica: "A collective sigh of relief: Local reactions to the establishment of new asylum centers in Norway".
Kreativ problemløsning
The UN provides PhD candidates at the UiB with a challenge (05.04.2019)
PhD candidates at UiB will be able to solve a specific SDG challenge provided by the UN Environment Programme. Through a new course in creative problem-solving, PhD candidates learn and apply methods that can help them establish connections across disciplines and solve problems that they could face in working life.
Ivar Bleiklie
Student funding, study debt and free higher education in Norway (03.04.2019)
Professor Ivar Bleiklie interviewed by BBC World Business Report.
Tapado Glacier
Research stay in Chile (29.03.2019)
La Serena is a city approximately the same size as Bergen, but since the city has only a few days of rain each year, the city relies on the melting of snow and ice in the summer to provide water resources. This means that the region is especially vulnerable to changes in future climate.

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