News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

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Introducing the Anthropology of Food (09.08.2019)

How do different food production systems impact the environment? How do food choices express class difference? What problems exist in the global food systems and what causes them? These are some of the questions raised in the new course theme within the con amore-courses at the Department of Social Anthropology; The Anthropology of Food.

Engaging students as European citizens in the 21st century (01.07.2019)

"We are particularly excited about providing an arena for European students to become active co-creators of their education".

New course in innovation and entrepreneurship in Media City Bergen (26.06.2019)

How to be innovative and successful as an entrepreneur? UiB launches a new course for undergraduate students at the Faculty of Social Science in Media City Bergen.

– Norwegians need to guard their private data, says the professor who made Facebook buckle. (19.06.2019)

David Carroll sued Cambridge Analytica and won. Now, the professor who made Facebook buckle visits Future Week in Bergen. He asks Norwegians to wake up.

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.

Open House at MCB Future Week (29.05.2019)

UiB shows media technology of the future in an open Media City 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Shame on you, robot! (07.05.2019)

Faceless robots are moving into our living rooms. They are clever, but not necessarily nice.

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.

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.

PhD Fellowship in Social Anthropology, University of Bergen (12.04.2019)

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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.

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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