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Book cover: Haste, the slow politics of climate urgency
Haste - the slow politics of climate urgency (20.01.2023)
Haste is out now! The book is edited by CET researchers Håvard Haarstad, Jakob Grandin, Kristin Kjærås and Eleanor Johnson and is available for download - open access!
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Media use Research about the Covid-19 pandemic (19.01.2023)
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic much research has been carried out on how the pandemic has affected society. Here you will find an overview of publications related to media use and the pandemic, by the scholars in Bergen Media Use Research Group.
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CET events spring 2023 (11.01.2023)
CET Lunches, conferences and breakfast meetings; here's an overview of our planned events for the semester.
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Silje Kristiansen in Momentum-program (10.01.2023)
Our associate professor Silje Kristiansen got accepted into UiB's career development program Momentum for 2023!
Bilete med ESS-logo, et svakt Europakart, og tekst: "20 år med ESS. Markering av 10 runder og 20 år med data fra European Social Survey i Norge og Europa. 25. januar, Hotel Norge, Bergen"
Twenty years of ESS and new data from Norway (06.01.2023)
We mark European Social Survey’s (ESS) 20th anniversary by holding a seminar at Hotel Norge, Wednesday 25 January, from 0930 to 1700. Department of Government has been national coordinator for the ESS since 2019, and wishes to invite all interested parties to participate at the seminar. Everyone are also invited to a competition on making the best ESS data visualization.
Covid 19 pandemic metrics over spread of virus
The meaning of metrics in pandemic news experiences (04.01.2023)
In their latest article in the international top journal Journalism, John Magnus Ragnhildson Dahl and Brita Ytre-Arne explain the meaning of metrics in journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic, from an audience perspective.
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New article provides theoretical framework for research on News recommender systems (04.01.2023)
Researcher Erik Knudsen publishes new article in Journal of Communication. Knudsen provides a new theoretical framework for studying news recommenders systems impact on selective exposure in the online news environment.
WATCH: A Gusty Wind or A Cool Breeze? Interplay between OWFs, Fisheries, and Climate Change (02.01.2023)
Did you miss Dr. Abdullah Al Arif's presentation on how offshore wind farms (OWFs) and fisheries interact within a climate change context? Watch the recorded webinar here!
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Summer school in December (21.12.2022)
Us, Isaac, Lina and Mara, are three physical geography master students that had a chance to participate in summer school this December, which took place in Chile.
WATCH: Seabed Minerals (19.12.2022)
Did you miss Jon O. Hellevang's presentation on seabed minerals and their role in the green shift? Watch it here!
Test: Job opening with CET logo
PhD Candidate - Climate Change in Media and Public Perception (06.12.2022)
Join our dynamic research centre! PhD position on climate change in the media and public perception is now open for applicants. Application deadline: 1st of February.
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Digital disconnection and identity among young people (22.11.2022)
Phd-candidate Mehri Agai publishes an article on Digital disconnection and identity in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Ungdom sitter å jobber med pc og mobiler
New exciting book about the use of digital media in everyday life (22.11.2022)
The 20th of February Professor Brita Ytre-Arne is releasing her latest book "Media Use in Digital Everyday Life".
Bilde av Bergen
Welcome to Its21 (21.11.2022)
The 7th conference on interdisciplinary teamwork skills for the 21st century, will be held in Bergen, Norway on 27th-28th April 2023.
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Arjan is the new professor in Comparative Territorial Democracy at the Department (16.11.2022)
Arjan Schakel has been appointed as professor in Comparative Territorial Democracy at the Department of Comparative Politics. He was previously research professor at the department where he in 2019 started to work on the research project "Strengthening Regional Democracy" funded by a Trond Mohn Foundation starting grant.
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Sign up for an interdisciplinary PhD course at the Pandemic Centre (09.11.2022)
In January, the Pandemic Centre offers a two-week course for students on learning from the COVID-19 pandemic. The course builds on last year's digital module and is open to all students at master's and PhD level.
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We are looking for new colleagues! (07.11.2022)
Exciting academic positions at the Department of Government
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MA Politics and Governance of Global Challenges (01.11.2022)
The redesigned Master’s programme in Politics and Governance of Global Challenges explores the complex multi-level governance of global, and often wicked, problems in the contemporary world such as inequality, climate change, migration, or pandemics.

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