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Reaching for a new sense of connection: soft atheism and ‘patch and make do’ spirituality amongst nonreligious European millennials (08.01.2021)
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
Silicom Valley og marken over mediene
New book about tech giants and news consumption (23.12.2020)
Nordicom is out with a new book. “Silicon Valley och makten över medierna” is written by Carl-Gustav Linden where he deals with the tech giants’ power over our news consumption.
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Record funding for partnerships in the South (22.12.2020)
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.
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Seven new positions at MediaFutures (18.12.2020)
Activities at MediaFutures are increasing and the center has just announced seven new positions. The positions in questions are all recruitement positions within media studies and information science.
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Good Public Governance in a Global Pandemic (16.12.2020)
Per Lægreid with chapter in special IIAS-report on the public governance of the COVID-19 pandemic
image of a crowd in front of a stage with bicycles on the roof.
The twin transition: Digitisation and low-carbon energy transitions (15.12.2020)
Digitisation enables the electrification of mobility. How can we ensure this transition is just? CET researcher Siddharth Sareen examines how digitisation can enable socially inclusive energy transitions in a new EU project.
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The Politics of Inclusion (09.12.2020)
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.
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Four UiB researchers receive top European grants (09.12.2020)
Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Nele Meckler, Ragnhild Muriaas, and Inga Berre have been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant.
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AI students win best paper award (01.12.2020)
Infomedia master students presented report on the limitations of the state-of-the-art in bias mitigation. Their project report was awarded the best paper award at Norwegian Informatics Conference.
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Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation (08.11.2020)
Lise Rykkja and Per Lægreid with new article on Nordic Administrative Collaboration
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Bergen School of Global Studies launched (04.11.2020)
The launch at the University Aula concluded with two large panels representing the diversity of scientific milieus tackling global challenges in Bergen. Together they will work to make Bergen the place of choice for students seeking knowledge and skills to help solve global challenges.
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Stillinger som koordinatorer for studentdrevet emne og konferanse (23.10.2020)
Er du student og vil arbeide med en konferanse eller studentdrevet emne i Bærekraftig innovasjon ved UiB?
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CET Master Student Network (09.10.2020)
The ongoing situation with COVID-19 has forced us to think differently about the master's students connected to CET. We are excited to announce the launch of the CET Master Student Network.
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Politics as profession (01.10.2020)
Professor Ragnhild Muriaas at the University of Bergen started her working career as a DJ. Now she investigates what strings must be played in politics to make a footprint.
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BSRS 2021: Science and Society towards the Sustainable Development Goals (29.09.2020)
Digital summer research school.
Lukas Hoose
Gender differences in urban mobility in the context of Accra (23.09.2020)
The working title of my thesis is: How can knowledge about gender specific mobilities inform in the planning processes for sustainable transportation systems in Accra, Ghana?
Maïlys Rouillé
Food security and the COVID-19 crisis: the importance of cross-border fish trade (17.09.2020)
In her master's thesis, Maïlys Rouillé studies the important contribution of cross-border fishtraders to food security in Ghana and its surrounding countries during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Who is (un)protected by the law? (21.08.2020)
– Migration is an important field of law because legal status makes an enormous difference. If you have status as ‘citizen’ you are protected by the law in a completely different way than refugees and migrants.

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