News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

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.

Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation (08.11.2020)

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

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.

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?

5 young women standing outside old buildings

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.

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.

BSRS 2021: Science and Society towards the Sustainable Development Goals (29.09.2020)

Digital summer research school.

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?

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.

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.

Midler til samarbeidsprosjekt innen Globale samfunnsutfordringer (05.08.2020)

Globale samfunnsutfordringer har avsatt midler til stimulering av faglig tverrfakultært samarbeid i 2020. Søknadsfrist 24. september 2020.

Wish you a good summer! (26.06.2020)

Head of Department, Peter Andersen, summarize a special spring semester.

Moe and Ytre-Arne leads new project on media experiences (25.06.2020)

The project is a part of the new Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI)

Highlights from 2019 (17.06.2020)

We are pleased to share with you the CET Annual Report 2019. The centre keeps growing its activities, and in 2019 there were a good number of publications, including some high-impact journals. Read our highlights pamphlet below and download the full annual report.

Master's theses in Geography 2020 (03.06.2020)

20 students have submitted their theses this semester.

An energetic and indefatigable octogenerian (03.06.2020)

An indefatigable fieldworker and a firm critic of facile and commonsensical understandings of global phenomena, our own Prof. Bruce Kapferer turns 80 on 4 June 2020!

COVID19 can’t stop remote sensing (27.05.2020)

Over the last month, 16 students have participated in GEO316 Practical Skills in Remote Sensing.

Bergen Summer Research School goes digital (26.05.2020)

Bergen Summer Research School opened 8 June with a record number of participants. Together with some of Bergen's best research milieus, they will explore how their research can contribute to solving global challenges. This year they meet online - watch the many public lectures on YouTube.

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