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bilde av fire personer bak høye bord.
Air travel quotas - are they realistic? (20.12.2018)
CET has started a podcast - CET Klimasnakk (english: Climate talks). The first episode is a recording of a public conversation we had at Literaturhuset i Bergen the 13th of November.
Demo for studentene på MIX301
Master students make artificial speech robots (19.12.2018)
Students in the Master in Media and Interaction Design programme at UiB in Media City Bergen presented their artificial speech prototypes. The result is: Robot Buddy, Easysleep, Masebotten and Albert the kitchen assistant.
bilde av marija slavkovik
Can our digital performance be understood by a theoretical formula? Marija Slavkovik hopes to find the answer. (11.12.2018)
The rule of building a perfect algorithm translates to a common experience of the real world: If you want something to be beautiful, it must handle complexity.
Encountering refugees beyond Europe: Panel at the University of Copenhagen (10.12.2018)
Exploring the potentials for an empirical, theoretical, and methodological cross-hatching of 'migration' and 'non-urban spaces.'
IMISCOE-panel
IMISCOE-panel: Temporalities of migration and integration (10.12.2018)
Engaged discussions about the usefulness of drawing on time and temporalities as analytical tools in migration studies at the IMISCOE conference in Barcelona, July 2018
Stipendiat Randi Taxt.
Knowledge transfer in Regional Innovation Systems (03.12.2018)
PhD Candidate Randi Elisabeth Taxt presents her PhD Project.
image of three people, one of them cutting a ribbon
CET becomes partner in NORADAPT. (30.11.2018)
CET is proud to announce its partnership in the newly established Norwegian centre for sustainable climate adaption (NorAdapt). The centre officially opened on the 7th of December and will assist society in tackling climate change.
Course coordinator Marit Skivenes lecturing.
Challenges of the modern welfare state (29.11.2018)
The course “Discretion and Paternalism” is a unique opportunity for students interested in research on power, the welfare state and decision-making, says Professor Marit Skivenes.
Field area
Holocene glacier and climate variability at Sulitjelmaisen, northern Norway and Sweden (27.11.2018)
For my master project I reconstructed the last 11,500 years worth of glacier and climate changes at a glacier complex called Sulitjelmaisen in the subarctic, focusing on the largest glacier called Salajekna.
Derek Lackaff
"International exchange of perspectives are more important than ever" (26.11.2018)
Fulbright scholar Derek Lackaff is impressed with the facilities at Media City Bergen (MCB) and thinks that international exchange and knowledge-sharing are more important than ever.
March / Olsen Honorary Lecture 2018
The first Honorary Lecture for James G. March and Johan P. Olsen (26.11.2018)
On May 23, 2018 the first March / Olsen Honorary Lecture was held in the University Aula at the University of Bergen.
Mammapermisjon
Mixed effects of parental leave benefits (23.11.2018)
The Scandinavian countries offer the world’s most generous parental leave benefits. These policies aim both at helping mothers in the labor market, and at promoting infant well-being. But does it work?
Sentinel 2 image of the Lena Delta, Russia
Practical Skills in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (16.11.2018)
Remote sensing and GIS are some of the most sought after skills in geography graduates, following demand from students, Gidske Andersen and Benjamin Robson are launching the first Remote Sensing course at the University of Bergen.
Henrik and Simon presents their "Konfliktrådet"
Master students in scriptwriting pitching ideas for TV-series (12.11.2018)
Internships at ITV Studios and NRK 
Nina Bergan Holmelin
Farming flexibility, changing gender relations, and subsistence production contribute to better adaptive capacity to climate change in Himalaya (31.10.2018)
PhD Candidate Nina Bergan Holmelin presents her PhD project.
Dr. Scott and Prof. Smedal in front of Fredrik Barth roll-up
Celebrating Barth's work on cosmologies (29.10.2018)
Students, anthropologists and other invited guests had found their way to attend the Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture 2018, held by Dr. Michael W. Scott.
Rokkan Memorial Lecture
A New Economic Era: The Gig Economy (26.10.2018)
Professor Kathleen Thelen from MIT held the 2018 Rokkan Memorial Lecture, and presented the American precariat in a true Rokkanian, comparative tradition.
Workshop
Methods workshop: “Bayesian Measurement in R/JAGS” with Dr. Xavier Fernández-i-Marín (24.10.2018)
The department's internal workshop on measurements and concepts proved to be both challenging and rewarding.

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