News archive for Faculty of Social Sciences

CET Professor II Siddharth Sareen will receive the Nils Klim Award this week for his research in environmental social sciences. What makes his research unique is a commitment to impact beyond publication points and citations.

Some Norwegian politicians that are skeptical about gender quotas in politics are positive about gender quotas in the leadership of religious organizations, according to new research.

– I want to understand very specifically which electoral reforms can contribute to making democracy in aging societies more generationally equitable.

With today's technology, the production of fake content, including "deepfakes", has become easier, while simultaneously more challenging to detect. - Soon it will be nearly impossible to distinguish real from manipulation with the naked eye, warns Duc Tien Dang Nguyen.

The introduction of new automated technologies promises to help improve the sustainability of the maritime industry, yet this trend is also likely to affect the numbers of people employed at sea and change the nature of their role. EU-Research spoke to our own Professor Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard about her work in looking at the impact of automation on the maritime industry and its workforce.

Georg Picot’s WAGEREG project has come to an end.

Professors Ragnhild Muriaas and Yvette Peters have published a new article in European journal of Political Research. They use survey experiments for both the Norwegian Citizen Panel and the Panel of Elected Representatives.

Postdoctoral fellow in the Bergen Media Use Group Katharina Wuropulos presents her research in a seminar on multicultural recruitment.