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WATCH: European Electricity Market Design for the Future (17.10.2023)
Did you miss our half-day seminar on European Electricity Market Design for the Future, co-organized by Bergen Energy Lab / NHH Norwegian School of Economics? Watch the presentations here!
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New study: Working from home may have negative effects on your career (12.10.2023)
A new study from UiB provides the first empirical evidence that 'implicit competition' in the workplace has an impact on job promotions and salary increases.
WATCH: Hydrogen production from electrolysis and natural gas pyrolysis (11.10.2023)
In this presentation, Jonathan Økland Torstensen, associate professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, present ongoing work on optimization of hydrogen production through hydrolysis of water and pyrolysis of natural gas respectively, and discusses aspects of the two methods and their potential utillity in large scale hydrogen production.
WATCH: Korleis kan fleksibilitet handtere utfordringar i distribusjonsnettet (How can flexibility handle challenges in the distribution network) - Norwegian language (10.10.2023)
In this presentation, Per-Oddvar Osland discusses how customer flexibility can contribute to solving challenges related to the increased pressure on the power grid, such as power peaks. The presentation will be held in Norwegian language.
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Geodetic glacier mass balance and photogrammetry (10.10.2023)
In my master's project I study modern glacier and climate fluctuations reflected as geodetic mass balance, calculated using UAV and historical aerial imagery at Fannaråkbreen, Jotunheimen.
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Welcome to Fay as new Associate Professor at the Department (06.10.2023)
Fay Farstad started at the Department in October 2023, coming from a position as a Senior Researcher at CICERO Center for International Climate Research
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The feasibility of emerging technologies for meeting climate targets (04.10.2023)
My PhD project aims to advance the understanding of the feasibility of deploying emerging technologies to meet climate targets.
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Study: The trust in child welfare services varies greatly between European countries (03.10.2023)
Somewhat surprisingly, Norway finds itself at the bottom alongside Romania, in a study of trust in child welfare services in six European countries.
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Student coordinator positions for CET201 Sustainable Innovation (03.10.2023)
Are you a student and want to work with our course in Sustainable Innovation at UiB? Apply before 29.10.2023 and join our team at UiB Collaboratory!
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Towards a Post-Normal Integrated Assessment Modelling Praxis to Democratise Climate Policy Response (02.10.2023)
In my PhD project, I seek to advance a methodological framework for integrated assessment modelling that narrows the gap between modellers/scientists and model users/real people, beyond the science-policy nexus.
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Organise an event at Day Zero 2024 (28.09.2023)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 7 February 2024.
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Tackling the obesity crisis in Europe – findings from the CO-CREATE project. (27.09.2023)
This week, a series of scientific papers from CO-CREATE (EU-funded project), focusing on combatting obesity among adolescents, have been featured in special issue published by Obesity Reviews.
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Cryospheric Monitoring in the Lyngen Alps (25.09.2023)
University of Bergen Professors, international Ph.D. students, and UiB’s Master students Dive into Cryospheric Monitoring at an Elite Summer School in the Lyngen Alps.
WATCH: "Mer av alt – raskere". The Energy Commission's report (12.09.2023)
Did you miss this seminar, where member of the Energy Commission, Liv Monica Stubholt, presented some of the central element in the commission's report? Watch it here!
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PhD project on public connection (07.09.2023)
Solveig Høegh-Krohn joins the PREPARE research team to study people's connection to public sphere in rural Norway.
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New postdoctoral fellow (06.09.2023)
Ruben Berge Mathisen is the Department’s newest postdoc
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Spitzer has been awarded the prestigeous ERC Starting Grant (01.09.2023)
«This is an opportunity to tackle prominent but largely-overlooked challenges plaguing the frontiers of developed liberal democracies» Aaron Spitzer says.
WATCH: Optimized renewable energy supply for a sustainable Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) (01.09.2023)
Did you miss Gerard A Virgili's presentation on optimizing energy supply of a Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) to reduce the carbon footprint? Watch the presentation here!

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